Wednesday, September 25, 2013
My EYE!
Tying to look at anything after one of your eyes had been dilated for an eye exam lesson...
GAAAAHHH This is making my head hurt!
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Wait... Thats a place!
So we got our assignments for immersion today. Each student was assigned to a Dr. is some rural city in IL to shadow a physician for a week...
This was my reaction when reading my assignment.
This was my reaction when reading my assignment.
When you have never heard of the town that you are destined to spend 3 weeks in...
Wait... that's a place??? Welcome to Pittsfield, IL folks. Apparently its one of the 5 best hunting towns in Illinois.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
An Open Letter of Thanks to my Undergraduate Professors.
To the Professors of my
Undergraduate Education:
It has been recently brought to my attention the influence that you have had on my life. I want to extend my appreciation for all of the things which you have taught me during my time at North Central College. It would take pages to mention every one of you by name but I want to express my appreciation for the work that you devote yourself to on a daily basis.
But first, I would like apologize...
I'm sorry that I didn't understand what it meant to study. I now have an intimate knowledge of what studying really means and the "studying" that I did in your classes was child's play in comparison. I'm sorry that I complained about learning the basics. I really was thoroughly convinced that the Henderson Hasselbalch didn't matter in life; but it does, in fact its applicable in almost everything that I have studied from drug development to adverse reactions.
I'm sorry that I only ever complained during my undergrad career and never mentioned how much you have helped me grow as a student and individual. I'm sorry that I didn't standup for you during the post exam professor bashing that often took place. I'm sorry for being angry about failed labs when I was the one who didn't read or added the reactants in the wrong order. I'm sorry for not asking questions when I was confused and wasting your time with questions that were answered in the assigned reading.
For all of this and more I am sorry but for even more I am grateful. So thank you:
Thank you for teaching me how to learn, not just spoon feeding me information. Thank you for allowing me to experience blunt and sometimes what I considered harsh correction when I was unprepared. Correction now for me is continually getting harsher and the risk of being wrong or unprepared exceedingly greater than a bad grade or a blunt confrontation. The risk is now: retaking a year of Medical School, being dismissed or even greater a patient’s life. I have never been more grateful that you encouraged me to become a better student of science and life. Thank you for calling me to rise to the challenge of improvement rather than becoming bitter over correction.
Thank you for seeing me as an individual with unique gifting’s and failings that have part in creating how I act as a student and person. I have seen this in the way that you always found a way to explain concepts to me in a manner I could understand, even if doing this took hours or more than one visit to your office.
Thank you for caring about me outside of the world of furthering my education; but actively making sure i was not neglecting my physical, emotional or spiritual wellbeing.
Thank you for widening my view of the world; bringing to my attention the importance and severity of public happenings and my responsibility to care for those who cannot care for themselves.
Dr. Johnston - Thank you for teaching me that jumping off desks and interpretive dance are completely appropriate ways to learn biology. You taught me that learning can be fun and very entertaining. But wait there's more: Thank you for filling my notes with possibly the best cellular biology quote log ever made.
Dr. J - Thank you for analytically teaching me that the little things matter; because sometimes they are the difference between life and death.
Dr. Peterson - Thank you for teaching me how to do research and that ph = pka + log ([A]/[HA]).
Dr. B - Thank you for teaching me that it is possible to defy space and time: like an electron.
Dr. O'Connor - Thank you for teaching me the importance of what it means to listen and letting me pick your mind about teaching, grad school and med school. You taught me so much by example; I admire the great way you always used feedback from the students (bad or good) to make a class better.
Dr. Wilders - Thank you for teaching me what it means to be passionate and that multivariate calculus is worth going to 8am class. I loved coming to class each morning simply because i knew that you would be excited to teach me.
Dr. Horner - Thank you for teaching me to be persistent and that writing on the chalkboard make mistakes so much easier to pin point.
Dr. Visick - Thank you for teaching me how to work for a grade. All the advice and guidance that you so willingly offered me in my journey to where I am now has been invaluable; having you as an Adviser was one of the best things that happened to me during my time at NCC.
Dr. Renk - Thank you for teaching me that the authors name is important (I am still sad i missed that question on our Op Sys final). Also, Go Hawks!
Dr. St.Clair - Thank you for teaching me that professors care; every time i stepped into your office I always felt like you cared about everything that was going on in my life and not only my academic performance in your class.
