Anais Vionet Poet Free verse

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non-compensatory

Earlier today, I had a small-group evaluation 
that I’ve been quietly dreading
and frankly, I wasn’t sure I was ready.
 
See, I’ve neglected things of late
I had the flu and couldn’t concentrate.
But once that was over, I could focus, 
and I did some uneducated guessing,
about what the physiology skill-drill might be.
 
My group peer-assessed me, and those guys can be savage,
and a fail on the quiz could block my module passage.
I showed what I’d prepared, 2-hours focussed on things like prioritizing diagnoses. 
Their questions were pointed but they didn’t reveal their prognoses.
How’d I do? I haven’t a clue. 
I was quivering with exhaustion when I was through.
The professeur seemed pleased, and I got a few nods and smiles, 
in my clinical-presentation debut. 
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A song for this:
Diary by Lucy Tun
You Need Therapy (Ready) by Mila Smith
non-compensatory - A fail in ED/PBL can block module passage

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Vincine Fallica February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM 1) Medical school, 2) not your native language (langue?), 3) Flu, 4) Skinny red fingers. Surely they'd cut you some slack! If not, 'Group peer-assessors, heal thy self', or something. <3 Anais Vionet February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM Yes to all the above and those were the red gloves you spotted over Christmas =]