The First Test!

So today was the first medical school test in Developmental Anatomy. A little background: it was 100 questions and covered 6 lectures, yes, I said only 6 lectures. I would have to say it was a pretty fair test though. The questions definitely progressively got harder, but maybe my brain cells got weaker as I progressed thus making it more difficult?!?!

The teacher posted the answers outside his office, and most smart people (not including myself) had the time to write down their answers so they could figure out what they made. I will just have to wait until the wonderful computer department posts it online. I think I did okay though...I am at least confident that they cannot throw me out after this test, which is a good thing.

What is different about med school as opposed to any other type of school (maybe not law) after a test is that you still have to learn a lot of information after taking a test. For example, we had a long and strenuous biochem lecture right after the test, and to say that i could not focus, would be a stretch. I don't even think I understood any scientific words during that time. Then to further compound my insult to injury, anatomy lab covered the nerves and muscles of the hand. Now those of you that don't know, the hand has WAY TOO MANY muscles and nerves and other stupid things that we have to remember. It was insane. So basically, I am now back at step 1. I have a biochem test on thursday which i must incessantly study for (don't know if that's the right usage of the word incessantly, but english is not my first language), and we have a gross test coming to.

so the studying continues....as does school.....and lack of enjoyment and no ARSENAL, at least not in the near future

10%

I realized I am insanely obsessed with numbers today when I had calculated that 10% of the semester was finished today. You ask, how did I do this? Well, there's 16 weeks in the semester so 1.6 weeks would mean Wednesday of the second week. So that's how you get it.....In case you were wondering (and i don't know who you is, it may be me reading my blog a few years down the line).

Today was also filled with a decent bit of studying. I definitely avoided it earlier in the day and went and played basketball for a couple of hours. Then I basically fell asleep at the library for like 30 minutes, went to a meeting, but then somehow I was able to stay up and get some stuff done.

I am now watching some Team USA basketball. They are killing Venezuela, but hey, they are supposed to be the best in the world right, even though Olympic results don't indicate that.

Its hard to believe that I have only been in school for less than 2 weeks, I feel like I have been taught so much stuff in that time.

Also, the stock market is going back up, what's up with this. Its like one day everyone in America is selling their stocks because of credit problems, and the next day they just buy like crazy. It really makes you wonder how much of the stock market is driven by emotions and how much is driven by earnings and financial information like it is supposed to be. I also wonder what investment bankers do working so many hours. I mean, anyone can research a whole lot of companies, but surely they are getting something else done in that time too I would think. Maybe they are getting insider information which basically gives them the edge and that's why most of them think they are kind of a big deal. I am definitely glad I'm not out doing that.

And that's my opinion for the day...