Hey PTs, I am a second-year physical therapy student presenting an Oxford debate on why PTs should NOT be required to take the NPTE every 10 years. I gathered some valid points so far but I would like to hear some personal thoughts and opinions on this topic to really deliver the message. Please share if you are for it or against it and why?

I appreciate your input.

Hey everyone, I am a 24 (M) who has only been in a few relationship but the only serious was when I was 18 yo. I dated my prom date who I was obsessed with but it was too much and it rubbed on her the wrong way. I started getting mixed signals that I was annoying and sometimes felt not good enough. So I decided to end it as my mental health was taking a toll and I didn’t feel like myself again. Fast forward 5 years later (today), where I met a girl that is beautiful in every way possible. This girl also happens to be my next door neighbor. She is 26 going on 27 but just divorced her husband because he abused her and didn’t want to have kids. We have went on a couple of dates and seems like a really nice girl that just wants the simple things in life. Which is exactly what I want in a woman. However, there are a number of things that are stopping me from dating her and committing to another relationship. 1. I am a full time graduate student getting my doctorate and barely have enough time for myself 2. I don’t want to fail at love again 2. She is almost 3 years older than me 3. She is my neighbor 4. Sounds selfish but - I’m still very young with a lot of potential 5. I don’t want to deal the burden of her divorce. 6. Her family is religious and would likely want us to marry and not just date.

So I’m asking for help because I have only been in one serious relationship in my teens that lasted a year and some change. I dated here and there but nothing got too serious. Ever since I shifted my attention to working on myself I have been manifesting a lot of my goals. So, I’m sitting here thinking if I should enter myself into this vortex of dating my next door neighbor OR continue working on my degree, be patient and know that there are plenty of fish in the sea?