So it's now the end of the third day of class, aka, Wednesday. I have now learned more in the last 3 days than I did in 2 quarters at OSU - funny isn't it :) So far it's okay because I'm not involved (yet) so I study every single day for 5-6 hours after class, re-reading my notes, making flashcards, etc. Im usually in the library until 11 or so and then I head back to shower and usually make my flashcards as I watch like 30 minutes of TV. Im in bed usually by around midnight, although last night it was more like 2 am - hehe.
My trip on Sunday was AMAZING, very eye-opening and beautiful. I saw 2 waterfalls in one day, a boiling hot spring, a lake in the mountains where the temperature was like 30 degrees cooler than Portsmouth/Picard which are the two towns that Ross University takes up and everything in between during the car ride. It was beautiful, so please take a look at my faceook profile to see pictures from that, I can't post them all here. Driving here is crazy, because everything is on a hillside, and you could easily fall to your death wthin seconds, and the crazy thing is that they don't really use the break that often, they just drive by each other and SOMEHOW, they don't hit each other, i'ts amazing really. The car crash rate here is FAR lower than the US by ratio and we have rules.
This Sunday I'm going river tubing, which will actually propel me down the river, not me having to push myself like many times you do on rivers in the US. It's a 4 hour trip and Im really looking forward to it. After that, it's all study, I'm not going anywhere until nxt Semeser cause it's all just too much wth everything I have to study.
I have three exams every semester, called minis, and then a final cumulative exam. My first one is in October, covering aproximately the first 4 weeks - they are always on a Monday. I also start Anatomy lab next week where I will actually get to DISSECT the bodies, rather than in undergrad where you could just play with the already dissected ones. They have some pretty cool technology here - my favorite. So far, the doctor-patient relationship class is my favorite because it deals with communicaton rather than science as well as heathcare policie and reform, that interests me MUCHO! and gives me a break from the every day :) My least favorite is anatomy lecture because when I ask what specifics I need to know (in lab its very specific in lecture its less specific), he tells me that I need to know all of it, so just go step by step. I undersand this, but I would like to know what I need to know to pass this particular semester, not the entire 4 years of medical school - that part is obvious, EVERYTHING!!!
Oh well, that's what the weekend are for, studying your butt off :)
And classes here are not a M-W-F type thing. They change daily and from week to week. So today I could have 3 hours of Biochem, followed by Doctor-Patient Relationship for an hour and then an hour of anatomy. Tomorrow I'll have 2 hours of Physiology, 2 hours of Histology and 4 hours of lab. Then Next week on the same days, it's completely different.
Ive been going to the gym daily, which gives me a nice break from the rest of the day of studying and I think I'm pretty much settled in :)
Off to study now.
Barbara
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