Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Back to work!


So after the most amazing weekend it's back to work, studying hard for our Block 1 exams next week.  I think that I can speak for most of my classmates when I say we're all freaking out just a little bit.  We're about to be tested on 6 weeks worth of material that has been been fed to us at hypersonic speed.   We've covered Biochemistry, Genetics, Cell Biology, Anatomy, Radiology, Histology, and physical exam skills.  To say the least, it's been fast.

What I really see coming through though with BCM is their willingness to help out.  The Faculty are amazingly easy to approach and confront with any question or difficulty.  For example, last week we had an 'Intro to Nervous System' that quite frankly nobody understood.   Many students emailed the prof and with that he decided to simply review what we learned last week for today's lecture.  All the upperclass students have impressed me too with the willingness to teach as TA's for labs, or be an anatomy buddy to set up practices and give advice on just about anything.

The workload/schedule at BCM is of it's own as I've mentioned before.  Today I went to class from 8-noon (including anatomy lab) and was home to eat lunch with Shelby and her mother.  I quickly was able to study during the afternoon, come back to eat dinner and hang out with Grayson - and now I'm reviewing more notes while most of them sleep.  BCM also offers the ease of video streaming most* lectures.

Anyways, I hope the week gets started right after a long weekend at the hospital.  Thanks again to all that have helped out with the baby, dogs, food, etc.  Shelby's doing great and Grayson is thankfully sleeping the days away.

WOD: 115# barbel complex of 1snatch/2overhead squats/3push press/4 back squat/5 deadlift/6 lateral burpess.   10 rounds for time.
time: 18:21

1 comment:

Joe and Breana said...

We are LOVING this blog! You're doing awesome! We love hearing the updates and what's going on in your life. Sounds like you're busy preparing for your exam. You'll do great! We can't wait to see you guys again! Hopefully this weekend or something while your dad and Sharon are here! We love you and we're so happy for you and Shelby!