I Made It…
Well… The first semester has finally come to a close. I finished my final exams for my classes on Tuesday, and I don’t return to school until January 7th. It was a tough semester and I’m definitely ready for this break. I got A’s in all of my classes, so my 4.0 GPA is intact for now. I certainly hope that I can maintain that for another semester. Sometimes I wish I would just get a B in a class so the 4.0 would be gone and I wouldn’t worry so much about it, but having a perfect GPA is certainly a worthwhile goal.
When I return to class in January, I’ll be taking the second semester (RAD-112) of my positioning class, and we’ll be starting with positioning on the cervical and thoracic spine, followed by the lumbar spine. I’ll also have my first clinical rotation in an orthopedic office, and should be able to knock out a lot of my comps for the semester. As of Tuesday, I’m passed off in lab on the lower extremities, so those comp opportunities should come quickly in the ortho office. My Patient Care & Intro to Rad (RAD-110) class is over, and I’ll be starting my Rad Imaging I (RAD-121) class. Here’s the book for that class:
…yet another $52.00 paperback book. I’ll never cease to be amazed at the cost of college textbooks! I’m looking forward to this class though, because I should start to learn more of the technical side of radiographic imaging. As a photographer, my interest in this material is quite high.
I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday! I’ll see you back here in January…