I think of the best parts of medical school so far has been being able to see how so many things a related to each other. No longer are the days where one could view school as an assortment of individual, unrelated classes. For example, today in Immunology/Microbiology, the professor played this song to help us remember the sugar-loving nature of lectins (or sugar binding molecules/receptors) on cells.
The class before, we had just talked about glycolysis in Biochemistry, which also involves sugars. Later, as I was reviewing over the lecture from Biochem, this song came to mind:
Not to be outdone, our Histology professor tried to turn the auditorium into a dance floor by turning off the lights, demanding that the class come down to the front of the room while using the sound system to blare the following:
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
"There is only one salvation for you: take yourself up, and make yourself responsible for all the sins of men. For indeed it is so, my friend, and the moment you make yourself sincerely responsible for everything and everyone, you will see at once that it is really so, that it is you who are guilty on behalf of all and for all. Whereas by shifting your own laziness and powerlessness onto others, you will end by sharing in Satan's pride and murmuring against God." -- Zosima from The Brothers Karamazov
In school, if certain people were "jerks," you had the option of not being around them. You could just as easily spend your time with more preferable and edifying company. One thing that has struck me in medical school is that you realize that if such people do exist in your class (and most certainly there are people of questionable character in every setting!), there's a possibility that so and so may end up being a physician to someone you do care about, and God forbid that anything horrible come out of that predicament. So in ignoring a jerk, it is quite possible to harm a loved one.
In school, if certain people were "jerks," you had the option of not being around them. You could just as easily spend your time with more preferable and edifying company. One thing that has struck me in medical school is that you realize that if such people do exist in your class (and most certainly there are people of questionable character in every setting!), there's a possibility that so and so may end up being a physician to someone you do care about, and God forbid that anything horrible come out of that predicament. So in ignoring a jerk, it is quite possible to harm a loved one.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Happy Birthday
to two friends who have enriched my lifeto two men who I am privileged to call brothers.
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