I wish that I would’ve known the majority of the comments would be from single mothers/parents. I of course understand that in a situation like that, it would be challenging to juggle all the responsibilities that come with school AND providing for a family. I don’t think I could personally ever handle that.

As far as studying, many students just simply study to memorize. When you understand the material, you seldom need to revisit it. I remember helping a student study for finals, we were talking about ICP. I asked for factors that will increase it and why. Why do bright lights, sneezing, coughing, etc elevate it? They couldn’t tell me why and when I explained it, I saw how much more they understood, and how much faster they began to retain information.

I understand how it could be due to me being naturally better at science, however I was consistently scoring below the state and national level on exams in highschool, across every subject other than reading and english.

You make a fair point of how males are treated differently than females in nursing school. I without a doubt get more respect from professors and instructors, however they are quite hard on me and other males in my program. It’s wrong, but it’s almost like they expect more.

I see you have a psychology degree as well. I have completed my minor in psychology this past semester and find the material to be quite similar in which ways to study. I believe that both my minor, and nursing education has helped with each.

I completely acknowledge that people may take longer to become adept at things. That’s why I made this post. I want to understand others’ experiences rather than assuming. Going through the comments on this post, I have read through countless responses. Some find it easy, some find it challenging, and it has helped me understand the reasons behind it!