a positive choice
i REALLY don’t want to write a clichéd, annoying post about how much it sucked to get through a (HARD) 29 hour shift while under attack by some ugly powerhouse of an upper respiratory virus.
so, while waiting for my ibuprofen + pseudoephedrine cocktail to kick in, i will just pose a few more exciting questions. let’s share! feel free to take a break from work (or google reader catchup) and post your answers in the comments and give me something to look forward to for when i wake up from a long (hopefully therapeutic) maxi-nap.
what was your best subject in school, by stage of education?
high school: probably math, although i wasn’t one of those super-accelerated types. actually, thinking more outside the box it was probably chorus!
college: physiology! and neuroscience.
med school: pharmacology. oh i love me some drugs, and i can memorize meds like nobody’s business.
what was your worst subject?
high school: history. i used to sleep in it consistently. why was it always focused on wars & politics? i would have been much more interested in schools of thought, or what normal people did with their days! too bad blogs didn’t exist back then . . .
college: organic chemistry — hands down. i have a (self-diagnosed) spatial learning disability.
med school: anatomy. that ol’ spatial thing strikes again! good thing my future career will never require me to cut any holes in anyone, ever.
what is one book you think everyone — everyone — should read?
i really did love it!. but my favorite books in terms of artistry are probably lolita (nabokov) and the wind-up bird chronicle (murakami).
if you were limited to ONE musical group/artist to listen to for the rest of your life, who would it be?
gaga probably the beatles. but the loss would be heart-wrenching.
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Sounds like fun!
(1) what was your best subject in school, by stage of education?
(a) high school – civics/history
(b) college – sociology (but, what can you do with a sociology degree? That was always my question.)
(c) law school – property & family law
(2) worst subject
(a) high school – geometry (i still abhor it!)
(b) college – psychology
(c) law school – i think i have blocked it out // maybe civil procedure? I liked the subject, but the prof's way of teaching and my way of learning did not connect
(3) what is one book you think everyone — everyone — should read? Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (in fact, I should read it again!)
(4) if you were limited to ONE musical group/artist to listen to for the rest of your life, who would it be? i don't think I could do that! I go through phases of I love THIS group and then I don't want to hear them for the next 6 months. So listening to only ONE person/group? Geez, I think I'd rather almost NOT listen to music because at least then I'd have fond memories of what once was… 😀
I so need this! A welcome break from college finals week!
Best subjects:
HS – English and history
College – English and history (weird how that works…majoring in both).
Worst:
HS – Math
College – economics bleghh.
Book – "Everything Is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer or "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Music: I can even narrow it down to song, "Steal My Sunshine" by Len!
These types of questions are the best.
Best Subjects:
High School: Calculus
College: Exercise Physiology/ Sports Analysis of Movement
Worst Subjects:
High School: History
College: Institution of Education
Book: "Omnivores Dilemma"
Band/Music: Brand New
best subjects:
hs: studio art
college: studio art
med school: anatomy
worst:
hs: history
college: music theory
med school: biochemistry
book: Night by Elie Wiesel
music: John Prine
best subjects:
hs: french/chemistry
college: spanish
worst:
hs: physics (and i'm graduating with a degree in it now!)
college: physiology (but i think it was the professor because i understood the material but not his test questions….oh excuses hah)
book: jurassic park
music: rascal flatts
oh and i forgot:
books: probably pride & prejudice. or atlas shrugged.
music: iron & wine or the decemberists.
Cute idea.
Best-
High school: English and math. I loooved biology though.
College: Stats I guess. I did well in my journalism classes (made straight As when often only one or two As were given out in the whole class), but I thought they were really hard. Undergrad stats >>> easier than undergrad journalism.
Grad: Biostat 🙂
Worst-
HS: Physics and chemistry
College: Chemistry and calc 2 (ick)
Grad: Stat inference and analysis.
Best book-
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Music-
Cat Stevens greatest hits.
Best subject:
HS = Anything math or science
College = Biology + math
B-school = Statistics
Worst subject:
HS = English
College = English
B-school = Organizational theory or anything fluffy
Best book = Les Mis or The Fountainhead
Music group = sorry to say it but Michael Jackson – still love his music