This past week was a pretty hectic one. I had a lab
practical in my Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy class. It was over the muscles
in the shark, nectarus, and cat. This was definitely the most difficult
practical we have had so far so my entire week was devoted to studying for it.
Someone actually did the math based on how much we had to memorize and how
little we were tested over. Only 12% of what we had to know was actually on the
practical! I’m pretty sure doing that math is the ultimate form of procrastination,
but at least I wasn’t the one who did it!
In addition to studying for the practical I also had to
write an essay for my History of Science class. It was an analytical essay over
John Buridan’s paper On
the Compatibility of Earth’s Diurnal Motion with Astronomical Phenomena.
This paper questioned whether or not the Earth rotated on its axis. This paper
was of course written during the medieval ages before they knew the answer to
such questions. The way he wrote this paper exemplified the classrooms within
the universities during this time period. The manner in which he did this is
called the scholastic method. This is the form of proposing a question based on
an authoritative text then detailing the various sides of the argument. This
was also how the classrooms during this time was conducted. It was an
interesting read but slightly confusing. I didn’t even know what the Buridan’s
stance was until I went to office hours to speak with my professor. He went
back and forth so many times and proposed so many different argument that it was
hard to figure out which point he agreed with.
Overall it was a great week that ended with a basketball and
football win! That made me a very happy girl!
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