Today in Anatomy the Professor rambled about the grades on our papers. She stated there was a bit of a curve as one of the questions was misinterpreted by everyone but two students. So she gave everyone the points. She also explained that the average of the class was 80, there were two 100 grades and that we should now be able to pull off the rest of the semester and know how she gives tests.
I wasn’t the least bit nervous until I noticed the girl next to me got a 100 as did her boyfriend who sits next to her on the other side. Hmmm, maybe I should have glanced at her paper during the test? My paper was delivered to me as the Professor called out my name. My heart took five steps into my rectum and then it took seven steps back up into my chest. I got a 75 and I could not be happier. I was thrilled beyond belief.
Who would have guessed that my first time back into the classroom after 30 years, two childbirths, a growth spurt in the wrong areas and some antidepressants, that I could remember anything beyond inspiration and expiration? WOW is all I can say.
As we reviewed more chapters, more words, more diagrams, I suddenly realized, this is so not easy. I almost wished I could drop out of the class at this point and not have to worry about memorizing all the parts of the face and larynx for the next quiz. Something is so lost when all you do is learn in order to take a test. You lose the significance and the meaning of all thats necessary to understand the field you want to go into.
In anycase, as we were told to pass our homeworks to the front of the room for collection. The homework was for us to draw or sketch the posterior and anterior of the larynx as well as listing the cartlidges. I noticed the girl next to me had made a very pretty and colorful diagram of the larynx with all the proper labels. I looked at my work, and all I had done was traced it onto a piece of paper, no colored pencils used, no fancy calligraphy. Just plain ole lines. Hmmm, I guess brown nosing it hasn’t changed in the last thirty years.
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