My grades for Fall 2007

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Biochemistry I: A
Biotechniques I: A-
College Physics I: B-


My classes for this semester:

Biochemistry II
Biotechniques II
College Physics II
Undergraduate Research in Biology

Hey, did you get a position in the autism laboratory?

Political Science: A
Multi Variable Calculus: A-
Logic Design: C+

Quarter GPA: 3.3

my quarter GPA was 3.7. I'm fairly pleased with my self because it was distribution requirements and not my major classes. Mostly A- all the way including most assignments oddly enough.

So I didn't really have much interest in them and didn't work too hard at them really, except for the parts that require writing I had worked hard on, because I struggle with writing.

Yes I did! I'll be starting in the lab by the end of the month.

On a side note, I'm surprised you all do so well in lab/experimental settings. I study math in part because I can't deal with applied stuff; physics lab was a sensory salad.

Oddly enough, I thought I would be the same way, excelling in the theoretical stuff while doing poorer with the hands-on stuff. In actuality, I got a "C" in the biology lecture while loving the lab and pulling an "A" out of the midst of my academic mediocrity.

I'm curious though, how was your lab run that it was such a sensory overload? My instructor and professor were extremely adamant about order and cleanliness; we usually did one thing at a time and it was rather easy to focus. By the way, congrats on the straight A's, people that excel at mathematics are pretty damn rare.

ALGEBRA ? .

I don't know if it's the same situation with xyzyxx, but I had to take algebra as a remedial class, though it was a non-credit course (I took fourteen credits but five classes). I'm going to take some math during the summer to make up for lost time. It was an easy and pleasant course, and provided a good buffer between getting my ass kicked in my other classes.

Oh, I'm fine in the lab as long as I'm working with the same people most of the time. My main problem is stuff requiring very fine motor skills, fortunately the biology labs at my university have very good equipment in a new, very high-tech lab building that makes that kind of stuff far less demanding.

im pretty good too. i actually like it. learn a technique... repeat repeat repeat. just bring my ipod and repeat repeat repeat. i love the creative aspect of the theory behind science and love the methodical nature required for moelcular precision. though i am clumsy and have dropped a couple things or ran into something and bumped things that shouldnt be bumped... but we just blame it on the undergrads! lol jk.... everyone does it... the clumsy bit, i mean.

i did have some troubles working with a postdoc (during my self discovery time period...) we had troubles with him explaining to me how to do stuff... or me explaining why i did what i did in an experiment... but he was really nice and all... he thought it was more his lack of the command of the english language more often than not... i liked it more when he drew out what he was talking about. he started doing this moreso when i told my advisor (in neuro. dept) about my suspicsions and we had an AH HA moment (kinda surprising really) and he explained some stuff to the postdoc... i got a lot more pictoral drawings from my coworker after that!

and a few years of teaching has pushed me over my qualms with having to explain stuff to students in the lab and giving presentations in front of people.

my biggest issue atm is my new lab faces the east in the morning and it is bright... i just placed boards around my deak in front of the window lol.

im lucky cause my new advisor (new program) has a family member with autism and knows that i think i have AS... he's actually really good at explaining things to me in a way that minimizes my misinterpretations... and he knows when i am turning those little gears in my head to figure out what he means by something. though i get a sense of him testing my aspiness sometimes... prodding me with jokes just to see when i actually get something sometimes, lol. but it's much more comfortable than working with that other postdoc, cause while he was super nice and tried (we were good friends too) sometimes we both felt like we were treading water trying to reach the shore. not saying i don't try my advisor's patience sometimes... but i feel much more open.

I remember I took Algebra over the summer Freshman(Or Sophomore) year in College. It was probably the best(Most fun) Math course ever.

I wouldn't mind finding a job teaching Algebra at school.

Although I stopped liking Math when I started getting below a 100% on the exams. That happened when I started Pre-Calculus.

All my teachers liked me in high school and then I took Calculus and they didn't even bother talking to me anymore.

If only math was what is was like in the good old days.

And the reason I said "ALGEBRA" in capitals is because I know that he is an straight A student who doesn't need to study to get A's so I was surprised that such a genius would be taking an introductory Math course .

Design Studio II - B (not because I was a particularly good artist but my final project was an iron and full size ironing board covered in several hundred peanuts. Took me four weeks, twenty big bags of nuts and my sanity.)

Greek Art History - B (Oh, what fun that class was. I still have nightmares about forgetting the difference between an Archaic kouros statue and a Pegame style Pan sculpture. Surely I'll need that information in the real world. )

Philosophy in a Modern World - A (If I hear the word, "existentialism" one more time.....)

English for Elementary School Teachers - A

ANTH 390R Section 3 (Special Ethnographics class: Asian Religions): A
ANTH 390R Section 4 (Also a Special Ethnographics class: Japanese Culture and Cinema): B+ (never have been forced to think so hard about what I'm writing...ever.)
TMA 215 (Super 8 Filming): A-
TMA 112 (Preliminary film-major class): C+ (gotta take it again)
RELA 122 (Book of Mormon part 2, required at BYU): D
TMA 102 (Intro to Film): B

I wouldn't sweat the D...with six classes, you did great. I was getting pressured at five.

Heh, thanks. I'm just annoyed by it because I need more impressive grades to get into the Film program. I think I'll manage with it though.