tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272455258393873876.post4136659482234507170..comments2008-11-10T23:24:43.322+02:00Karen Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10446187228064686202noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272455258393873876.post-6116451877825161872008-11-10T23:24:00.000+02:002008-11-10T23:24:00.000+02:00maybe u havent reach the stage where u can really enjoy helping people yet.<BR/><BR/>tell them its worth the challenge..wicraphttp://wicrap.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272455258393873876.post-52675162258354017152008-10-30T14:35:00.000+02:002008-10-30T14:35:00.000+02:00No doctor I ever spoke to for careers advice ever recommended studying Medicine! I couldn't get into medical school in SA but am currently studying it in the UK. You guys have it really tough but I think you are way more skilled. And dedicated - you have to be to put up with all that!<BR/>Samantha - UCT reject!Samanthanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272455258393873876.post-15250472302321454852008-10-19T21:44:00.000+02:002008-10-19T21:44:00.000+02:00Wow, that sounds SO incredibly frustrating! I go to school in Sweden, where I have a much more supportive government &amp; more freedom in my career, like milkandtwosugars said. You&#39;re such an inspiration to not be completely burnt out and ready to quit in the kind of conditions you described! I admire you a lot!!<BR/>&amp; I dropped out of school 3.5 years ago and tried to think of something else that I wanted to be, but couldn&#39;t come up with anything besides being a doctor. So I&#39;m stuck!Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17445700364323666819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272455258393873876.post-46449000063188666492008-10-15T15:18:00.000+02:002008-10-15T15:18:00.000+02:00Medicine here is so different to what you describe, in as much as we have more direction in our own careers earlier on, and a much more supportive government. I'd tell my kids it's hard and it's painful, but some undefinable quality makes it worth it. Don't know what it is.Milk and Two Sugarshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960085813041665939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272455258393873876.post-64222983386318510982008-10-05T18:14:00.000+02:002008-10-05T18:14:00.000+02:00its so true what you said: people ask me all the time what i would do if i wasnt doing medicine.... apart from my lame fantasy to be a wedding planner, i honestly cant think of anything else. at its best, it is a bloody great job... so i guess all you can hope for is that the good times outweigh the bad.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10432416924874715632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272455258393873876.post-49166118613561807592008-10-05T14:43:00.000+02:002008-10-05T14:43:00.000+02:00Great post. <BR/>And amen to the "personality-disordered consultants and registrars". (Some seem to be showing up in med school as well).Dragonflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12759938692575603663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272455258393873876.post-35174189230623985512008-10-05T02:46:00.000+02:002008-10-05T02:46:00.000+02:00This kind of sums up what I feel about a career in science these days. Don't do it, folks! It <I>sounds</I> glamorous, but I assure you, it's not. Like you, I cannot envision myself doing anything else, in the end.The Electric Orchid Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16532403180123519635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272455258393873876.post-17212970873110592042008-10-04T09:14:00.000+02:002008-10-04T09:14:00.000+02:00i would tell them to go for it. better than a desk job.Bongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.com