Student Life Blogs

Hey everyone! Well it has been a great Holiday break for me. I’ve spent lots of time with family including a trip to my boyfriend’s parents in Union City, TN (my hometown) and then to my Mom’s new home in Sevierville, TN (in the beautiful Smokey Mountains). We had a white Christmas for the first time since I was a little kid and it really made me feel like a kid again! Tonight is New Year’s Eve and I have to say that I am sad to see 2010 end, it was a great year. Only one more semester of... Read More

Well, I'm one semester closer to reaching my ultimate career goal!!  It feels so great to be done with another successful semester.  As I look back over past semesters, especially my first semester, I see the improvements and progress I've made.  I had a rough start my first semester, but things got better as time went on! This semester, I especially enjoyed the few patient encounters I had in central testing, observations, and school screenings.  School screenings were not as bad as I expected... Read More

Just ended finals this morning, and I have been running around town all day preparing for the drive north tomorrow morning and a 14 hour flight the following morning. I have to make it to Michigan, so I don't miss my early flight to Hong Kong on Friday morning. I was hoping for a little rest and relaxation after exams, but I think that will only happen on the plane and car ride north (when it's not my turn to drive). My family decided to go visit my older sister, who is living and working... Read More

Greetings to All... Finals are officially over with! I cannot believe that I just finished my first semester of Optometry school. I feel like I’ve achieved so much when I begin to think of my feelings at the beginning of the school year. All of my classes had a different degree of difficulty, especially Neuroanatomy and Anatomy (Thanks Dr. Taylor :) ), and to finally cross the finish line is incredibly special. I’m so glad we are done, and now my calculator can take a break from trying to... Read More

Well as third year students, we can all relax and re-coup from all of our hard work in preparing for finals.  Finals are done for us and we only have one more semester with finals... ever.... YEAH! But finals are still going on at school for 1st and 2nd year students. You can always tell when it is finals week here. Here are some of the common things you may encounter; the library is graced with students who haven't been there all semester, students who just finished a final are taking a "study... Read More