Opticians

I spent from 9:30 until 3:30 at Specsavers on Tuesday. I started by sitting in on 2 consultations with Moshi, a new optometrist who has just come out of the study process. He was very honest and straightforward so he gave me a good idea of the pros and cons of the degree and career. There were initial tests that checked the blood pressure in the eyes and took photos of the retina. Then there were tests to check the pupils and lenses were tried. I found this was repeated with every consultation. Mosh mentioned how it is a bit boring as it is so routined but it's not awful and it's a lot more interesting when you can interpret the results from the tests. He talked me through Glaucoma and Macular degeneration which I found interesting. Then I sat in 2 consultations with Jin who went through pretty much the same routine but in a different order. After this I was with Alice the pediatric nurse for a few consultations. These were also very similar but they also involved colour tests and 3D Tests. After Lunch I sat in Contact Lenses and watched them being put in for a woman. They then taught her to remove them. And that was the end of the day for me.
I honestly found it so boring, I was almost falling asleep during the consultations. Definitely don't wanna be doing Optometry unless I really have to!

Easter Plans

14 exams I have in summer, 14! That's quite a lot for year 12. and if I go ahead with IGCSE Tamil then it'll be 15. So I plan to revise a looootttt over this easter break. I also have some work lined up (2 mornings at the GP Surgery near me and a day at specsavers).

The GP Surgery was so booked up, getting 2 mornings was the most I could do so that'll have to do. I got some work at the opticians because it is something I am considering as a 5th option. I will be visiting Bradford in July to see the Clinical Sciences and Optometry there so hopefully I can decide which will be my 5th then. When I went to talk to the manager at the opticians, she told me about how optometry is better than medicine due to shorter work hours etc but then again she is quite biased haha.
My family (excluding me and amma) are going on Holiday so that should give me 2 weeks of quiet and peace to get on with revising. I want to do as much as possible to make sure i'm ready for the exams, I regret not preparing enough last year. And I really need the As this year for most medical schools to consider me. Then after exams I have plenty of open days ahead of me and I need to start some UKCAT revision too. During summer we are off on holiday so my UKCAT will be in July. Also while i'm out in summer, i'm going to try get some work experience. And inbetween all this, I'm gonna start having driving lessons!

So a lot planned ahead, I will try to post up things after my Work experience this week and then probably after exams.

Until then...