The Strange Persistence Of First Languages By Julie Sedivy

Medical School Resources! (and other human biology,physiology,biochemistry-related resources)

Hi Everyone! 

Update: I am now officially done with my second year! I know i’ve been MIA on here for a while now - but that’s only because I was drowning in textbooks and assignments! I will be writing a whole other post on what my second year in medical school was like - so watch out for that :)

I, for one, can not just rely on one method of learning. Meaning, I’ll jump from videos, to textbooks, to flashcards. In this post I’m going to list some of my holy grail youtube channels that have helped saved me. 

1) Handwritten Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/user/harpinmartin

Every video in this channel is short, but not so much that you feel like you’re missing out on information. Definitely one to save as a favourite!

2) Armando Hasudungan

https://www.youtube.com/user/armandohasudungan

The best thing about this channel is the fact that there are over 300 videos, covering a wide range of core topics in endocrinology, neurology, physiology and pharmacology. Another pro is the presentation of topics (otherwise considered snooze-worthy) in an artistic manner!

3) Speed Pharmacology

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-i2EBYXH6-GAglvuDIaufQ

Raise your hand if you’ve ever fallen asleep trying to read about the mechanism of action of opioids, their side effects and contraindications. I know I have. Fret not, for this youtube channel will introduce you to a world where pharmacology is actually interesting.

4) Wendy Riggs 

https://www.youtube.com/user/wendogg1

Wendy Riggs is a very down-to-earth professor in Northern California, and she covers a wide range of  topics in Anatomy, Physiology and General Biology. 

5) Anatomy Zone

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAnatomyZone

A better way to learn anatomy is to supplement your textbook information with videos from this channel. The explanations and visuals provided are absolute gold.

I hope you all find these channels as helpful as I did!

My house is turning into a natural historic museum, I guess

‘eat the frog' method

Hi all, it’s werelivingarts. I just stumbled across this method called ‘eat the frog’, which means you get the most difficult or important task out of your way first. I actually have been using this method for a long time, hope this post gives you a new way of managing your time and productivity! 😜 ❤️

“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” – Mark Twain 

Some useful phrases for discursive/persuasive essays in Spanish!! [french here]

INTRODUCTION 

Voy a escribir sobre el tema de… — I am going to write about the topic of… 

Voy a discutir — I am going to discuss 

No hay [noun] que se pueda comparar a [noun] — No [noun] can be compared to [noun] 

Debido la influencia de… — Due to the influence of… 

En nuestra sociedad — In our society 

Hoy en día — Nowadays 

Como nunca antes — Like never before 

Ha desarollado considerablemente durante los últimos # años — Has developed considerably over the last # years

Ventaja  — Advantage

Desventaja  — Disadvantage

 ANALYSIS 

A raíz de — As a result of 

Se extienden desde … hasta … — Range from … to … 

La razón por la que… — The reason why… 

 Algunas investigaciones han mostrado que… — Some studies have shown that… 

Formar parte clave de — To form a key part of 

Esto apunto a — This points to 

Las tasas de — The rate of 

Aumentar  — To increase

Se caracteriza por — Is characterised by 

Se fundamenta en — Is founded upon 

Un repunte de  — A rise in/surge in (the quantity of sth)

 EVALUATION 

Estoy de acuerdo — I agree 

Si tuviera que decir, diría que… — If I had to say, I’d say that… 

Si debiera elegir, elegiría… — If I had to choose, I’d pick… 

 Que yo sepa — As far as I know 

Que yo recuerde — As far as I remember 

Si yo fuese ell@s — If I were them 

Si estuviese en su pellejo — If I were in their position 

Vale la pena agregar que… — It’s worthwile adding that… 

… aparte, — Aside from …/…aside

 CONCLUSION 

Para concluir — To conclude 

En suma — To summarise 

Es (crucial/esencial/importante) que [+subjunctive] — It is (crucial/essential/important) that 

Lo ideal sería que [+imperfect subjunctive] — Ideally

ADJECTIVES

Expressing importance and benefit: Importante, crucial, esencial, vital, influyente, concluyente, decisivo, beneficioso, eficaz (plural: eficaces)

Expressing risk/disapproval: Peligroso, perjudicial, erróneo, arriesgado, equivocado  

Lots and lots of econ notes. This class is making me reflect a lot on political policies and my own leanings…

I kind of wish that the idea that you can just be was a little more mainstream.

Like, having drive and ambition is great. But it gets drilled in kids’ heads that there is some pressure to constantly be looking for the next move up, to be bigger than life. It wears you down to never be satisfied.

Not everyone is destined for greatness. It just doesn’t suit some people.

There’s nothing wrong with having a quiet life, making enough to get by, having a small apartment where you’re comfortable, and just living. You don’t have to constantly be looking to go onward and upwards. Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is to just be.

hi chelsea!! i'm an undergrad student right now, considering a career in academia. my adviser and all my professors tell me i have a lot of potential and i love the idea of spending my life teaching and doing research, but i've read so many horror stories about people trying to find & keep jobs and eventually leaving academia. i was wondering if you had any insight or advice, maybe even places where i could find a more positive & encouraging (but still realistic) perspective. thank u!!

i’m not sure i’m in a great place to answer this for you! the realistic picture is just… not encouraging. finding someone who’ll say “of course you’re going to get a job!” might make you feel better temporarily, but that person is lying to you, and the lie is going to come back around and hurt worse in five years or so. 

in other words, the horror stories are ubiquitous because the experience is ubiquitous (and tbh, though quit lit has def blossomed over the last few years, there’s still a far greater number of people leaving academia than are represented in those accounts–many people see leaving as “washing out” or admitting defeat, and don’t talk about their decisions to go). 

this is not to say that you shouldn’t go into academia. but as i tell my own mentees, you should not go into academia with the expectation of getting a job at the end. i went into grad school because i liked doing the work, and because i did some self-assessment and concluded that even if i didn’t leave six years later with a tenure-track teaching job, i wouldn’t regret taking the time & doing the work to get the doctorate. then i sat down and had a little chat with myself two-ish years ago and decided that yes, i was going to Go For It, which has meant avoiding quit lit for my own mental health and focusing on the positives (your professors! those are the extant examples of people who got the kind of research & teaching job you want!). asking your advisors about this directly is a great place to start; you can also read karen kelsky’s the professor is in, which i’ve mentioned here a few times, for a fairly realistic description of what the market is like at the moment. 

My psychology notes from finals week. Wound up getting the best score on the exam and got extra credit!

Hey so I'm not sure if you have any resources I can use to study chemistry? Thanks in advance!

Chemrevise 

It’s actually my chemistry teacher’s website, and pretty much everyone in my school lives off the notes he posts. The notes are concise but include everything and are especially good if you’re in the UK system/doing A Levels because he tailors them to the different exam boards. Even if you’re not a UK student, it’s still a great resource because science is the same everywhere lol (and the tab that says ‘Textbook’ is more universal and not exam board specific). 

Today = teaching myself cabling in yellow yarn and making to-do lists