Posted by alexandra_k on January 3, 2014, at 1:07:27
In reply to Re: disability and media, posted by alexandra_k on January 2, 2014, at 20:39:02
well... that course is pushed hard up against my most important lab that involves a bit of a trek to get to... they get a bit cranky about changing our lab times, apparently.. hmm...
the lecturer for that course could be a good person for me to get to know, though... and it is the only social science paper (where i get to write) that i've got all year. and i'd like to write something about mary and max. and / or big bang theory. or... i remember being fairly young and watching this film about a boy... corey? corkey? it had cher in it. the boy had something... i forget. he looked odd. he went to summer camp and became friends with a girl who was blind. that film stuck with me for a while...
one of my friends mothers was blind (not from birth). a good friend. through primary... intermediate... we were both nuts on horses... one of the guys in the phil department here is blind (from birth). which freaks me out / amazes me, rather. that he can do advanced logic and stuff... listen... without taking notes... remember... engage... he is weird for me to talk to because he doesn't notice about the eye contact thing. i imagine he has this really rich ability to visualise since he isn't being impinged apon from outside in that respect. i would like to ask him. when i mention this to others they look at me weirdly... like he's blind so he can't see anything with his minds eye either. but i find that idea weirder, still.
i get to do the math and the physics paper for summer school! i hope it won't be too much for me... still... only one way to find out. there seems to be a bunch of different people working in the faculty center... of different levels of seniority... who know different things etc... they checked that i knew what i was doing (sort of anyway) with respect to bio-med rather than an easier science option. and med intention. and that i had plans i was happy with if med didn't work out - since there are so very many more hopefuls than can be accepted. they gave me the obligatory 'we reccommend you take an extra year to do foundations (preparation) papers' because i was trying to cram a couple years science into a few weeks... but... i said my study skills were a lot better than most first years. and, well, we'll just have to hope that they are enough. and hope that my critical thinking / logic skills will serve me well / generalize.
chemistry is the one, apparently. the one that will f*ck you over. but meh, whatever. i remember teaching pre-meds in the US... 'where's my A'. sigh. i won't become one of them. i'll just do what i can. and thank the universe for my having been given such an opportunity :) i really hope i do well. i'll do my best.
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