Some neat things

In the OMM class yesterday we had a quiz like we usually do, but last week we did not have a quiz. Usually we don't spend too much time studying for the weekly quiz, normally just the night before or during the lunch break before the class. So when I was studying for the quiz yesterday, I was studying and studying and it seems intuitive enough, but before class I heard a murmur that the information from the previous class would also be covered in the quiz. I asked around and decided that I would not study any of the previous material, partly because it was rib and thoracic dysfunctions and holy hell that sheat was a paaaaaaiiiiiiin and so in depth it was ridiculous. So anyways, when we were taking the quiz, lo and behold, and first 2 questions were stuff that was not on the written material specific to what we were supposed to study last week. The questions were what muscle elevates the 2nd rib in forced inspiritation: anterior scalenes, middle scalenes, posterior scalenes, pectoralis minor, or something else. The 2nd question was what nerve comes out in the C3 - C4 intervertebral foramen: C2, C3, C4, C5. Well, needless to say, about 99% of the class got the last 2 questions right unanimously, but these first 2 questions the class was pretty much split very very very evenly. The first question almost 33% of the class answered anterior scalenes, 33% said middle, and 33% said posterior. There were 1 or 2 people who said pec minor, but man if you were stupid enough to say a pec minor ELEVATES the ribs then i personally think you should shoot yourself. As for number 2, like 45% said C3 and another 45% said C4. I was sitting behind the type of students that I hate with a passion: desi girls. Why? Because all they do in life is study. It's my personal goal to be the best in everything I do, and to do a lot to show the world that you can be the best student and do other things too. But I digress. The reason why I bring up the row of 4-5 desi girls sitting in front of me is because they also missed the first 2 questions and they bitched and bitched and bitched and biiiiiiiiitched and wouldnt stop! They turned from nice proper good model students to the foulest ghetto fabulous personalities in no time flat. They were like this isnt fair they cant ask us these questions blah blah blah (I think they were so pissed off because these people actually spend time studying for OMM, like time the typical student would spend to study for anatomy or something) and dude they wouldnt shut the hell up they were like its not like we arent putting in the effort blah blah blah. Well, it was pretty clear the class was a little upset for the first 2 questions, so when the lecturer for the day came up he said something that changed my life forever:

So, a lot of you are upset because some of these questions were from previous weeks. Guess what? Medicine is cumulative.

It's not entirely about cramming the information into your brain to spit it back out on a quiz or exam. It's about that time when there will be a patient coming to you to help them breathe, to help them take the pain away, to help them turn their neck to the left, to help them walk normal or to stand up straight. Are you going to remember what to do, what nerve is compressed, and how to treat it?