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sweetiepi:
I'm so stoked to see this journal! <3
What initially piqued your interest about biology?

tashhhaaa:
glad to see this journal, I look forward to reading it as we have similar interests :) good luck with it all!!

AngelWings:

--- Quote from: insanipi on November 27, 2017, 07:32:16 pm ---I'm so stoked to see this journal! <3
What initially piqued your interest about biology?

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Yay! <3 SpoilerOoh, hard question. Funnily enough, it wasn't always this way.
Biology didn't quite jump out at me initially. I wasn't good at it (still am not) and it wasn't exactly something that super interested me in early high school; I didn't do it in late high school. I decided to come back to it in university as I felt I wanted a fresh start and give it a second chance, as well as being unable to fit it in during VCE. I wound up inspired by the lecturers' research, while others were upset that they'd gone on a tangent. I strongly believe it's also because I hate closing doors to potential opportunities and I realised how diverse the field of biology really is in general. Nowadays, I like biology for its ability to be applicable to any living thing and how you can't escape it - it's what you literally part of who you are! (Of course, my preferences will always come back to genetics.)
     
If I had to be specific though, there are two main reasons I can roughly pinpoint:
1. I am constantly curious about the world like a two-year-old. A lot of the questions I ask in my mind are fundamentally what biology is all about.
2. I took a forensic science elective back in high school. I was - and probably still am - a bit of a murder mystery novel fan. Subsequently, I went on to not just enjoy it, but also top the class. Majority of what that discussed was biology, namely genetics - my introduction was through Punnett squares. (That shines through when you see that I posted this relevant post at 2:11am because I basically forgot about the time.)
--- Quote from: tashhhaaa on November 27, 2017, 10:57:00 pm ---glad to see this journal, I look forward to reading it as we have similar interests :) good luck with it all!!

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Thanks! :) Hopefully this'll be interesting for you.

Date: 29th November 2017 (It'll be brief for a while.)
Yesterday was a rest day. I spent it out and about to enjoy the weather. 

In more uni-related news, I failed to start the genetics reading, but I wound up reading the first page of the preface to Darwin's Origin of Species, reviewed some maths and how to 'code' a couple of simple loops. Not exactly procrastination, if you actually did some of what you were meant to, but did something not allocated for that day. (I wonder how many of us on AN are productive procrastinators?) Anyway, so I wound up restarting the clock for about the sixteenth time and doing some of it today, amongst the true procrastination I did today. I'll admit more procrastination occurred than actual revision. 

Still need help with Taylor series. The internet seems to make less sense every time I look at it.

AngelWings:
Date: 1st December 2017
Going to sound a little selfish today (and break my streak of not double posting).

I'm feeling a little anxious about my results, probably because they're within the next fortnight now.
Here's a couple of dates, so you guys can stay informed:
- December 4: Monash Results Release. There's also the early SMS service, but I'd rather not know until I have to.
- December 15: Honours offers are allocated (for Biological Sciences, which genetics is under at Monash)

Chances are actually looking good for Honours. I received a major assessment mark worth more than half of my grade for my research unit and did fairly well on it. Luckily, I've been able to occupy my time with other things, as to avoid thinking about it, so it's not become an issue. 
 
I did note that December 15 is the day of ATAR release and the date that is listed is supposed to be the final day Honours offers are given, so I'm hoping for my own sake that I receive one much earlier. That way, I can help support the Year 12s on their achievements without my own worries clouding my mind. :)

Random tangent: I've realised that, even before uni, my favourite day of the week has always been Sunday, because it's always been the only day I could sleep in. Is this the same to many of the university-level ANers here? What about the high school students/ recently graduated Year 12s? Does it change between primary, high school and university? If so, why do you think that is?

K888:

--- Quote from: AngelWings on December 01, 2017, 07:50:41 pm ---Random tangent: I've realised that, even before uni, my favourite day of the week has always been Sunday, because it's always been the only day I could sleep in. Is this the same to many of the university-level ANers here?

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Hmm, I would say I prefer Saturdays during semester, because it's like, a relatively stress-free day, minus the fact that I usually have to work (although, I don't mind it, and it's doing physio-related stuff so it's interesting). On Sundays, I spend the whole time regretting not doing any work and dreading the coming week of uni haha. During the holidays, I don't really mind, but I guess weekends are still good because I can do stuff with family and friends who work during the week.

I think I was reasonably impartial in high school in the matter of Saturday vs Sunday, but potentially preferred Sundays because that was the day I played soccer.

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