Other Class: Anatomy

So the past two weeks we have done pretty cool stuff in my Anatomy lab and I missed both of them. One week they dissected a sheep brain and the next week they looked at a cadaver. This week we dissected a cow eye which was pretty neat. We cut off the cornea and the outer part so that all the liquid on the inside that holds everything in place would fall out. After that we looked at the optic disk which is kind of a part of the retina and then we peeled the retina away from the choroid thing. We even popped the cornea off of the outer part of the eye and it was really weird because it was hard but we cut it in half and then it kind of just peeled away in layers. After you peel away the retina though you can see were the optic nerve goes into the eye, and that is the nerve that goes to the brain to send all the signals your eyes gets so that your brain kind of paints a picture for you to see. Isn’t that neat? Well, in case you did not know the optic disk is your blind spot, whatever light and colors your eye receives and it hits that spot you cannot see it, weird right? Well anyway, the eye dissection was really cool but I wish I would have went for the cadaver. It kind of freaks me out like looking at and touching dead bodies but I still think it is a pretty neat way to learn.

Misc.

Okay so I already blogged about my awful luck with my car so that everyone already knows. I am not real sure if I mentioned that one day after class, on Wednesday, which is the day that I have three classes and do not get out until 3 or 3:30. Well I walked out and went to start my car and it would not start. Well I left it over night and I left with my best friend. Well my grandparents came up the next day to get it and it started right up for them. My grandpa figured my starter was going bad and said we would just wait until it went completely out to put the new one in it. Well my mom works like 5 minutes from home so she started driving my car so just in case something does happen we do not have to come to Lima, so I drive her car to class now. Well, yesterday morning she went to take it to work and it would not start and I had ended up not waking up for class and when I had gotten up and gotten ready to observe for PT it would not start either. My grandpa had come out to put the new starter in it and then he realized my car was in DRIVE! Wow, did I feel like an idiot but not completely because my mom did not realize it either. But I had remembered that the day before I had driven it and was on my way home from school and I had to pee really bad so when I got home I was in such a hurry that I must of kept my foot on the brake and just shut the car off and did not put it in park. Needless to say, I am a blonde brunette. A little embarrassing but I figured someone would get a chuckle out of it.

Career

So for this paper we are writing in English it kind of goes hand in hand with my career path. We have to write a persuasive essay over a topic of your choice. I chose to do Direct Access in Physical Therapy which is for patients to be able to see a physical therapist without a physicians referral. I think this is awesome because when I was going to physical therapy I had to have a doctors referral or I might not have had to but I went and seen the doctor first anyway. But when I was done with physical therapy I thought that people should be able to go when they want and not have to have the doctors approval and that was before I found out about direct access. After reading about all of this and doing research I have learned a lot which makes me feel even more positive about direct access. I think direct access is an awesome idea, it helps people get into physical therapy faster than having to go to their family doctor and get referred to the PT. It costs patients less money too because they do not have to pay for the doctor office costs just for physical therapists. There are only a few states in the United States that do not do direct access and are trying really hard to get it. Medicare is also trying to get direct access as well. I think direct access is a great idea though!

