Posted by alexandra_k on February 20, 2015, at 20:59:53
In reply to Re: No more physics!, posted by alexandra_k on February 19, 2015, at 19:49:07
So... I started reading the law books, and they are interesting, yeah. One of them... I kind of wish I had it when I did that course last semester... Much of the same content... Lots of 'oh, so that's what that was about' moments... But probably... It is perfect for me to be reading it now... AFTER having done the course. We did have a fair chunk of readings to get done last semester, too... I think... Best read now as a reminder, yeah.
The course I'm doing is more... Particular details. Showing us a bit of how to interpret statute and how to do some legal writing stuff. But harping back to the broader outline of the role of different institutions etc... And history is important because of intent / meaning of statute... Begins with the freaking Norman invasion, they reckon... It actually is very interesting.
I feel like Socrates' slave boy... Except... None of geometry / maths / physics felt like a reminder of anything... But law does. I'm like 'ooooh, I see, now'. Feels like a reminder, yeah. Things click into place. Learning about equity law. Huh... How did trusts and inheritance stuff get to be part of equity. Huh. Huh. Huh...
It has just properly sunk in that I have 8am classes 4 days a week... And I need to bus out to a satellite campus on the other day... So... A bustly 5 day week... Huh. Only 5 weeks of content before a 2 week study break, though, so... Breaking it down... It is manageable. Whatever it is. And if I get behind I have 2 weeks to catch up before the first round of assessment*
*Though of course the break time will have to involve some reading ahead because then 5 weeks of content before a chemistry test... then into exams...
don't know about population health yet... but the mid-semester break is when you study for the UMAT. UMAT is held in the second week back of class... so... lots of people f*ck up there with getting irrevokably behind...
really do need to be distributing things... learning kinetics (one of the last parts of chemistry) now since i know it's going to be one of the hardest parts for me (and i do know enough about it to know what i need to learn - which is half the battle).
i got... a referral to an orthopedic surgeon to see about my feet... his website says something specifically about tendon lengthening to restore balance... seems that things have progressed in the last 10 years... i remember waving an article at one of the surgeon people and they didn't want to know...
we will see what he says, though... apparently it starts with the hindfoot... then midfoot... then they look at the toes. my hindfoot is pretty badly deformed on my right foot... the midfoot is pretty deformed too (compartment syndrome)... still... the bones are very much out of alignment... the toes... feel like the main problem... but i think surgeons just despair about my hindfoot... anyway... we will actually see...
yeah...
yeah...
Probably because.... I most want my foot to be straight and me to be able to push through the ball of my foot... to... run... or jump off. my foot isn't the right shape for me to do that, though, and my toes claw painfully when I try and extend my foot back away from the ball... Maybe they are seeing that even if my toes are lengthened... I won't be able to push through the ball because of the deformed midfoot... I don't know... I've done my best with rehab... Tried to densify proper form with weightlifting... Tried to get foot dexterity / train the nerves to work again as much as I can... I guess now is the best time for it, if I need to be non-weight bearing for a while... I don't need to hobble very far, these days... And I'm close to the gym.
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