Anatomy <3

I'm going to miss my anatomy class so much. I think I've said this before but anatomy and sculpture were definitely the best classes I've taken so far in college. I'm going to miss my study group!!! Even though we started out with 13 people, we ended up with 8 by the end of the semester. I'm so proud of everybody! We've worked so hard and learned so much from each other. They're all inspirational people and I know they'll strive in whatever they pursue! It's not "E as in Eeyore" it's "A as in awesome!" LOL! Doy!

Okay, on to hilarious, awkward, memorable moments that happened in anatomy. Oh man, where to start.

On the second day of class, I suggested that we form a big group since there were a bunch of people who were sitting in the back area of the lab. We split up the guided readings (multiple choice answers that the teacher had that might or might not have been included on the exam). This one guy always made people say "B as in boy" or "D as in Dog" when we were giving out answers, since B can sometimes sound like D. We also said "A as in awesome" or "E as in ear." These two dudes really made it funny when they started saying "E as in EVERYBODY!" or "E as in Eeyore"..or "D as in Boy!"

The last lab was especially memorable. Usually, only a few people and I (like 6 people) stay for the majority of the lab. The rest of the class leaves after lecture (I don't blame them; lecture was 4 hours and lab was scheduled for 4 hours) or after we've gone over whatever work we needed to as a group. Anyways, during the last lab, more people stayed to cram for the lab final. Being the top in my class, I was scurrying around helping people. By around 8pm, only one guy, who wasn't in my group, and an out-of-state girl, who was in my group and retaking the class, were left (or actually, there were 2 other students in the front too). We were looking at the reproductive systems. When the girl went to grab the guy's reproductive system, she carelessly grabbed the female. Earlier, so many people in my group did the same. I was like "it doesn't have a penis!!!" I told them that the professor told me that he might put penis on the exam because half the guys would get it wrong. Haha. When the guy got the right reproductive model, he totally em brassed me when he was holding it upside down though. He was saying something and I said "that's not right because the penis is.." [I blanked out on the word "upside down"] and he said "the penis is what, Kim?" Then, I was thinking erect and it made me hella blush. He replied with "Aw..you're blushing. I like the pretty colors."

I think most of the guys where the ones who made the class entertaining. It really made our group the best. This one guy always zoned out or was a little careless in his answers for the guided readings. We know he worked really hard (everybody did) on the GR's, but it was hilarious when he read started analyzing the question too deeply. It usually led to the wrong answers, but it was still fun to break down the stuff.

This other guy was UCD alumni with a B.S. in NPB (aka Physiology), an EMT and pre-med. We all thought he was going to be the outlier. He provided a lot insight into our work and was the main joker in the group. There are too many awesome moments to mention about this dude. Geez, I'm going to miss the randomness.

I have to mention the women who stayed late with me in lab. One already has a B.S. in Biology, works part time as a lab tech and has a family. I'm so proud of her (and everybody). She was aiming for a B but ended up with a 90%. This other girl dropped or got an F, but it was nice getting to know her. I'm really confused what happened to her. She had jury duty and couldn't call it off when we had the lab midterm, so the professor was going to double her lab final grade. She showed up on the day of the lecture final, but left before we took it. Plus, she didn't even show for the lab final. Finals week is too late to request a "W" on your transcript. She was retaking the class because she got a "C" in it before (I still don't understand why she had to retake it because she's already in a nursing program). I don't know. Well, I hope everything works out for her.

Okay, on to less important stuff; my grade. I got the highest score in the class. 102% or 1025/1000 points, since every exam was curved and we got a little extra credit stuff. I got the highest score on the lab midterm and one of the highest scores on the lab final. This is totally weird because I hate lab practicals! Maybe it was because we didn't have to do the musical chairs thing. The professor let everybody walk around and spend as much time at whatever station we needed to. He said that we're adult enough to know not to cheat. Plus, people were good in reporting cheaters (2 people dropped the class because someone pointed out they were cheating). Of course, I'm proud of myself because I worked hard. I couldn't have done it without my group! Thanks, guys!! It's not the first time I got top score in my class, but I think it's the first time in college. The professor liked to point out who got the top score (ugh..it's like high school). So, everybody in the class knew I was that 99% (before the final). People joked around at it, but it was all good laughs. I'm so glad no one really leeched off me. My group pointed out that there was this one women who displayed her distaste for my grade. She sucked up to the professor every class period and was labeled the b*tch of the class..not to mention she's a mom too. When the professor said "Q***** has the highest grade" after the lecture final, she apparently looked at me evilly and shook her pen fierily at me. Ahhh...darn those cut-throat type of people. I mean, I'm competitive but I don't think I'm cut-throat. I like to help people if they don't understand the stuff. Anyways, I never spoke a word to her during the 7 weeks, so it doesn't matter. Everybody else congratulated me.

OOoOOo...I was the only one that dissected a sheep's heart on my own because I stayed late during lab. I almost forgot to mention that. It was awesome!!!! I'm really going to miss out on the fun, gross stuff when I go to pharmacy school. *sigh*

I love Anatomy!!!

(I don't know why blogspot doesn't always space when I want it to in between paragraphs.)