I find that the only time I truly learn is when I’m willing.
When I’m uninterested in a course or develop a negative mindset towards a
professor, I find it's more difficult to grasp the information as compared to
classes or experiences that I genuinely enjoy.
Over Christmas break, I volunteered as a medical scribe for a local
urgent care. I found that I was able to remember diagnosis and treatment plans
better when I worked under a doctor who treated others and myself with respect,
rather than a doctor who just went through the motions of a physical exam with
a diagnosis will a very stoic mindset towards medicine. Going into this semester, I
know I have a tough course load, but I am more conscience that 3 of my 5
courses I am taking as requirements for my major, not classes that I genuinely
enjoy. Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology is an aspect of my major that
is necessary, but I know I don’t enjoy studying the microscopic level from
previous classes. Organic Chemistry, both lab and lecture, will be extremely
difficult classes to keep positive mindsets in, but I know the only way I will
be successful in either is if I keep an optimistic and driven attitude in
each. Specifically for lab, many
students enter 2nd semester with a defeated mindset and a negative
view due to the lack of direction throughout the semester. Learning is a two-way street—what we put into
it is directly proportional to what we get out of it.
Thanks for posting on learning. It really is a two-way street. I learn as much or more from students as they do from me. I hope your rigorous semester continues to go well.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your outlook on learning and how you went into the semester with the mindset that you would stay optimistic and driven in all of your classes. As I am reading this the week of finals, I know there have definitely been classes that I found it hard to stay driven for over the course of the semester. One in particular was for my major, and I was so excited about the topic, and, by halfway through the semester, the course had lost direction and student engagement. I hope you were able to keep your positive mindset in all five of your courses; I know that biology and o-chem are particularly daunting courses that are hard to get through.
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