I AM A MEDICAL STUDENT
My name is Alexander Smirnov. I am from Ukraine. I am 17 years old. I
was born on the 17th of September in Harkiv, a city in Ukraine. Now I am a firstyear
student of the Higher State Educational Establishment of Ukraine "Ukrainian
Medical Stomatological Academy".
It was very hard to pass entrance exams. I was working hard during the
whole year having extra lessons in Physics, Biology, and Ukrainian because the
competition was veryhigh, and it was difficult to win it.
So, I care for medicine and I am going to be a doctor. Medical students must
remember that it is not easy to be a good specialist. A good doctor must have not
only deep knowledge of a particular field of medicine. He must love people and
have a kind heart. One of the prominent therapeutists prof. Koncholovsky
considers that a person may be a poor writer, he may be a bad painter or an actor
but a person cannot and must not be a bad doctor.
As for my family it is neither big nor small. There are five persons in it. I
have my father, mother, brother and sister. My father’s name is Ivan Petrovich.
He is 42 years old. He is a stomatologist. He has a full-time job. My mother’s
name is Olga Ivanovna. She is a skilled doctor. She has a good reputation in the
hospital. My brother’s name is Oleg. He is 13 years old. He is doing very well at
school. He studies French and German there. My elder sister Helen is 25 years old.
She is a designer by profession. She is married. She has a husband and a son.
I don’t live with my family at this moment. I live in a students' hostel.
Now my relatives live not far from Odesa. They have a flat of their own in a
block of flats. I miss my parents because I love them very much.
My working day begins early because the classes start at half past 8. So, I
get up at 7 о'clock. First of all I make my bed, do my morning exercises and go to
the bathroom where I brush my teeth and wash. As I am a medical student I
consider that physical exercises are “a good remedy” for the protection of my
health against diseases. At about half past 7 I have breakfast, which usually
consists of a cup of coffee or tea and a sandwich. During breakfast I listen to the
news or music on the radio. I live not far from the academy, it takes me about 15
minutes to get there. I go on foot. My fellow-students who live rather far must take
a bus, or trolley bus. City traffic is awful in the morning!
As a rule we have several practical classes and a lecture. We study many
subjects, such as Anatomy, Histology, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History of
Medicine, Latin, and English.
Our studies are rather difficult. The most difficult subject for me is
Anatomy, but I work hard on it.
When the classes are over I go home (to the hostel). I have dinner and rest a
little. Then I read textbooks and additional medical literature, make abstracts, and
do some exercises. When I have spare/free time I watch TV, listen to the music or
visit my friends or they come to visit me. I have a lot of friends and we often spend
free time together, especially on Sundays.
At 11 o'clock I go to bed. As I work hard I do sleep well.