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[Genericname2365]

I have some annoyingly spaced-out lectures this week thanks to the lack of tutes in week 1...the temptation to skip is strong.   

[Turtle]

Does anyone know how much the Physiology pre-reading is examined?

I am just wondering if I actually have to write notes on the readings, or if what is mainly examined comes from the lecture notes.

[Starlight]

Does anyone know how much the Physiology pre-reading is examined?

I am just wondering if I actually have to write notes on the readings, or if what is mainly examined comes from the lecture notes.

I am quite interested in knowing this too.

[jinny1]

IT would be examinable if the pre-reading is directly relevant to your lecture materials....Some of the pre-readings are not covered in lectures so not examined, they are just meant to be supplemental...

[Turtle]

IT would be examinable if the pre-reading is directly relevant to your lecture materials....Some of the pre-readings are not covered in lectures so not examined, they are just meant to be supplemental...

Thanks Jinny. I think I'll read/write notes on topics relevant to each of the slides in the notes, and leave the rest, since there is a lot to read!

[jinny1]

Thanks Jinny. I think I'll read/write notes on topics relevant to each of the slides in the notes, and leave the rest, since there is a lot to read!

yea, Charles often said some of the stuff in the readings are extra stuff for your personal interest and are not examined.

[Turtle]

yea, Charles often said some of the stuff in the readings are extra stuff for your personal interest and are not examined.

I'm a little confused...in the first set of readings, we have to read all about membrane proteins. However, they don't really talk about membrane proteins at all in the lecture notes. Does this mean I don't have to read about all of this, because there is SO SO much information?

[Starlight]

Does this mean I don't have to read about all of this, because there is SO SO much information?

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Hey turtle are you just going to do the readings post-lecture? Personally I think it would be much more beneficial since then we know what kind of stuff we have to concentrate on more. Would this be advisable jinny1?

[Sinner]

Woke up and missed 4 hours worth of lectures. Fkme.

[Turtle]

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Hey turtle are you just going to do the readings post-lecture? Personally I think it would be much more beneficial since then we know what kind of stuff we have to concentrate on more. Would this be advisable jinny1?

I did think about that, but I'm a bit worried that they would go over stuff, and I'd have no idea what was going on.

I think the strategy I'm going to take is: look at the slide, go to the section in the readings, and read about that topic, while making a short paragraph of notes on the slide. Then, if they mention anything during the lecture which I didn't go over, then I will go over it after the lecture.

All the protein transporter stuff is so boring!! I couldn't give two flying pigs how proteins are transported into a cell haha! I can't wait until we actually move onto larger scale processes that go on in organs/muscles ect..

[pink0829]

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Hey turtle are you just going to do the readings post-lecture? Personally I think it would be much more beneficial since then we know what kind of stuff we have to concentrate on more. Would this be advisable jinny1?

I've always done the reading after the lecture so I would know what to focus on and what to skip in the textbook. But in those particular subjects, the reading was never 'examinable'. But to save time I'm going to skip the stuff that hasn't been talked about in the lectures and just take notes on what was actually in the lectures

[Russ]

Prereadings will make it easier to understand the lecture and it is almost always the correct decision to read them. Nobody does it, because nobody wants to spend 20 minutes skimming a chapter or a journal article. You don't need to make notes on them, just read them and have it in your head when you rock up to class.

Also membrane potentials are cool, stop hating

[scribble]

o.O the chem lecturer and coordinator was saying that the prices of textbooks are going to increase by 80% next year. O____O whats up with that?! theyre already unaffordable as it is...

[Russ]

If you need health science textbooks message me and we can probably work something out

/shamelessplug

[Turtle]

Prereadings will make it easier to understand the lecture and it is almost always the correct decision to read them. Nobody does it, because nobody wants to spend 20 minutes skimming a chapter or a journal article. You don't need to make notes on them, just read them and have it in your head when you rock up to class.

Also membrane potentials are cool, stop hating

Sorry Russ. Thanks for the advice, it is always helpful!