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A turtle's exploration of the world of science & leadership
Joseph41:
--- Quote from: miniturtle on June 05, 2018, 06:41:00 am ---Today is my first uni exam (advanced chem) and I'm keen. No, you didn't read that wrong, I'm keen for the exam. I've reached a point in my life where I'm completing an exam for university science and that is just such a wonderful thing. I get to enter a room with my peers and provide proof that yeah, I've been learning with other people who care just as much and want to delve deeper. I get to be assessed on my own merits and really genuinely be able to be shared luck and wish luck to others without reservation.
In a week I will have determined my marks for the first semester of uni, and you can expect a long post shortly after that.
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I really love the sentiment of this post. Hope it went well for you!
Bri MT:
I'm going to start with the most recent and move back in time.
Yesterday I finished my mental health first aid course.We began with an overview & looked at misconceptions, stats for mental disorders in Aus etc.
Then we looked at (day 1) depression, suicide, anxiety disorders, panic attacks, (day 2) trauma, traumatic events, psychosis, severe psychotic states, substance use problems and severe effects from alcohol & other drugs.
Lots of content to cover over the two days, especially as we kept asking questions, but it certainly didn't feel "doom and gloom"-y despite the sometimes heavy nature of what was being covered.
If there are two things I can leave with you I think it would be this:
a) diet and exercise matter a lot more than you probably think they do
b) if you think someone might be planning to kill themselves, ask, listen to what they have to say, avoid judgement & encourage them to connect to support
Unrelated: On my way home it felt great to walk past a sign at Southern Cross for the Wendouree train departing in 99 minutes (I was on that line last semester) over to the metro train which I now catch. Travel to & from uni next semester is going to be great.
examsThe chem exam was alright. I went in feeling pretty psyched and I think I performed ok. The practice exams (both chm1051 and chm1011) were a pretty good indicator of what the actual exam was like.
The bio exam was SOOO much easier than we thought it would be. The revision questions were about 20 times more difficult, and the actual exam was based on the lectures NOT mastering biology. It was slightly irritating to have invested so much time into revision only to be greeted with an easy exam that didn't require that depth of knowledge, but better safe than sorry I guess.
By maths I was busy stressing about packing for moving and just wanting exams over and done with. This is the subject I was least prepared for (math got a bit boring towards the end....) and I felt that while sitting the exam. I doubt I'll get a great score but I feel pretty safe that I'll get the marks I need for my course. The days before the exam I was feeling quite unwell (probably made worse by stress) but fortunately I've conditioned myself to feel upbeat and positive on exam days & that kicked in once I arrived on campus & overrode my unwell-ness. [ I usually prepare a nice brekky for myself, have everything completely ready, read a bit, go to bed early etc. the night before & loop positive self talk through my head on the day of the exam]
--- Quote from: Joseph41 on June 25, 2018, 04:21:49 pm ---I really love the sentiment of this post. Hope it went well for you!
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Thankyou! :) I hope so too!
week 12
Wow. This was a big week.
Monday: Group presentation for CHM1051 due
Wednesday: Group presentation for BIO1011 due (& we hadn't met up before this day due to everyone's timetable crashing)
Friday: Leadership quest Part A due, speakership presentation due
Luckily, I was with good people for both of the group presentations, who had done their research and were prepared to speak their parts.
Given that the speakership presentation was due at 9am of the Friday & I tend to prioritise GC work I focused pretty heavily on that throughout the week.
In particular, I spent a significant amount of Tuesday tweaking my 4 minute speech, refining it, and then memorising it. I arrived to the classroom at 8am and started practicing performing my speech in front of a couple of other classmates. By 8:50 Djuke (the course co-ordinator) had arrived and we started setting up the room. 9:00, I was allocated in the group of people who would present in the 2nd half of the workshop. Speeches began. Halfway time: I asked if I could speak last. The reason? I had decided I didn't like my speech, discarded my hours of preparation & decided to start from scratch using the approx 20 second breaks between presenters to create my new speech plan my delivery. It was a risk, but one definitely worth taking. My speech was received well & soon after rushed off to finish-off my leadership quest portfolio part A.
Note: Impromptu-ing a speech can work if you know what you're doing. Impromptu-ing a leadership quest portfolio will not work.
strawberries:
Good luck for your results! Enjoy the rest of your break and good luck for next semester too! :)
Bri MT:
--- Quote from: strawberries on June 27, 2018, 10:48:19 am ---Good luck for your results! Enjoy the rest of your break and good luck for next semester too! :)
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Thankyou! Best of luck to you too! :)
Bri MT:
Just had my first lecture of semester 2 which also happened to be my first time watching a lecture by livestream. It was a bit frustrating that I missed the start of the lecture due to "browser incompatibility" - the site told me to update adobe flash player despite this being fully updated so I was using trial and error to resolve the issue. Luckily since it was the first lecture much of what I missed was revision or general notices. I prefer in person attendence but seeing as I only have one lecture on Mondays and Fridays the travel isn't worth it.
In other news, it's great to start to see the projects my students mentees are working on in the Access Monash program start to come together. I've got most of my hours for the year which is great since I don't want to be stressing about activity hours (which come from things like facilliating highschool tours) at the end of semester. ( I'll still be doing mentoring until the end of the program, but that's very reliable as it's scheduled and waiting lists aren't applicable).
I'll be heading on campus later today for the mass^3 bbq and downball competition, I didn't get to catch up with my cohort much during the break (and I didn't communicate with non-commitee research students at all) so it'll be especially great to see some more familiar faces.
Finally, while writing this I opted out from the montrack program. It's nice that first year students have older students call them and check up on them, but I don't need it and I'd rather avoid the random phone calls.
Hope everyone has a great start of semester & that the highschool students aren't too freaked out by their first week back. The first couple of weeks of term 3 were the most hectic and stressful time for me in year 12, but it'll be over before you know it (in a good way)
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