good advice from teachers

the greatest rewards come from the greatest commitments.
-prof. dimond (anatomy)

she said this to our class today as she told us that she wants us to really learn about the subject of anatomy, not just come to class the day before the midterm to get all the answers.

i have to admit, it is really hard to go to class if you can just get the answers and the questions a few days before from the professor herself! but i really am trying to go to each class, despite that relentless voice in my head telling me i don't want to go.

picture of red blood cells and a neutrophil

(neutrophil: one of 5 leukocytes, or white blood cells, in your body)

something else she said was that we students should take advantage of the educational opportunities we're receiving. there's a guy she knows who's 45 and really unhappy, all because he didn't really learn in his classes, never really soaked in the knowledge around him. sounds kind of funny... but i could see how that could be true.

i think this could be applied to every commitment/experience in our lives. it definitely pays more to put your all into whatever you do.. rather than passively sitting and going through the motions of things. in all the instances i can think of i've felt more satisfied when i talked more in class, read for section and contributed to discussions, participated in dialogs happening during core meetings. it definitely makes me feel like i'm not wasting my time and that i'm contributing to what's going on around me.

definitely going to try to do those things more...