| << I prefer to change whenever I find something new. Adopting a new thing usually needs much energy and might have a risk to fail. But I believe by adapting a new thing or system, we can improve our lifestyle or ourselves more efficiently. My university begins a new educational system and we are the first who are educated in that system. Some of our classmates welcome the system. Others say that they like an old type of educational system. I welcome the new system because I love everything new and exciting. In the following paragraphs, I want to explain the each merit of the new system and old system. In the new educational system, called "Tutorial Hybrid System", we study in a small group. We are divided in 12 groups and each group consists of 7 or 8 members. In the group, we discuss three times a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. The meeting begins at 8:30 in the morning and we discuss some given diseases. You may think that we only study in the small group. We also study in a large room and hear an ordinally type of lectures mainly on Tuesday and Thursday. So my university call the system as "Hybrid". Hybrid in this contex means the blend of a new totorial system and an ordinally type of lecture. Some of our classmates say that they don't like this system. In this system, we must get up early in the morning. They fear that if this system ends up in vain, they can not pass the national medical examination. I also think so. At this point, only three of my country adopt the new tutorial system, while most of the medical schools in developed countries have already taken the system. So in my country my university are said to belong to the minor at this point. Over 90% of medical departments in my country still continue the ordinally lecture style education. So I think their fear or afraid might in some sense true. I also afraid that our system might fail in vain. But at the same time, there might be a chance we can be a more competent doctor than doctors graduate from other universities. I admit that there are always risk when we might apply a new thing. If we want to stay in the same state, we might not be fail. But I know from my experience that if we continue our efforts under whatever circumstances, our efforts don't end up in vain. And if we continue our efforts, we can welcome every results without regretting anything. So I prefer to welcome every new thing and want to change my life. I want to be a gambler who continues to effort. |