First Day of Class

Well, we both survived our first day of classes. :-) Anatomy was fun. The lab was pretty interesting, if not slightly overwhelming, and the lecture was really good. We were given 119 terms for parts of the skull, vertebral column, and rib cage to memorize for Thursday (Tomorrow!!). There will be a quiz at the beginning of each lab on what we learned in the previous lab. That's two a week. They lay out 10 things marked with tape or a pointer and you just have to write the name down on your paper. Easy, right? We'll definitely learn a ton in this class. I'm thinking that the lecture portion of the class will be easier than the lab portion. We start working with cadavers next Tuesday. Last night we rented a model skull to study and worked on it for a couple hours. I could probably point to most of the things at this point when they are named, but I have to be able to name it when someone else is pointing to it. It's a start. Spencer's better at this kind of thing than I am.

So our anatomy lab is 12 to 2, then lecture is 2 to 4. Then at 4 we ate some food and then went down to the RB for Spencer's weightlifting class. We talked to the professor and he said it would be fine if I came and joined them when I get off work, so we worked out until 5:45, ran to the locker rooms to change, then ran up to campus to get to our 6:00 humanities class. The professor seems super nice and we only have one paper that's due at the end of the semester. Plus, we don't have in class quizzes. So really, the only tough thing about that class will be keeping up with all the reading. And staying awake. It goes until 8:30. Yuck. Also, we need to start packing lots of food for Tuesdays and Thursdays. I also need to look at my work hours and cut back a bit to fit anatomy review sessions and open lab hours each week to keep up with that class.