Random occurrences from class and lab:
Two weeks ago, our class had a four day weekend. It wasn't planned, at least not by Dr. Mayhew, who was rather aggravated that we got so many days off in a row. He felt the need to constantly remind us all that we couldn't take the entire weekend off. One time he said, “Taking four days off would be problematical.” I didn't think “problematical” was a word, but I looked it up on dictionary.com, and it IS a word; it can be used interchangeably with “problematic”, although it’s more obscure. This just proves that Dr. Mayhew is even smarter than I first realized.
Dr. G is the OT anatomy professor at VCU, and he is a character! He talks so fast, you get tired just listening to him. Sometimes he’ll come around to our table in lab and name off muscles so quickly it makes my head spin. Before you can ask any questions, he’s gone again. I call him the tornado because he comes out of nowhere, creates a whirlwind of activity, and then he’s gone again- leaving us all confused by what just happened. My favorite part of Dr. G’s spiels is the little tidbit of advice he’ll give at the end. For instance, after he got done naming all the muscles in the forearm of our cadaver, he started saying, “Spouse, Kids, Job.” “Spouse, Kids, Job.” While he was saying this, he was thumping the chest of the cadaver. I’d tuned out for a second and thought at first he was giving us a mnemonic for memorizing chest muscles. But no, it was just advice about where our priorities should be.
Other favorite pieces of advice from Dr. G:
Good friendship is like coffee- rich, warm and strong.
Being loved makes you strong. Loving someone else makes you brave. A loving relationship makes you both strong and brave.
haha that's hilarious...about the teacher "spouse, kids, job" LOL, but good advice just the same.
ReplyDeleteHe sounds like he could be a believer. He definitely has it right about priorities...I think it's so cool that he gives good, sound, moral advice alongside his class material.
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