In Class Writing 14

Well, to start of this whole shenanigan, I forgot my girlfriend’s birthday. I know, that is probably one of the worst things you can do to a girl, well not the worst but I know it is pretty bad. Trust me, you will never hear the end of forgetting something so just do not do it, writing everything down is your best bet. It all started the morning of her birthday, I woke up late and when I went to get out of bed I tripped over the dog and fell down, now if that is not a bad way to start your morning then I am not sure what is. I got up though and took my shower, which there was not any hot water and no breakfast so I just went ahead and drove to school. Luckily, my drive was short and uneventful and then I rolled up to school and parked and ran to the doors to get to class. I went to all my classes and had not been able to see my girlfriend at all but I kept getting dirty looks from her best friends. At the end of the day I saw her and we talked and she asked what we were doing tonight and I had told her that I was going out with the guys. Right after I said that she stormed off and I could not figure out what her deal was. I headed home, puzzled, and when I got home my parents were there and were way too excited just to see me. They asked how my girlfriend was and asked if her birthday was going well. That was when it hit me, I forgot all about her birthday until now and she is mad at me. I told my parents I forgot and they just shook their head and told me I really need to start writing this stuff down. They told me to call her and have her here by 7 o’clock. So I did and she was still mad but she finally agreed to come over. My parents had cooked her favorite dinner and put a candle on the table, my mom had went and bought a vase of flowers and luckily I had already gotten her birthday present the week before so it was in my room. When she arrived I gave her the flowers and we ate dinner and then I gave her the present, which was a diamond necklace and obviously she forgave me. It was awesome being able to see all the excitement in her face and after she left, I sighed a big sigh of relief and took a shower and went to bed. That is how my parents helped me make up with my girlfriend and saved the day.

Misc

I am so, so, so, excited for this week. Today, Tuesday, and Wednesday I have class which kind of sucks but we are not really doing anything in any of them anyway. Today I found out that since so many did poorly on our Anatomy exam that we are going to have a curve test on Monday that is worth 17 points! I did not do too bad on my test but these extra points will make it even better. Tuesday I have English and we are working on our paper so that will be helpful and Wednesday I have Public Speaking, Anatomy lecture, and Anatomy lab. In Public Speaking we have policy speeches which is the last speech before our final one. In my anatomy lecture we are just going over notes and in my Anatomy lab we are looking at a cadaver. Which would be really exciting but, Wednesday is also my birthday so I really dont want to go to class at all. I will go to my Public Speaking class for sure but I am not sure about the other two. Thursday is the big day that everyone is excited for, Thanksgiving! I am so excited to get together with my family and eat all the yummy food and then go to my boyfriends for his Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving has to be the best time of the year, it feels so warm and loving and everyone gets stuffed and just sits around and talks. Friday is of course Black Friday, which I am still trying to talk my mom into going but it is not going well. Anyway, I hope everyone else has an awesome Thanksgiving and stays safe and has a great time with all their loved ones!

Other Class

Last week I had my fourth exam in my Anatomy and Physiology 1 lecture class and I must say I was really nervous about it. I was not completely sure if I was going to get a good grade or even a decent grade. It was over the muscles, bone tissue, and nervous system. I understood the part about the bone tissue really well and I understood most of the muscle part except some of the stuff that I thought would be really important. The part that I did not think I knew very well was the over the nervous system. I was so worried because that was the last thing we had learned about and I had not studied it. I really did not study for any of it except on the day of the test which I know is a really bad idea but I had been busy all week and stressed out so I kind of forgot to study. I was really upset that I did not study because I have to do really well in these classes this year because if I do not pass I have to pay back the money for the classes that I did not pass, which is something that I definitely do not want to do. But anyway, good news is I passed the test with an 87/100, which is not that good but it is something that I will take. I was nervous to check my grade but when I did it was a huge sigh of relief. So, I am definitely going to study harder for the next one!

Career

So I started observing at Bellefontaine Physical Therapy on Tuesday to get into my program. I have to have 20 hours there and I already have nine and a half done, so that is kind of exciting. I want to try and get them all finished before the end of this semester so I can send the paper in to the school because I will be done with my computer class and I will be put on the waiting list! Anyway, observing at the Bellefontaine PT is way more fun than when I observed at the nursing home because it is a totally different clientele. The clients that were at the nursing home went to physical therapy because they needed to strengthen their muscles for basic things, the people that come in at Bellefontaine PT are there for various things. A few people had rotator cuff surgery, some had knee replacements, and some had back surgery. At Bellefontaine PT I have learned quite a bit because the Physical Therapists kind of explain to me what they are doing and why they are doing it. The clients that come in are really nice and they always talk to me and will tell me why they are there. I decided that this is definitely the field of Physical Therapy that I want to go into, outpatient. In outpatient physical therapy you work with clients that have had surgery or have hurt themselves through work, it is just a bigger variety of people and problems. I am really excited to be done with school and start my job.