I’m grateful to so many more people and in so many more ways that I could ever mention. But please know that you are a very necessary and essential part of your students’ lives and I for one am so grateful for each one of you. Thank you for all the hours of work, frustration and time that you have scarified for me and my classmates! We love and appreciate each one of you and all the diversity that you bring to our education.
-G
It has been recently brought to my attention the influence that you have had on my life. I want to extend my appreciation for all of the things which you have taught me during my time at North Central College. It would take pages to mention every one of you by name but I want to express my appreciation for the work that you devote yourself to on a daily basis.
But first, I would like apologize...
I'm sorry that I didn't understand what it meant to study. I now have an intimate knowledge of what studying really means and the "studying" that I did in your classes was child's play in comparison. I'm sorry that I complained about learning the basics. I really was thoroughly convinced that the Henderson Hasselbalch didn't matter in life; but it does, in fact its applicable in almost everything that I have studied from drug development to adverse reactions.
I'm sorry that I only ever complained during my undergrad career and never mentioned how much you have helped me grow as a student and individual. I'm sorry that I didn't standup for you during the post exam professor bashing that often took place. I'm sorry for being angry about failed labs when I was the one who didn't read or added the reactants in the wrong order. I'm sorry for not asking questions when I was confused and wasting your time with questions that were answered in the assigned reading.
For all of this and more I am sorry but for even more I am grateful. So thank you:
Thank you for teaching me how to learn, not just spoon feeding me information. Thank you for allowing me to experience blunt and sometimes what I considered harsh correction when I was unprepared. Correction now for me is continually getting harsher and the risk of being wrong or unprepared exceedingly greater than a bad grade or a blunt confrontation. The risk is now: retaking a year of Medical School, being dismissed or even greater a patient’s life. I have never been more grateful that you encouraged me to become a better student of science and life. Thank you for calling me to rise to the challenge of improvement rather than becoming bitter over correction.
Thank you for seeing me as an individual with unique gifting’s and failings that have part in creating how I act as a student and person. I have seen this in the way that you always found a way to explain concepts to me in a manner I could understand, even if doing this took hours or more than one visit to your office.
Thank you for caring about me outside of the world of furthering my education; but actively making sure i was not neglecting my physical, emotional or spiritual wellbeing.
Thank you for widening my view of the world; bringing to my attention the importance and severity of public happenings and my responsibility to care for those who cannot care for themselves.
Dr. Johnston - Thank you for teaching me that jumping off desks and interpretive dance are completely appropriate ways to learn biology. You taught me that learning can be fun and very entertaining. But wait there's more: Thank you for filling my notes with possibly the best cellular biology quote log ever made.
Dr. J - Thank you for analytically teaching me that the little things matter; because sometimes they are the difference between life and death.
Dr. Peterson - Thank you for teaching me how to do research and that ph = pka + log ([A]/[HA]).
Dr. B - Thank you for teaching me that it is possible to defy space and time: like an electron.
Dr. O'Connor - Thank you for teaching me the importance of what it means to listen and letting me pick your mind about teaching, grad school and med school. You taught me so much by example; I admire the great way you always used feedback from the students (bad or good) to make a class better.
Dr. Wilders - Thank you for teaching me what it means to be passionate and that multivariate calculus is worth going to 8am class. I loved coming to class each morning simply because i knew that you would be excited to teach me.
Dr. Horner - Thank you for teaching me to be persistent and that writing on the chalkboard make mistakes so much easier to pin point.
Dr. Visick - Thank you for teaching me how to work for a grade. All the advice and guidance that you so willingly offered me in my journey to where I am now has been invaluable; having you as an Adviser was one of the best things that happened to me during my time at NCC.
Dr. Renk - Thank you for teaching me that the authors name is important (I am still sad i missed that question on our Op Sys final). Also, Go Hawks!
Dr. St.Clair - Thank you for teaching me that professors care; every time i stepped into your office I always felt like you cared about everything that was going on in my life and not only my academic performance in your class.
I’m grateful to so many more people and in so many more ways that I could ever mention. But please know that you are a very necessary and essential part of your students’ lives and I for one am so grateful for each one of you. Thank you for all the hours of work, frustration and time that you have scarified for me and my classmates! We love and appreciate each one of you and all the diversity that you bring to our education.
-G
How I feel about my Undergrad Profs!
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
SO MUCH LEARNING!
That moment at the end of your four day weekend that you look at the calender and see 6 hours of class beginning at 8am the following day...
See you all after dark...
-G
-G
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