We're starting to explore more advanced topics in chemistry. Today we began biochemistry, which I have no background in at all. However, I did get a small taste of biochemistry today. I saw that even though it was a lot of memorization, it relied heavily on application and real understanding. Because we are pre-professional students, Dr. Sullivan (our chemistry instructor) gave us examples of diseases caused by dysfunctional proteins.
In writing skills, we started to more directly address the topic of personal statements by understanding how to approach essay tests. Before, we mostly just brushed up on grammar skills, talked about voice and style, etc. For me, the hardest part of writing my personal statement is constructing my first paragraph so that it is interesting, meaningful, and strong. I want to have a creative personal statement, but still stick to a medicine-orientated theme. The best part is that our writing skills instructor has offered to read our personal statements. :)
We also worked on our HCD (health care disparities group project), which is due next week. Even though this is not a graded project, I am working very hard on it. Our subject (precocious puberty) is of interest to me, both as a female and as a future doctor. It also seems like a unique topic that others may have not heard about it. Hopefully we won't bore anyone in the audience.
After dinner, our RA group sat down for book club. We are officially done with the HeLa book. Finishing it felt like unwrapping a really tangled knot. For me, the book felt like an open ending: none of the family's troubles are really resolved and as a reader, I was left going, "Well, that's it?" The book is GOOD, but if you're a reader who likes resolved endings with clear conclusions, you'll be thinking about this book for a long time! That is not necessarily bad; I actually feel like this book has helped me understand the problems within research and healthcare from various perspectives: patients, researchers, doctors, the general public, etc. And besides, I think a point of this book is that there are very few black and white areas in ethical subjects where right and wrong are separated by a brick wall.
Enjoy the pictures:
In writing skills, we started to more directly address the topic of personal statements by understanding how to approach essay tests. Before, we mostly just brushed up on grammar skills, talked about voice and style, etc. For me, the hardest part of writing my personal statement is constructing my first paragraph so that it is interesting, meaningful, and strong. I want to have a creative personal statement, but still stick to a medicine-orientated theme. The best part is that our writing skills instructor has offered to read our personal statements. :)
We also worked on our HCD (health care disparities group project), which is due next week. Even though this is not a graded project, I am working very hard on it. Our subject (precocious puberty) is of interest to me, both as a female and as a future doctor. It also seems like a unique topic that others may have not heard about it. Hopefully we won't bore anyone in the audience.
After dinner, our RA group sat down for book club. We are officially done with the HeLa book. Finishing it felt like unwrapping a really tangled knot. For me, the book felt like an open ending: none of the family's troubles are really resolved and as a reader, I was left going, "Well, that's it?" The book is GOOD, but if you're a reader who likes resolved endings with clear conclusions, you'll be thinking about this book for a long time! That is not necessarily bad; I actually feel like this book has helped me understand the problems within research and healthcare from various perspectives: patients, researchers, doctors, the general public, etc. And besides, I think a point of this book is that there are very few black and white areas in ethical subjects where right and wrong are separated by a brick wall.
Enjoy the pictures: