One of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences was, um, completing my dental degree. And specifically the kind of pressure and the challenge I felt in the final yearyer of the degree was very overwhelming, uh, for the fact that um, we were like, it’s a four year s degree and we were taught about the basic medicines and it’s nonsense in the first three years. How read. The fourth year was uh, very challenging as it comes with the fact that we were introduced to the thorough dental topics which we were not, you know, aware about before. So, um, this exam was not actually assessing my um, clinical skills or the theoretical skills, but it was supposed to, you know, assess me over the fact that I have some solid dental hand skills that I can actually work on the patients and within the patient’s mouth. So, um. For months what I did, I knew that uh, this isn’t going to be easy and it is not going to. It wouldn’t be like something like a walk in the park. So I rolled up my sleeves and um, you know, I rolled up my sleeves and um, do head first into the studies. I then came to the fact that um, I have to, you know, burn the mid midnight oil just for the sake that I letieve whatever I’m planning to. So I did, and what I did more was I um. I improved my clinical and, you know, theoretical knowledge just for the sake that I’ll pass the exam sooner. Um, sometimes the pressure was so high, it was so high that I would fel like that I’m biting off more than I can chew. But I decided to stay stead first. When I was in the example, I felt like that the pressure was nerve wrecking and um, I could feel the weight on my shoulders. However, when I cleared the exam with flying colors, all the hard work, all the tears, all the blood that have been, you know, shed, um, you know, was uh, approed to be worthwhile. So I was absolutely happy about it.
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One of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences was completing my dental degree. Specifically, the kind of pressure and the challenge I felt in the final year of the degree was very overwhelming. The program is a four-year degree, and we were taught about the basic medicine in the first three years. The fourth year was very challenging as it introduced us to thorough dental topics that we were not aware of before. This exam was not actually assessing my clinical skills or theoretical knowledge, but it was supposed to assess whether I had solid dental hand skills that I could apply to working on patients and within their mouths. For months, I knew that this was not going to be easy and it would not be a walk in the park. So, I rolled up my sleeves and dove headfirst into my studies. I realized that I had to burn the midnight oil to achieve my goals. I improved my clinical and theoretical knowledge to ensure that I would pass the exam. Sometimes the pressure was so high that I felt like I was biting off more than I could chew. But I decided to stay steadfast. When I was in the exam, I felt that the pressure was nerve-wracking, and I could feel the weight on my shoulders. However, when I cleared the exam with flying colors, all the hard work, all the tears, and all the effort I had put in proved to be worthwhile. I was absolutely happy about it.
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