It's halfway through the semester and I'm not even close to being as satisfied with my performance as I should be. I just had my third organic chem test today. Boy do I need to redeem myself.... I hope I did well. What annoys the crap out of me is the fact that I JUST got my hands on my professors old exams since 2006. (!!!!!) I compared the first 2009 test to the one in 2006 and they are EXTREMELY similar!! I guess he figured that 3 years is enough time to wait before he can pretty much cut and paste most of the questions.... I cant get over the fact that if I had those tests I would have dont much better on my exams...
Ok granted, i shouldnt rely on old exams to get me through organic chem, but I need all the boost I can get! Whats wrong with a little jump start? Anyways, my friend told me not to dwell on what has already passed....He's right. I have to just move on. Test taken, move on.
....And now that I've moved on, i can concentrate finally on genetics and zoology. We have a genetics project coming up so thats something different to look forward to. Finally - something creative!! We have to create a brochure on a genetic disease. You know, the brochures that you pick up at the doctors office that tells you about a certain disease or illness? That.
Should be good.
The professor apparently is going to choose the top 10... then from that, choose the top 5, and the top 5 groups will present their brochure and receive extra points on the final exam :)
My research seems to have plateaued for now... we - or should I say "I".. am still in the middle of data crunching. There is so much information it drives me nuts... So this is what I have to do: I have to make a graph that plots the magnitude of blood flow during several time points, from different locations on the brain, and from different mice. I'm almost convinced that is impossible. MY boss said it was a "three dimensional graph" but I"m pretty sure I count 4 variables.
1) magnitude
2) time
3) mice
4) brain location
Impossible...
I was playing around with several options though but didnt come up with anything especially promising yet. I guess I have until Monday when my boos returns from his trip to Memphis.....
It's way past my bed time.. I'm doing more yawning than typing. Shadowing tomorrow!!
