Essence of 8-5 class

Nowadays our competitors or should we say the OTHER review institutions are capitalizing on why a nurse examinee (TO BE) would choose 8-2 pm class over the usual 8-5pm class. THEY say that whole day class is very Tiring and it is important that the mind and body needs to rest, they also note that attention span is short usually so why waste the day for that? .. they also note that there should be more hours of self review so as one can validate whatever was discussed during the review hours..

But... the OTHERS are missing some points.. because to MY belief (or should i say to OUR belief) it is deemed essential that a nurse examinee trains himself real hard for endurance, for strength, for lengthy hours to be ready to all rigors of the actual board exam... and that can only be done if they train to a whole day activity or even beyond an 8am to 5pm class... physiologically our body adjusts to whatever we teach our system... if we start training or teaching our body to work on certain hours of the day only, then as we go along it will keep that program... and once we change on any given time there is a possibility it will not function very well... why? because IT got used to it ....

to make it more simple -train your system of a half day class from day 1 of review preparations to the maximum of 90th day (for 3 months of review) then for sure your brain, your whole system will be effective only for half days... which will then be contrary to the ACTUAL board exam requirement which is beyond the half day ..

we need to be careful....

secrets of MERGE

Yesterday I was asked by friends and former Merge Babies, the secrets of HOW Merge reached this certain point of popularity (as they termed it) ... and I replied: "I believe I have to borrow the words I've learned from Dr Lauro Tacbas, the President of UNP and the over all President of PASUC (Phil Association of State Universities & Colleges) .. the 3H - HONESTY, HUMILITY and HARDWORK.... which I myself believed and reflected these really made us go through all the trials ... all the hardships of building the name of MERGE review... but I still consider MERGE not into much popularity compared with other review institutions... it is just that we continue to be BLESSED... hmmmm which made me think now ... 3H + B = secrets of MERGE success at this point...

thank you dear friends and former students- merge babies who became our dear Colleagues now... for the prayers and continued love and support.. :) God bless you always!

PERFECT timing!

Today March 8, 2010 marked one of the greatest event especially in the lives of our dear MERGE BABIES who conquered it all for the November 2009 Nurse Licensure Examination .... though tomorrow March 9 will be another date for same purpose, I do believe both days were unforgettable .... because it is the OATH taking ceremonies of our Merge babies .. and what a perfect timing .. our 2 Board Placers happened to meet in that said gathering... one coming from Merge Manila - Ms Woodrose Kwan, RN and another from Merge Davao City - Ms Garlene Rebollos, RN ... it was really a PERFECT Timing! .... Congratulations and we are just so proud of you and the rest of the Merge Babies....

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