Study hall session
Michelle texted this morning asking if I had any tricks for memorizing muscle groups, and before I knew it she was at my door with her anatomy textbook and a desperate look. Turns…
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Color coded chaos
Sarah showed up at 2pm with her entire highlighter collection and zero patience for my scattered note-taking system. Three hours later, my coffee table looks like a rainbow explod…
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Theory meets reality
Alex knocked on our door around 2pm with his anatomy textbook and what he called "a breakthrough understanding of muscle fiber composition." Twenty minutes later, I'm sitting on m…
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Victory lap
Alex knocked on my door at 3pm with the biggest grin I've seen all semester. "Tell me you checked yours too," he said, waving his anatomy final results. Turns out we both aced it…
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Teaching moment
Floor covered in anatomy note cards again, but this time it's not just cramming. Teaching moment Been going through my old study materials and realizing how much this stuff actual…
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Study buddy potential
Floor covered in anatomy diagrams, three different textbooks open, index cards scattered everywhere. This is what my living room looks like when I get serious about helping other…
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Bone deep
Three hours in and I've officially taken over the entire living room floor. Bone deep Jake's going to come home to find me buried under anatomy textbooks and probably assume I've…
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Study buddies
Sarah showed up with her anatomy textbook and this brilliant idea that we could quiz each other on muscle origins. Two hours later we're both staring at the same diagram like it's…
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Brain drain central
Sarah showed up with her massive stack of anatomy flashcards and the optimistic belief that two heads are better than one. Three hours later, we've managed to convince ourselves t…
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Cranial nerves and crisis mode
Carmen showed up at my door with a family-size bag of Cheez-Its and the declaration that we were going to "conquer the nervous system or die trying." Three hours later, my floor l…
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Office hours by accident
Third time this week someone's slid into the chair across from me at Caribou and asked if I could help them with skeletal muscle insertions. Office hours by accident I'm starting…
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Accidental office hours
Apparently I've become the unofficial anatomy tutor at Caribou without actually trying. Accidental office hours Three different people have asked for help this week alone, all bec…
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Accidental teacher
This girl at the next table kept sighing really loudly over her anatomy book, and I finally couldn't take it anymore. Walked over and asked if she needed help with the respiratory…
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B-plus beautiful
My phone buzzed at 6:17am and I honestly thought it was my alarm going off early. Nope - email from Professor Martinez with final anatomy grades posted online. B-plus beautiful I'…
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Chapter 12 versus my sanity
Four energy drinks, two protein bars, and approximately seventeen highlighter colors later, I'm starting to think the circulatory system was designed by someone who really enjoyed…
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Teaching moment
Something amazing happened in study group today. We were all staring at this impossible circulatory system diagram when I just... started explaining it. Not the tentative "I think…
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Trial by textbook
Finally made it to that nursing study group I've been psyching myself up to join. Three other girls who've been meeting for months - they had this whole system down with color-cod…
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Trial by flashcard
Walked into that study room at 3pm today with my anatomy book clutched like a security blanket and approximately zero confidence. The nursing study group I'd been stalking at the…
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Method to the madness
Three weeks of banging my head against this anatomy textbook and tonight something finally clicked. Method to the madness I've been trying to memorize everything word-for-word lik…
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Breakthrough at 12:47am
Finally cracked the code on this stupid anatomy chapter that's been making me want to throw my textbook across the room for three days straight. Breakthrough at 12:47am I don't kn…
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Reality check in room 247
Seventeen hours into my first nursing prerequisite textbook and I'm officially questioning everything. Reality check in room 247 Like, I knew anatomy would be challenging, but mem…
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Death by flashcards
Seventeen hours straight of studying and I'm pretty sure I can name every bone in the human body but I've forgotten how to form complete sentences. Death by flashcards My desk loo…
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