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Posted by obsidian on November 1, 2014, at 20:49:57
Was medical laboratory technology.
What a profession, testing body fluids all day
and it might've worked if I didn't have to stick people with needles
I hate needles. I can't stand the idea of sticking people. I think I got terribly depressed around that time, not good.
I finished the two year degree though, and I was done with that, but I liked studying the life sciences.Anyway, the next thing I studied was art, and I loved art, even when I wasn't good at it. Now I'm studying other stuff, but I had to give up guitar lessons, and I kinda like it, but I suck at practicing.
What did u like in school?
Posted by alexandra_k on November 2, 2014, at 15:14:33
In reply to The first thing I studied, posted by obsidian on November 1, 2014, at 20:49:57
The first thing I studied at uni was education / english literature / history. I was going to be a secondary school English teacher... You needed 2 junior and 2 senior subjects so I needed to pick up history to have history senior and social studies junior. I didn't like history. I loved aspects of English Literature. But then I realised that most of my students wouldn't love it and I might get students like how I was in math... When I discovered that I loved philosophy and didn't like history at uni I dropped education / history and decided to take my chances with what I loved.
Then I got sick... And sort of progressed through my obsession with theatre of the absurd etc... And developed a passion for cognitive / abnormal psychology / philosophy of mind... Which has developed and extended to the body more, these days.
Posted by phidippus on November 4, 2014, at 21:18:40
In reply to The first thing I studied, posted by obsidian on November 1, 2014, at 20:49:57
Psychology and biology.
I'm currently working on my masters in the neurosciences.
Eric
Posted by obsidian on November 4, 2014, at 21:45:39
In reply to Re: The first thing I studied » obsidian, posted by phidippus on November 4, 2014, at 21:18:40
Excellent :-). I hope you enjoy
Posted by obsidian on November 4, 2014, at 21:47:10
In reply to Re: The first thing I studied, posted by alexandra_k on November 2, 2014, at 15:14:33
Philosophy, you know I've never taken it, seems like I'd like some of it though.
Posted by alexandra_k on November 8, 2014, at 17:33:13
In reply to Re: The first thing I studied » alexandra_k, posted by obsidian on November 4, 2014, at 21:47:10
philosophy is alright. it is a very diverse subject. you can put 'philosophy of' in front of any subject you like...
what didn't you like about practicing?
i don't like playing musical instruments. i enjoy listening to music but... something about learning how to play it ruined the music for me. robotic sequence of fingering. emotionless. maybe because i was never good at playing anything.
i remember learning to play the guitar. i was excited to learn... then i couldn't strum it. i mean... most people just pick it up and strum it... i couldn't get the hang of strumming it in a way that didn't have it sound weirdly robotic to me...
i remember being really keen to play the theme song from LA law on the tenor sax (ahaha). and it sounded weirdly robotic, again. anyway...
i always though 'ew medsci' but after our histology lab... slides are beautiful. who would have thought that looking at a section of a rat intestine would be so pretty? so... i guess i am starting to see how looking at feces samples, or whatever, might start to grow on you. so to speak. ha.
i don't know that i'd like taking blood off people all day. i'd imagine it is quite similar to being a dentist. i mean... nobody is ever happy to see you - right?
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