Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Last Assignment
I have three long-answer questions to finish on the last assignment of my Anatomy / Physiology course. And I'm procrastinating. It's maybe two hours of work and I've been avoiding it for a week and a half, ever since I wrote the final. This whole course represents one of the biggest disappointments of my entire academic career. You'd think I'd want to polish off these last three questions and be done with it, but for some reason I just can't.
I remember when I first opened the textbook, now over a year ago. I was in the last two months of my pregnancy and I remember thinking that maybe I should get cracking on the material, do a little speed learning before the baby came. Then the lazy side of me kicked in. I opted for napping instead of Anatomy. After all, I had my entire mat. leave to worry about Anatomy. I mean, it's not like I had anything else to do. And a kid goes down at, like, 7PM, right? Plenty of time!!
Things I did not consider:- c-section recovery
- postpartum depression
- the mind-numbing side effects of Effexor
- breast feeding hell
- a baby who took a year to learn how to sleep
- chicken pox, teething, accidental burns, immunization side effects
- six other rather demanding classes, including clinicals and labs
- illness, exhaustion, home renovations, dog surgeries, cat injuries, family visits, Christmas, birthdays, house keeping, yard cleaning, the million and one little tasks of daily life and, oh yeah, full-time parenting.
In the end, I simply didn't give this course the attention it required. If I do pass, and I probably won't know for a few more weeks, it'll be by the skin of my teeth. This is not the kind of student I ever wanted to be, but upon reflection it's likely the only kind of student I could be.
UPDATED:
Meanwhile, this is the final question:
7. Describe a. The factors responsible for promoting lactation
b. The mechanisms for the cessation of lactation when a mother weans her baby.
I think it's fitting, don't you?
- c-section recovery
- postpartum depression
- the mind-numbing side effects of Effexor
- breast feeding hell
- a baby who took a year to learn how to sleep
- chicken pox, teething, accidental burns, immunization side effects
- six other rather demanding classes, including clinicals and labs
- illness, exhaustion, home renovations, dog surgeries, cat injuries, family visits, Christmas, birthdays, house keeping, yard cleaning, the million and one little tasks of daily life and, oh yeah, full-time parenting.
7. Describe
a. The factors responsible for promoting lactation
b. The mechanisms for the cessation of lactation when a mother weans her baby.
I think it's fitting, don't you?
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