Today, they released the long-awaited results of the in-class/closed-book (a.k.a. hard/scary) part of the capstone exam.
The mean was 79.2%.
The high score was 95%.
I got 94%.
Yep, I pretty much rock.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Capstone continues (aka The Exam That Would Never End)
Though the scary in-class, closed-book portion of the Capstone exam is long past, I am still plodding away at the numerous online, open-book sections that are due by 5 pm on Labor Day.
I've thus far finished:
- the majority of the neurobiology cases
- the anatomy section
- the bacteriology section
- the combined bacteriology/virology/parasitology section
Still to do:
- the last bit of one neuro case
- the immunology section
- the nutrition section
On the plus side, all of my neuro cases that I've submitted have been graded, with nearly 100% correct answers and nice comments on my short-answer/essays such as: "Nicely answered", "Quite well answered!", "Yes!", "Well done", and my personal favorite, "Wow, just a wonderful answer."
I guess that's enough of a brief, self-esteem-boosting break. Back to work!
I've thus far finished:
- the majority of the neurobiology cases
- the anatomy section
- the bacteriology section
- the combined bacteriology/virology/parasitology section
Still to do:
- the last bit of one neuro case
- the immunology section
- the nutrition section
On the plus side, all of my neuro cases that I've submitted have been graded, with nearly 100% correct answers and nice comments on my short-answer/essays such as: "Nicely answered", "Quite well answered!", "Yes!", "Well done", and my personal favorite, "Wow, just a wonderful answer."
I guess that's enough of a brief, self-esteem-boosting break. Back to work!
Friday, September 4, 2009
9 down, 64 to go
So we've had 9 days of class (and I'm being optimistic and including today, even though I'm still at home), and we have 64 days to go.
(Ok, it seems like a really bad sign that I'm already counting down at this point.)
Seriously, I had no idea this semester would be SO boring. Aside from my Bioanalytical Pathology course, everything is just sort of mind-numbing and self-explanatory. I'm really hoping that means that things will pick up as we get into more advanced material. But I'm not entirely expecting that to be the case.
Even my Management class has gotten boring. The once-interesting professor turns out to be pretty dull once he starts talking about actual class material. At least we finally received PowerPoint slides by email last night, after 5 classes with no notes and lots of empty promises about when we would be able to access the slides....
Maybe I'll feel better after the upcoming 3 day weekend!
(Ok, it seems like a really bad sign that I'm already counting down at this point.)
Seriously, I had no idea this semester would be SO boring. Aside from my Bioanalytical Pathology course, everything is just sort of mind-numbing and self-explanatory. I'm really hoping that means that things will pick up as we get into more advanced material. But I'm not entirely expecting that to be the case.
Even my Management class has gotten boring. The once-interesting professor turns out to be pretty dull once he starts talking about actual class material. At least we finally received PowerPoint slides by email last night, after 5 classes with no notes and lots of empty promises about when we would be able to access the slides....
Maybe I'll feel better after the upcoming 3 day weekend!
Simon still loves to save lives!
Simon went in yesterday for his second blood donation. He had been scheduled to donate in early August, while we were still in Massachusetts, but his petsitter ended up being out of town so she cancelled.
We were going to just wait for his next scheduled appt, in mid-October, but the teaching hospital's blood bank has been in high demand recently so they emailed me on Wednesday and asked if I could bring Simon in on Thursday or Friday.
He was a trooper, again. Not thrilled about missing out on breakfast yesterday, and not thrilled to go in his carrier, but settled in once we got in the car and was very patient when we had to just sit around the VTH for an extra 20 minutes waiting for them to get my new ID badge to work.
I guess they ended up drawing his blood later in the morning than usual, so when I picked him up at 3, he was definitely a little loopy still from the ketamine. It was pretty funny - he was squinting in the bright light and had this face like a little old man.
Once we got in the car, though, he gave himself a nice bath and had a quick nap before we got home.
Johnny, of course, was once again quite intrigued by Simon's weird new smells from being at the hospital, and pestered him incessantly until Simon got mad. So, all is back to normal. :-)
We were going to just wait for his next scheduled appt, in mid-October, but the teaching hospital's blood bank has been in high demand recently so they emailed me on Wednesday and asked if I could bring Simon in on Thursday or Friday.
He was a trooper, again. Not thrilled about missing out on breakfast yesterday, and not thrilled to go in his carrier, but settled in once we got in the car and was very patient when we had to just sit around the VTH for an extra 20 minutes waiting for them to get my new ID badge to work.
I guess they ended up drawing his blood later in the morning than usual, so when I picked him up at 3, he was definitely a little loopy still from the ketamine. It was pretty funny - he was squinting in the bright light and had this face like a little old man.
Once we got in the car, though, he gave himself a nice bath and had a quick nap before we got home.
Johnny, of course, was once again quite intrigued by Simon's weird new smells from being at the hospital, and pestered him incessantly until Simon got mad. So, all is back to normal. :-)
Reassembling my identity
After my purse was stolen at Water World last Saturday, I have just about got myself back in order.
I now have a temporary replacement driver's license, new VTH ID badge, new CSU ID card, new debit cards, and new credit card. Still pending are: new checks, actual driver's license, and library card.
Shall we do a tacky imitation of the MasterCard commercials? Why, yes, we shall!
I now have a temporary replacement driver's license, new VTH ID badge, new CSU ID card, new debit cards, and new credit card. Still pending are: new checks, actual driver's license, and library card.
Shall we do a tacky imitation of the MasterCard commercials? Why, yes, we shall!
- Cost of replacing my driver's license = $21
- Cost of replacing my VTH ID badge = $10
- Cost of replacing my CSU ID card = $25
- Cost of the cash stolen from my purse = $15-25
- Cost of the fraudulent activity with my credit card, debit cards, and checks = $0
- Cost of cancelling my Visa card and getting a new one = $0
- Cost of closing both of our checking accounts and reopening new ones = $0
- Cost of cancelling my 2 debit cards and getting new ones = $0
- Cost of getting replacement checks for both of the new accounts = $0
- Value of almost being myself again in less than a week = priceless!
(Can you tell I am pleased with Wells Fargo this time? They have made up for the out-of-state condo purchase mayhem of last summer....)
Happy Birthday!
Dear Trevor and Taylor,
Happy 6th Birthday today! We are all so impressed that Dad has not killed you yet!
Sincerely,
Cousins Johnny and Simon
Happy 6th Birthday today! We are all so impressed that Dad has not killed you yet!
Sincerely,
Cousins Johnny and Simon
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