Midterm update

Hello all,

I  interrupt my Easter Break updates with a few updates regarding midterm exams at UQ. I've had 2 so far - both parts of Anatomy, and I have one in Biology left on Tuesday morning. Then, it's just 3 assignments all due on April 30th, and I'm virtually home-free until finals in June!

My first part of anatomy was an oral presentation that went swimmingly. I didn't prepare except for the night before, relied on my PLA skills and rocked it. I was told that I was one of the only students to present the material as if I was actually teaching it, not memorizing a script beforehand like all the others. Turns out, 10 minutes of prep the night before landed me a 14/15......beauty!

The second part of the anatomy was a theory exam in class last Friday - not as easy as the presentation. I only studied for a couple hours (unlike my normal study habits!) and it will probably show in the results. Out of 30 MC questions, I knew about 18 solidly, had to guess on quite a few and the rest were just bizarre. One of the weird things out here was that if you didn't know the answer (and you had choices A to E) you could fill in the last bubble, which was a "?", for 0.2 marks. It was like they didn't want you to guess if you didn't know the answer. The exam then became this strategic game of, "do I take a chance and go for the full 1.0 mark, or cop out and take a guaranteed 0.2??" Never seen anything like that before, and it kind of threw me off. I ended up putting two of those question marks down for 2 of the muscle questions. I hate origin and insertions!

I think the biology one on Tuesday will be a little less intense, which is nice, but I have yet to get my head in gear and really study. That's what I'm off to do now, so I'll wrap this up by saying that the last blog entry will be coming soon, as well as as update on my experience with my first live rugby game ever!

Miss you all!
xoxo Danielle