Reader Response 7

Hopkin's essay is about teaching. She talks about how she went to school and then became a member of the Teach for America Coporation (TFA). Hopkin's said she went through a program the summer before she started teaching her first grade class and unprepared she was. She said that her educational tool kit was not developed enough and did not know how to give her students an equal chance in the system. She creates an idea where a veteran teacher is paired with the first year teacher to help them get the feel of it. I believe this is an excellent idea for someone to be paired with an older teacher. This helps them get the hang of things while having someone there to help them that first year. I think that being an elementary school teacher would come a little easier than being in high school when it is your first year but then again, I do not know. I had first hand experience with a first year teacher. My junior year of high school and we had a brand new English teacher. She came from BG and as soon as everyone knew that I think she lost a little respect just because everyone thought they knew what she did every weekend. Anyway, I do not think she was completely prepared because the class did not turn out well. Many people were getting bad grades and it was because of the way she taught the class. I even talked to other teachers about her teaching methods and they thought they were odd and said well its her first year, she will learn. I guess with any job you will have that first year which is completely learning for the most part and it will be hard, not only on you but everyone else as well.

In Class Writing

I enjoyed the videos we watched today in class. They were called Everything Is a Remix and they were pretty interesting. The videos put a lot of things into perspective that I did not know before. I did not know that a lot of things were “remixes” or “copies” of other things. When we were taught in school about who made the first computer or light bulb or all of those things, we were taught the most famous people but we weren’t taught that they were just better copies of the first one. I was really surprised to learn that what I knew about Henry Ford was different, I knew he did not start the automobile or automobile parts but I was taught that he created the assembly line, but in reality he just put that with the two other things to produce cars faster. I think a lot more people should watch these videos because it really teaches you a lot. It was neat to see him take the beat of a really old song and show other songs that it was in after that as well. I am sure it took a lot of time and research to make these videos and I think they are pretty neat. I thought that it was interesting to see how movies really related with each other and how 50 movies can kind of take a part in the making of just one movie. Like when he talked about Star Wars and how it had so many parts in it that resembled so many other movies. It makes sense though because like he said, a person has to kind of copy and look at other great works to make theirs just as great. It takes real talent to start from the ground up, all on your own and I don’t know if anyone can really do that.

Other Class

So this Wednesday I have my Anatomy lecture exam. I am not excited at all because I think it is going to be pretty hard. The exam is over some of bone tissue, the muscular system, and the nervous system. The bone tissue and muscular system should be pretty easy but I am super nervous about the nervous system.part. In lecture it is the physiology of anatomy, which is how things work. When you learn this it is more of a chemistry look at anatomy. You learn how proteins go into cells and how the cells work to make everything else work. This is not fun because I am not the chemisty or physiology type of person so it is harder for me to learn. Learning about all this though is kind of interesting. Through my lab I am learning where things are and through lecture I am learning how it all works to make your body work. It is kind of fun to learn about the tests definitely are not fun. I am really nervous about the nervous system part because it was a lot of different things. We had a pretty big packet over it all and it is kind of confusing. But I think that if I study pretty hard then it hopefully will not be too hard of a test. Also, I have to get a decent grade on it so it does not lower my grade in the class because if it does then I run the risk of not passing the test, which is not good at all. Wish me luck!

Career

So for the PTA program at Rhodes we have to do observation hours at two different Physcical Therapy places. The first one I did was at a nursing home and I did not really like it, I know now that that is not what I really want to do for the rest of my life. When I went through Physical Therapy I went through an outpatient program and I loved being there so I think I would love to work there. I am getting ready to start at the second place to observe and I am kind of excited. This place is another outpatient place. People get prescriptions from their doctors that say where they are going to go and they just take the prescription to the Physical Therapist and that is how they start. No one can just decide one day that they want to go and just walk in and start. When I went in I talked to one of the Physical Therapists and he was excited that I wanted to observe and he was even excited that I am going to Rhodes. Hopefully I can maybe get a job there when I am finished and be a Physical Therapist Assistant there. I am more excited about observing here because there will be more of a variety of people that they work with, not just old people. I am going to start tomorrow! I  am super excited.

