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"How are you doing Mr. Salac?"; Person who Influenced Me [6]
i decided to go take classes again after almost 7years. i enrolled a bit late,2 weeks in exact,but they manage to squeeze me in. so this is my first homework, and i'm still trying to get used to writing again. we were told to do it last night and its due tomorrow. im glad i got off work early today to do it. so please give me a feedback or suggestions on making it better.
here it is.im still deciding on the title.
An influential person is someone that can change your life. A close friend, family member or just some stranger can make that change. A person you look up to and really like or the opposite. In my case, it's the person I didn't like.
I remember about two and a half years ago, when I was still a recruit fresh from corps school, I used to hate going to work because of this nurse. I don't know why I always end up with him every time they make patient assignments.
How are you doing Mr. Salac?". I heard him say as I looked at the assignment sheet with disappointment on my face. I tried not to show it, so I looked up and answered "Good sir". He was this bald, stubby lieutenant I didn't like to work with. My co-workers used to say he looked like the Mr. Clean guy. He used to come to work still sweaty in gym clothes or in his leather Harley Davidson jacket with his helmet on his left hand. "It's going to be another good day for training." he'd say with a lot of enthusiasm and motivation.
It was a good day for training (learning) which meant for me a long day of work, the reason I hated working with him. He gave me a list. In a small piece of paper there was a bunch of words I have never heard before. They were medical jargons, chemical names and drugs. By the end of the day I should know all of them and give a report to the next shift. So instead of sitting back and relaxing during my free time, I had to be in front of books doing what he told me to do. It was like that every time we worked together, a list or just a random question. Again I had to look up the answer and give him a report by the end of the day. After the report, he asked me which one I had trouble understanding and put it into words I'll easily remember.
Months went by, I came to realize I learned a lot. The list and random questions were my patients' conditions and their medications. The reason they were sick and what we're trying to do to make them better. It was no longer a burden but a challenge. With every "good job" and tap on the back, that hatred soon disappeared. We developed a good working relationship afterwards. He trusted me to do things right based on my own judgment and from what I have learned from him. We eventually parted ways and continue with our careers.
We bumped into each other the other day. Same as before, he greeted me "How are you doing Mr. Salac?". I quickly answered back "good sir!" and shook his hand. I told him that I'm in school right now and he said that he's proud of me for that.
Learning is continuous. There's something new to learn everyday. That is what I've learned from him. He may have forced me to do it at first but in the end it helped me a lot. Sometimes we don't need a push from someone to help us get through obstacles, but instead, we need that little pull as a form of resistance to challenge us even more.
