domingo, 15 de noviembre de 2009

Of terms and stuff


Well, I'm going to talk about, or write about, not my entire academic year, but about my second term (2009). I have, because it is not over yet, different courses and most of them are very interesting. They are a bit different from my previous courses; they are a lot more focused on Biology. I think they are very necessary for my formation, as a Physical Anthropologist. Thankfully not a single one of them is related to Prehistory or Archaeology, so that is a big plus, because last term I had two horrible courses of Prehistory, and I think I almost died.

Okay, enough about that, on with the topic at hand.
I have two subjects in Faculty of Medicine, so very far away. They are Histology-embryology and Anatomy. The first is very boring; it is about seeing tissues on the microscopic, although what we see, those tiny cells and structures are sometimes very, very pretty, with different colors and shapes. On the other hand, Anatomy is quiet interesting, I have always liked learning about the human body, and even though it is hard and demanding I enjoy it. Most of the time.
I had all the other classes at my Faculty, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and they were Genetics, Physical Anthropology II, Bioinformatics and English IV. The first one is quite good, interesting and useful, and the teacher is very nice. The second is vital, very interesting, and we always have a lot of fun. We get to work with bones, skeletons from populations of different times and places, and we have learned many things. The third is… well, strange. It is, or will be, useful and necessary, but I don’t really like very much some of its elements, like computer programs. About English what must be highlighted is the good work environment.

So yeah, concluding this mini review, this was a good term with lots of things to learn but it also was very tiring, exhausting even. Now that it is almost over I can see just how tired I am, all I want to do is sleep, eat chocolates and watch T.V., shut my brain off for a while. Guess I’ll have to wait a little bit longer for that. On the bright side this is not only the end of a term, but the end of an academic year, meaning that summer vacations are coming, along with Christmas and New Year, so finally a moment to relax and have a good time.

1 comentario:

Juan Luzzi dijo...

Once again you have written an almost spotless post (I just made some minor corrections). It's very well written and it sounds natural, as usual.

Well, I'm going to talk about, or RATHER write about, not my entire academic year, but about my second term (2009). I have, because it is not over yet, different courses and most of them are very interesting. They are a bit different from my previous courses; they are a lot more focused on Biology. I think they are very necessary for my formation, as a Physical Anthropologist. Thankfully not a single one of them is related to Prehistory or Archaeology, so that is a big plus, because last term I had two horrible courses ON Prehistory, and I think I almost died.

Okay, enough about that, on with the topic at hand.
I have two subjects in THE Faculty of Medicine, so very far away. They are Histology-embryology and Anatomy. The first ONE is very boring; it is about seeing tissues on the microscopE, although what we see, those tiny cells and structures are sometimes very, very pretty, with different colors and shapes. On the other hand, Anatomy is quiet interesting, I have always liked learning about the human body, and even though it is hard and demanding I enjoy it. Most of the time.
I had all the other classes at my Faculty, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and they were Genetics, Physical Anthropology II, Bioinformatics and English IV. The first one is quite good, interesting and useful, and the teacher is very nice. The second is vital, very interesting, and we always have a lot of fun. We get to work with bones, skeletons from populations of different times and places, and we have learned many things. The third ONE is… well, strange. It is, or will be, useful and necessary, but I don’t really like very much some of its elements, like computer programs. About English what must be highlighted is the good work environment.

So yeah, concluding this mini review, this was a good term with lots of things to learn but it also was very tiring, exhausting even. Now that it is almost over I can see just how tired I am, all I want to do is sleep, eat chocolates and watch T.V., shut my brain off for a while. Guess I’ll have to wait a little bit longer for that. On the bright side this is not only the end of a term, but the end of an academic year, meaning that summer vacations are coming, along with Christmas and New Year, so finally a moment to relax and have a good time.