Misc.

So for English right now I am writing an essay over 2b or Not 2b from our They Say I Say text book. It is an excerpt from David Crystal’s book written in 2008. At the beginning of the passage, before Crystal’s essay there is an excerpt from a newspaper article written by Humphrys where he talks about how texters are ruining the English language. Throughout Crystal’s essay, Crystal argues against what Humphrys says because he believes that texting is not hurting our language. He talks about how our generation is not the generation that started all of this, that our elders abbreviated things as well. The difference between them abbreviating words and us doing it is that they did not have texting and internet so they did not do it all the time. Now that we have texting and internet and that is our main use of communication we use abbreviations to make it quicker and since we do it a lot every day people see it a lot more. A lot of people think it was the younger generations that started this because they did not have texting but really we are just using what they started. He also talks about how he found research over kids and their literature. Kids that used more abbreviations scored higher on their reading and literature tests, weird right? Well, he also talks about how for us to abbreviate things we have to know the meaning of what we are abbreviating. I think this is a good assumption because it is true. He also talks about how we would not send a text that is so full of abbreviations that we couldn’t understand it because we still have to pay for the texts that we send so why send one that doesn’t make sense to send another that does. I think texting is very controversial but I don’t think it is a bad idea.

Misc.

So Sunday I was completely thrown off by the time change and was up at 8. My boyfriend is moving into his own little house and wants me to move in of course but that is a different story. We went shopping for curtains and could not find anything we liked. Well, he ended up getting frustrated so we went back to his house to watch TV and what not and I was working on my English paper and then he went and got his SD card for his trail cam which made him want to go to the woods. Now, I grew up in the country on a farm, we had horses and four wheelers and a huge woods but I have never been out hunting and stuff. Well a few months ago he got me a dog that really turned out to be his that he wants to use for squirrel hunting so we took her out with us to run around. So we go to the woods and walk around and we even sat and waited to see if any squirrels would come around, and they did not. Well, then we decided to walk around some more and look at this guy’s pond and then we walked the edge of the corn field and woods. I learned that does will clear a little spot on the ground and pee and then will rub there nose on some trees and then leave so when a buck comes walking he sniffs it and follows her. Kind of interesting stuff to learn I guess. But, that was my Sunday if you are interested.

Misc.

So I just want all of you to know that I seriously have the worst luck in the entire world probably, well with cars at least. So here goes the horrific luck that I have had because you might find it funny, a lot of people do. Well when I turned fifteen and a half I drove with the instructor just like everyone else. Well, all the days were fine until I had to drive with this old guy, we were driving on this small country road and were coming up on a hill and I got over as far as I could while still on the road. This obviously was not good enough because he grabbed the wheel and yanked it towards him and was like, “you need to get off the road some because you have no idea what’s on the other side.” I was like seriously you couldn’t just tell me that? Well, it came to my driver’s test and I passed but I did hit a cone but didn’t knock it over. Well everything was going fine, my birthday is in November and in December, I was passing a car and almost hit a state trooper head on. I was going to try the fake tear thing but it was a lady cop and she was not going for that. I went to court a month later and got my license suspended for 6 months, with privileges to school and work and volleyball. Well, in May, a month before I get my license back I wrecked my car! I live on top of a big hill and there are a lot of accidents, well we got a bunch of rain and my tires were bad and I started fish tailing down the hill and then my car jerked sideways and I hit a tree. I was completely fine, luckily because there is a huge hill going down into a woods. I went to court and lost my license until I was 17 with privileges again. When I finally got my license back and a car I was going to grandmas and got a flat tire, we fixed it. Like, a month later I was in town at like 3:30 in the afternoon and hit a deer. Luckily it only hurt my car cosmetically, which I still haven’t fixed. Needless to say, I should ride a bike.