Well, I've gotten back my final grades. I actually did just slightly better than I had expected, making a C in both Anatomy and Trigonometry, and a B in Chemistry. I was very sure that I had only gotten a D in Anatomy, considering how hard I struggled with it as a whole, and during the final practical and test in specific. Regardless, I'll be retaking it in the fall, both to get a better understanding of the basics so that I'm comfortable with it, and to stay in the swing of things, so to speak, so that I don't shift into it point blank in the winter for the next section.
I still haven't heard back about my assignment for the dorms this fall; that's due to come back sometime in the next month or so. I've got to say, I'll be sorely disappointed if I do get put in the main double-assignment rooms, but it is what it is.
I'm afraid there's really not much more to say, except fall is coming up FAST. I'm looking forward to it, at least in the sense of wanting to get things started finally, but there's still a lot of trepidation, not to mention a bit of missing Eden in advance. I guess I'll be back here in a few months. In the meantime, feel free to follow our summer adventures on http://joshandeden.blogspot.com.
Tomorrow is my final lab practical for A&P, so I'm studying like crazy and don't really have time for an extensive post. That said, I just finished up writing my final literature review, and the subject article I used is just absolutely fascinating to me. I thought maybe you folks would appreciate it as well.
Click here for the online version of the article.
Here's the close on my review, and my honest thoughts on the subject.
"There are many possible connections that I could make between this subject matter and our own studies, but I think that the most poignant I can offer would be that this is an article that offers me hope. To clarify, I’ve had extensive problems with memory since my first wife passed away in 2001. I’ve often attributed this to the trauma associated with that event, but after reading this article I have doubts about this. It seems to me that my memory and cognitive degeneration might as easily be attributed to the near fugue state I adopted for several months after, followed by a number of IT jobs that demanded very little of me in the way of new learning. In effect, by avoiding the mental exercise of continuing to learn new skills, I may have contributed to degeneration that in turn makes it immensely harder for me to acquire new information. Following the lines of reasoning within the article, it may eventually be possible for me to increase my capacity for learning by continually adding new skills. In addition, the article mentions continual mental exercise as a means of delaying the onset of degenerative mental diseases, especially Alzheimer’s. Given that my maternal grandfather has been affected profoundly by this disease, it gives me hope that even if I am to follow in his genetic footsteps in the decades to come, I may be able to stave off the onset. "
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