Many interesting things in my prolonged training I’ve seen
Multiple times in my career, a novice I have been
Those days are now over, sometimes I yearn
For those novitiate days when my goal was to learn
When the learning curve used to be steep
The climb was exhilarating- that enthusiasm I wish I could keep
As a new trainee, at the bottom of the totem pole I would be
But learning new skills was so exciting for me
That I did not care about my place in the hierarchy
I believed I would climb higher eventually..
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These days I am no longer officially
A student, a learner or a trainee,
It takes much more effort to imbibe
New concepts and skills, though I strive
To keep up with the advances in my field
My efforts no longer similar results yield
The learning curve keeps flattening every year
My knowledge would soon become out of date, I fear…
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If only I could trick my brain to believe
That I am a novice trainee, maybe I would achieve
The ability to climb a learning curve that is steep
Maybe my zeal for learning I would be able to keep
Passion...unbridled 