So after completing my first year of medical school, what have I really learned? I feel that this past year has been less about learning about the human body and how it works and more about the process of dehumanizing the medical student population, creating a special bond that can exist only between people who know what it’s like to go through this torture, day in and day out. It really creates this elitist mentality of “I somehow did this. I must be something special.” What makes me feel even worse is that I don’t remember much about what I learned, not even from the three finals I had in three days last week.

Anyway, enough with the complaining and more with the writing! I think this last year really showed me that the brain really does wire itself for different tasks. I’ve tried to sit down and write something a couple of times, but I just could never get into my usual flow. Barraging the mind with scientific academia really can inhibit other processes, such as creative ones and basic bodily functions (no, I did not wet my bed). Time to detox.