Physiology Quiz
Feb. 26th, 2004 01:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ninevirtuesI'm pretty disappointed. Oh, sure, I did okay on the physiology quiz (I probably got a 70%, which is a survival grade, and the class has been giving me fits, so that's fine with me)... but really now, I would like to actually learn physiology. Instead, I'm learning a random collection of miscellaneous facts, and they'll stick in my memory for approximately 10 minutes after I take the final, and then they'll join the vast collection of PR times, commercial jingles, and desperately important information that I no longer use that's swirling around my subconscious... in short, completely inaccessible to my conscious mind.
I'd like to think that the classes I'm taking will help me to become a physical therapist and pass the boards. This one will not do that. The only thing it may possibly do is keep me from becoming a physical therapist if I fail it. Grr.
At least I now have a reasonable strategy to memorize the material quickly and easily: I determined, after talking to my classmates, that they don't read the book. They listen to the lecture with the study guide questions (that the professor writes) open in front of them, and they take notes only on the material that appears in the study guide questions. If they crack the book, it's to read ONLY the material that is mentioned in the study guide. Aha. If I want to see my bike again between now and July, when this class ends, this is the way to go. (I also plan to turn in all the study guide questions to the professor after I complete them, even though she only asks for half of them. That way she can check that I really do understand what is going on. She also tends to contradict herself, so if there's a dispute about a test question, I have a written record that what I put down was the right thing (assuming I can accurately reproduce what was on the study guide in a test situation.)
Sheesh. I say again, sheesh. What a waste of my time and energy.
I'd like to think that the classes I'm taking will help me to become a physical therapist and pass the boards. This one will not do that. The only thing it may possibly do is keep me from becoming a physical therapist if I fail it. Grr.
At least I now have a reasonable strategy to memorize the material quickly and easily: I determined, after talking to my classmates, that they don't read the book. They listen to the lecture with the study guide questions (that the professor writes) open in front of them, and they take notes only on the material that appears in the study guide questions. If they crack the book, it's to read ONLY the material that is mentioned in the study guide. Aha. If I want to see my bike again between now and July, when this class ends, this is the way to go. (I also plan to turn in all the study guide questions to the professor after I complete them, even though she only asks for half of them. That way she can check that I really do understand what is going on. She also tends to contradict herself, so if there's a dispute about a test question, I have a written record that what I put down was the right thing (assuming I can accurately reproduce what was on the study guide in a test situation.)
Sheesh. I say again, sheesh. What a waste of my time and energy.
