Posted by alexandra_k on November 5, 2018, at 14:55:08
In reply to Re: The Witch King of Angmar, posted by sigismund on November 5, 2018, at 2:37:03
I started watching him on something, and he was irritating to me, too. 'Grow up'. Mmm, kay, now I feel all enlightened.
I got some USMLE study prep and I feel like I have a much better idea of what people have been trying to teach me, now. I always did feel like it was a dim copy of... I couldn't figure quite what.
The tables for microbiology that classifies the organisms in useful ways (the sort of activity we were supposed to do ourselves for 'homework' and then would be tested on later -- and so so much time was wasted, trying to seek out accurate information and learning inaccurate information). clear and distinct epidemiology statements with clear and sensible notation...
my mother helped my brother through his uni education so he didn't need to take out loans. i didn't ask her to help me. i wasn't speaking with her, at the time i went to uni. but i have told her that some of this is going to cost a bit... she said something about my inheritence... so... well... i changed the subject... but there we go... she has expressed concern about my age. i am not sure how i feel about it. i think there is nothing i can do about it. there are times when they meet with you so i guess i need to make sure i stay fit and healthy looking, but they aren't officially allowed to discriminate against you on the basis of (though i'm sure that won't stop them). student visas don't seem to be age restricted. work visas may be... charities are probably different... i don't know. i won't worry on it... Sal Khan said something useful... He said that money wasn't about things it was about experiences. It was about freedom to have the experiences you want to have. I want to walk this path. Yeah. So that makes the age thing irrelevant.
There was some clip thing I saw about some guy who was early 40s who just got matched to Plastics someplace in California... Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he was plenty rich (and also a guy), but, there you go...
so, yeah.. c'mon entry... i really am ready to go...
it is annoying, honestly, that the schools aren't better at teaching. that the teachers don't take it upon themselves to convey the content in the simplest way possible i mean. people are just... often unnecessarily confusing. like, intentionally withholding the information you are supposed to learn, confusing. i guess because they never bothered to learn it, themselves. and people always want to try and teach you something that is easier for them. typically about their own research...
anyway... i was feeling before that things felt difficult because it was hard to know what you were supposed to be learning... i guess, now, i have some idea of what that aim is. and insofar as the kids are being rewarded for stuff that was not taught to them let us hope that it was USMLE study prep content.
I won't say anything... I mean... I checked out the libraries and they only have, like, 1 copy of the 2018 step one First Aid book... There isn't even one on desk reserve. I mean, the copy is currently on loan - don't get me wrong - but it clearly isn't something that they market the hell out of as the way to go (the way it is front stage in the US). I see we can withold our results from the Uni. That's probably the way to go. Otherwise there' sthe possibility that they try and give the kids with high USMLE scores low grades to try and keep them enslaved, here. That wouldn't surprise me. I guess that's why withholding grades is an option. I wonder how many people take the tests in NZ... I wonder when they end up taking them... I'm thinking earlier is better than later... End year 3... I think the study prep books would have helped get me through first year, even. The epidemiology list, particularly, is looking really rather a lot like the list I ended up coming up with, myself. I'm cross, because it would have saved me time (and I would have learned things better) if I had have had the book and learned from that rather than trying to extract hte relevant content (with all the errors that go into that) the way that I did. Of course I understand re-writing in my own words is useful. But I can write out the book myself... I don't need to f*ck*ng derive the book myself... And as for it making more sense in my own words, actually, the words are pretty sensicle. I feel like... Something approximating generations of effort has gone into making the book as clear and distict as people could and they actually ended up with something better than what my mind could do over the course of a couple years.
I guess some people don't know it when they see it...
Whatever...
Sigh.
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