April 29, 2006

  • A couple have asked how teaching has gone this semester.  I think
    all in all its gone pretty well. Well enough that I'm signed up to
    teach again this fall.  But like all of the students I'm sure, I'm
    looking forward to the end of the semester.  In fact, question
    number 50 of 50 questions for the final exam is this:

    I am
    glad human anatomy is over because

      1. my
        brain is fried
      2. I
        accidentally signed up for this course; I thought I was joining the
        Marines
      3. the
        temperature in the classroom is entirely unpredictable
      4. I’m
        not glad, I’ve still got to take the lab test
      5. All
        of the above

    I gave the students my memory mnemonic for remembering the distribution
    of cell types of lung cancer: "ASOL", where Adeno and Large cell types
    tend to form in the periphery of the lung and Squamous and Oat (small
    cell) carcinomas tend to develop more centrally.  I warned them
    that they should remember when they render their course evaluation on
    Monday that ASOL is not the correct spelling of asshole.
     But it's been good and I've learned a lot.  I really enjoyed
    re-visiting the basic science of human anatomy, not just how I see it
    in radiology, but in its purest form.
    And I like interacting and fucking with young inquisitive minds. 
    The hardest working of the students have eaten it up and they are
    thriving. They really know human anatomy.  Even the others seem to
    be enjoying the class.  One student that is failing the class told
    me it's her favorite class.
    So next week teaching comes to an end for a few weeks and life will
    become easier for me an I will even be able to visit other xangan's
    sites once again.
    And I wait to see if I will become a student once agian.  I've
    applied to the masters program at Loyola University in bioethics. 
    All paperwork is in . . . I just wait for the letter in the mail. 
    I think atypically, but ethically, I think.  We'll see.  I
    had to submit a sample of my writing and I gave them one on my thoughts
    about the actual beginning of human life.  We'll see how a Jesuit
    University views it.  I think I'll post that next.
    And life rolls on . . . just too damn short to accomplish everything one wants to do.

Comments (6)

  • good luck on your masters program Bob...

  • Ok - I know there is a Loyola in Chicago, New Orleans and Baltimore. Where would you be going?

    You sound like the kind of teacher that my son Erik would love to have. He laughed at the final question of your final.

    Good luck with Loyola!

  • Glad to hear all is going well with your teaching:)  I would love to take YOUR course.. Sounds like a lot of fun -- as well as challenging.... Good luck with Loyola..

  • Good luck being a student again.

  • good luck with the acceptance. I'm sure they'd want you here at UT. Have you seen 'The Island?' It's a little cheesy, but it's an interesting concept. I watched it tonight, and it made me wonder if that's the future of biomedical engineering (my current field)

  • I'm really glad the semester went well for you.  If I were closer I'd take your class for shits and giggles (ha).  Also, a Masters in Bioethics?  Jeez, you're ambitious!  Just the COURSES I took about it were heavy.  Anyway, good luck and I look forward to you being back.

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