Genes, Health and Society

[Belgarion]

Hey guys,

Could someone who did this subject last year please tell me what the exam was like? We haven't really been told what is expected of us in the exam. Our tutors didn't even know much about the exam....Anything at all would be great

(p.s. please do not mention any question that were on the exam. Just things like difficulty, did they focus on certain lectures or was it broad, etc)

[Ballerina]

Yeah, someone brought up the last lecture that they were hoping to have a better understanding of what was expected for the exam. A tutor hurriedly mentioned the practice question we received that we could receive for feedback, but it's still a little unclear since the practice question is very short, we don't have much of a rubric and there are no exam papers up on LMS or the library from what I can find: http://library.unimelb.edu.au/examination_papers

I would guess from the last lecture that all lectures will be covered, but not necessarily all content. For example, it's clear from the example in the last lecture that discrimination arising from genetic disorders will arise and we could discuss social/cognitive/emotional buffers, but we probably don't need to know what chromosome causes ichthyosis. We don't need to know what a chino-blanco is from the ethnic drugs lecture, but we should probably understand Bidil well enough to write it as an example. Likely the few slides that require a detail-oriented approach would be the law slides. I'm curious as to whether Section A, the multiple choice section, would be as detail-oriented as the online tests...however, past students have said the exam is quite relaxed.

I attached the feedback from my tutor to my practice question, idk if it's helpful to you.

[Belgarion]

Yeah, someone brought up the last lecture that they were hoping to have a better understanding of what was expected for the exam. A tutor hurriedly mentioned the practice question we received that we could receive for feedback, but it's still a little unclear since the practice question is very short, we don't have much of a rubric and there are no exam papers up on LMS or the library from what I can find: http://library.unimelb.edu.au/examination_papers

I would guess from the last lecture that all lectures will be covered, but not necessarily all content. For example, it's clear from the example in the last lecture that discrimination arising from genetic disorders will arise and we could discuss social/cognitive/emotional buffers, but we probably don't need to know what chromosome causes ichthyosis. We don't need to know what a chino-blanco is from the ethnic drugs lecture, but we should probably understand Bidil well enough to write it as an example. Likely the few slides that require a detail-oriented approach would be the law slides. I'm curious as to whether Section A, the multiple choice section, would be as detail-oriented as the online tests...however, past students have said the exam is quite relaxed.

I attached the feedback from my tutor to my practice question, idk if it's helpful to you.

Thanks Ballerina. Good to know the exam will most likely be a bit relaxed. I most likely will avoid the law questions, her questions can be very technical i have noticed which is a shame because i enjoyed the lectures. Feedback is pretty much what my tutor said too except my tutor seemed to give more compliments lol.

[Ballerina]

The law lecturer was very charismatic.

The only GHS lecturer who was impersonable would be the one who took the paternity fraud (sorry, paternity 'discrepancy') lecture. She was so awful, calling women 'sluts' for shock value, invalidating men's rights groups using selective and biased premises, stating,"Oh, I'm not saying all men believe in this, but I'm just going to say all men do for the sake of simplicity", while using double standards throughout the lecture and damning individuals for allegedly generalizing women. And then of course, she blamed men and called them cuckolded if their spouses have affairs and men end up unknowingly raising a child who is not biologically his, or pay child support until the child is 18 and realizing after the fact that they are not genetically related. She is more detrimental to feminism than she could ever be an asset.

Ahaha my tutor is very sweet, she said it was lovely overall in the email itself. The exam seems to have quite a few questions and it is only 2.25 hours long, so I'd wager the most limiting factor is time.

[Belgarion]

The law lecturer was very charismatic.

The only GHS lecturer who was impersonable would be the one who took the paternity fraud (sorry, paternity 'discrepancy') lecture. She was so awful, calling women 'sluts' for shock value, invalidating men's rights groups using selective and biased premises, stating,"Oh, I'm not saying all men believe in this, but I'm just going to say all men do for the sake of simplicity", while using double standards throughout the lecture and damning individuals for allegedly generalizing women. And then of course, she blamed men and called them cuckolded if their spouses have affairs and men end up unknowingly raising a child who is not biologically his, or pay child support until the child is 18 and realizing after the fact that they are not genetically related. She is more detrimental to feminism than she could ever be an asset.

Ahaha my tutor is very sweet, she said it was lovely overall in the email itself. The exam seems to have quite a few questions and it is only 2.25 hours long, so I'd wager the most limiting factor is time.

I agree with you on that one. I felt insulted multiple times throughout that lecture. After my second MCB exam, time does not phase me lol. That exam actually gave me carpal tunnel for a few hours afterwards.

[Ballerina]

Apparently the name is Dr Leslie Cannold of the GLASS unit, Monash University. I'd like this webpage to appear for any prospective employers who search her name...

Edit:  She has two sons with Adam Clarke. The couple separated in 2013.[19]

Suddenly her affinity for misandry is clearer.

[Shenz0r]

^You might want to remove that

[Ballerina]

Why?

I write in my posts the same information I would state in person. As someone in a position of authority, she abuses it and shows no regard for the dignity and emotions of the large 18 and 19 year old male presence in her audience. I don't have much regard for her dignity or emotions.

That being said, it shouldn't be a deterrent regarding the subject itself. Genetics, Health and Society as a whole is a wonderful and fairly interesting subject. I would recommend all the lectures except hers.