How this college works is new students are introduced into the program every month. There are a total of 8 courses (excluding externship) you must take in your field. Each group of students that begin will NOT begin with the same class YOU did. For example, the D.A.'s that started a month previous to us, started with Dental Sciences. This month, we start with Chairside Assisting. Those students beginning the program next month will begin with Laboratory Procedures. Each month, the class grows with new students and some leave to begin their externships. What we weren't expecting was the "idiot" factor. I have a message to those parents out there with children embarking on college for the first time. Do NOT send your children to college if they aren't mature enough to handle it. All you will be doing is wasting your money and unleashing an immature child on the rest of us...for US to deal with.
As I stated before, last evening was an eye opener...not just with the amount of information we have to soak up before exams every Thursday and Friday, but with the personalities in the class. There are some that are quiet and studious, then there are those who could give a crap about ANYTHING going on around them or ANYONE ELSE that may be there. As soon as the class started, these two fools in the back decided they were going to beat-box instead of taking notes. Then, one dropped their pencil and yelled, "G-D it all" WHILE the professor was talking. The other D.A. (the one that started with me) just looked at me...DUMBFOUNDED. The professor did NOTHING to address their behavior, but instead, chose to ignore it. This is NOT going to fly with me. I'm not paying thousands of dollars to be distracted by a couple of morons.
Next, we head over to the dental lab. This lab is set up like a rather large dental office (even smells like it, too). Everything from exam chairs, drills and x-ray machines to fake heads with cadaver teeth in them. Our lab assignment last evening was to get familiar with the hardware the dentists use. As dental assistants, we have to know how to put drills together, what apparatuses we need to attach to what hose, and even know the difference in bur (drill) bits. We also had to familiarize ourselves with what foot pedal controls what drill. Since there are 3 patient operatory stations, we had to break up into groups to do this. Guess who we get stuck with? The two class clowns. Since they've been in the program longer than us, their job was to show us what to do and how to attach things. Yes, they showed us that but then, they decided they were going to play "doctor/assistant". One, with the drill bit and the other with suction. Specific instructions were "do not drill into the cadaver teeth". What did they do? DRILLED INTO THE CADAVER TEETH. When the professor came around to look at our techniques, he noticed that there was dust in our "patient" mouth. I swear, his eyes changed from deep blue to deep red. He was ANGRY. He asked the other D.A. and I "who drilled the teeth?". We looked at each other, looked back at the professor and said, "Take a guess". He absolutely LOST his cool! After yelling at the guys, he turns back to us and gets short with US because our technique was wrong. Uhhh....hello? This was our FIRST NIGHT!
So, to recap, we spent 1 hour and 45 minutes in lecture, took a 30 minute break, and spent the last hour and 45 minutes in the lab. What did I get out of it? Seven pages of notes, NO answers (and no clue) to what I took notes on, a basic idea of how to navigate in the operatory station, what NOT to do to tick off my professor, and to stay OUT of his way when he's angry.
Tonight should be fun...*sarcasm*.
I found this and thought it was rather appropriate. I'm thinking this screen printed on a shirt may get the point across:
2 comments:
This reminds me of that old song, 'Momma's, don't let your babies grow up to be Dental Assistants'.
If they manage to graduate, let us know what dental office to avoid.
LOL!!! You better believe I will. I wouldn't want ANYONE to be worked on by them.
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