“You’re gonna need to get over that.”

I’m still stuck on this comment one of my classmates made to me in our first month of school. I’m in PA school (kinda like med school but we learn probably about 70% of what doctors do and we do it in 2 years and work mostly in primary care) and it’s a lot of pressure. I’ve always used the testing center in undergrad and now here because I know that’s just what I need to do well. I need to sit in my little cubicle, away from everyone, and with no chance to see anything in front of me or around me. And it’s fine I still do really well in school and I pass all my classes, it’s just something a little extra that I need.

Our first semester one of my classmates asked where I was during the test. I told him oh I go to the testing center it just works really well for me for my ADHD and test anxiety. And he said to me that I had to get over that because I can’t be a good medical provider with ADHD. He also let me know that he overcame his ADHD when he was a kid so it’s possible.

You spend 3 minutes with this dude and you know he didn’t “get over it,” I’m just saying.

Anyways we are in our third semester now and guess what fucker is in the testing center because his “ADHD came back” and he’s failing multiple classes. And then he has the nerve to tell me wow it’s so nice in there I should have started going there in the beginning. And I just sit there and smile because at the end of the day I don’t want any of my classmates to fail. It was extremely hard getting in to school and it’s very expensive so I would feel sad if anyone else had to drop out cause we’ve already had four people get kicked out. But I still can’t forget how he treated me in the first semester. Karma is a bitch.

(I’m not really seeking empathy, I just wanted to share and didn’t know what flair to pick)