Inside the interview room we were all self-assured and positive that “this” was our goal and our dream career, but outside we each expressed self-doubt and a lack of direction. It was reassuring to realize that I wasn’t alone and yet at the same time frightening. It was not the interview but the prospect of a looming decision that concerned my peers and me.
If students could give preceptors and professors midterm evaluations, the second half of the semester could be better for both the students and the teachers.
What we need is real open dialogue on campus. We need to step back from advocacy and accept that some issues are too complicated to fit on a poster board in a neat slogan; that some views are more nuanced than that; and that it is time to address those views and discuss them.
