My Neurobio professor for next quarter posted this on the course webpage.

Rosovsky’s “Standard for undergraduate education”
1. An educated person must be able to think and write clearly and effectively.
2. An educated person should have a critical appreciation of the ways in which we gain
knowledge and understanding of the universe, of society, and of ourselves.
3. An educated American cannot be provincial in the sense of being ignorant of other cultures
and other times.
4. An educated person is expected to have some understanding of, and experience in thinking
about, moral and ethical problems.
5. We should expect an educated individual to have good manners, and high aesthetic and moral
standards.
6. Finally, an educated individual should have achieved depth in some field of knowledge.
From Henry Rosovsky’s Undergraduate education: Defining the issues ,
the 1975-1976 Report of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, Harvard College

He titled the file "An Educated Person," which got me confused b/c it doesn't have much to do w/ the class material.
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edit: AH! the syllabus is 13 pages!!! I've heard of syllabuses that are more than 3 pgs long but I've never had such a class before.

Ungrinched

Can it be?! Am I no longer in a foul "bahumbug" mood?? I think so.

My dad's side of the family doesn't really celebrate the holidays anymore. Or I should say my dad doesn't. My cousins are in Nevada so I'm never there to celebrate with them. This year, one of my cousins on my mom's side invited me to their holiday family gathering. Hopefully, I get to go to that.

Anyways, volunteering at LHH really got me into the spirit of giving. I went on a bus trip with C3 and G3 to Serramonte. Even though it was hectic and sort of disorganized, I still had fun. We left the mall early so the bus driver decided to stop by Twin Peaks. The view made me realized how much I've missed and love SF. There was a surprise holiday lunch/dinner (linner? lunner?) back at the hospital for volunteers. MMMmmm..red velvet cupcakes and eggnog. Just giving back and being recognized for giving time really made my day.

School-wise- I seriously thought I was going to fail a class this quarter. Cell biology was the first class I could not study for. I couldn't stay awake in the class either because I thought what the professor taught was a whole bunch of BS. He didn't even freaking teach anything about the cell!!! He taught us lab techniques!!!! USELESS INFORMATION IF WE NEVER WORK IN A LAB!!! Anyways, turns out I failed the final. When I calculated my grade last week I thought I was going to end up with my first C at Davis. I was so pissed. Turns out he curved or did something to the grades because I have a B on my transcript.
Also, I got the HIGH SCORE on the final for biochem metabolism!!! woot! I haven't set the curve for a UCD class since...since...general chemistry?? Anyways, got an A+ for that class! YAY! So proud!! Somehow I'll doubt I can get a letter of rec from that professor even though I took him for another biochem class during the summer and tutored for him this quarter. Idk. I didn't really have much interaction with him. I mean, he knows my face. He might be a little sketchy on my name. Argh...I need to make more time to talk to my professors. The school year is winding down fast and I'm still not comfortable asking for a professor for a good LOR.

Hmm...went off on tangents. I guess that's what happens when I don't blog for awhile.

GahHHH!! Need to go holiday shopping!!!!!!! I'm not use to procrastination!!!!!
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edit: Nevermind. Holiday songs, shoppers and decorations still annoy the crap out of me, Maybe I was in a good mood yesterday...

Winterbreak Goals:
-Finish buying 21st bday gifts
xFind/buy Secret Santa gift (almost everybody finished shopping on the day of...lol)
xWrite thank you cards+buy gifts
-Study for the TEAs
-Study for the GREs
-Study NPB101
-Finalize Nursing School list