A&P 1 students,,,, How ya doing?

I'm in week 4, we are still doing cells. Our first test is next Thursday. I got a 92 on the first quiz, and I'll get my second quiz back on Friday.

We dissected the rat already, some of us had males some of us had females. I hate my professor, she doesn't really teach but there are awesome on-line resources and a few of us have made a group and we are helping each other help!

It's hard to say how my class is going.. My A&P lecture teacher has been out all week!! We were supposed to have our test weds. and she still has to talk about chap 4 in marieb..so our test has been pushed to next weds. We are covering chapters 1-4. OMG so much info..I think/ HOPE I have most of it down. I had my first lab practical monday and got a 76% I dont know what the other scores were but I wish I did a little better.. I hear that the first test is the hardest just because it covers so much info. the next tests and chapters are more focused on one topic!

It was going great for me...until my lab practical last night. I went into it feeling pretty confident, but as we were walking around answering and labeling I realize how underprepared I was. I will be lucky to get a 70 on it. I made a 92 on my unit test and have made 100's on all of my quizes so far but that lab practical killed me.

My teacher is pretty good. He is also a f/t chiro and says he just teaches because he likes to. His lectures are really great and he makes them really interesting. He also has all of his PP presentations online that we can download so that has been really helpful.

I need to figure out how to do better with my practicals if I am going to pull off a decent grade in this class.

What is a lab practical? I don't think we have any...

The lab practical is just an exam. It was basically walking around the lab room and identifying whatever our professor had labeled and looking in a microscope and identifying tissues.

We just got our grades from our first lab practical and our first test.And I was really nervous after I took the test because evrybody was going around trying to compare answers and figure what was right and wrong ( I really hate that!) But thankfully I got a 94 on both the test and practical, its a little lower than what I used to make but shoot... I just started a new job, I have 3 kids, and I 'm taking 10 credit hours this semester so with that said... I'm pretty proud of myself!

Good Luck to everybody this semester, I think we'll need it!

I got a 100 on my first lab practical:-) And a 80 on my first lecture exam. We have weekly quizzes in lab and the points are out of 20 and the lowest I've gotten so far is a 17. For my first quiz in lecture, I received a 23 out of 25 so I'm doing way better than I thought I would! I have a 9 month old baby as well as a 7 year old so juggling school, work and kids and being out of school for like 5 years, I think I'll take these grades and fly:-)

Good luck to us all!

Hi everyone!!! What a wonderful thread

Kudos to those of you who have been proactive in your education and flourished despite not having the best professor.

I am taking anatomy online through Northern Virginia Community College (if anyone still needs to take this class and is reading this thread...you should totally look into this school.) We have an interactive CD Anatomy & Physiology Revealed Version 2..and I love the software. It helps you memorize everything by quizzing you.

A good website for review is anatomyarcade.com. They have "wack-a-bone" and "poke-a-muscle" exercises to help you remember where they are. This is the true beginning of our education. Whenever I'm having a hard time focusing on school work I try to remember that everything I know has the potential to save someones' life. That tends to give me the extra initiative needed to study.

I have sacrificed a lot for this class. I study everyday for a minimum of two hours. I write, write, write, write! I got a black composition book and I go through my book and write stuff down over and over. This serves as two purposes... #1.) I learn more, obviously. #2.) If I don't make a good grade I can look at my composition book and know I gave it one hell of an effort.

However, I have made A's so far.

http://www.mhhe.com/shier10 has an outline for each chapter of the book. You may not have the same book as me.. (heck i'm on the 12th edition now) butttt it is still useful trying to figure out the answers.

The University of Berkley has a podcast this semester of a lovely lady teaching Anatomy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjCIR...DC91B1&index=1 . There is one of her lectures..look for the links on the right to find a lecture pertaining to the topic you're currently covering in class.

We are lucky to be students NOW..because we have a vast array of quality resources on the internet to help us learn. Honestly, if you want an A in anatomy you can get it no matter who your professor is. If you're assigned two chapters and you know everything you're supposed to know in those chapters... you really can't blame a bad grade on a professor. I have never spoken to ..or seen my professor and I'm doing great.

It's just repetition and memorization. You can not just pick up this book the night before a test and expect to do well. This class takes a lot of work. At my school they consider this class to be the "weed-eater". Meaning, this class is what weedeats out the nondedicated students who probably wouldn't do well as nurses anyway.

Good luck to each and every one of you..and again, kudos to those of you who have taken your education into your own hands without being depedent on a professor.

If you haven't made good grades so far it's not too late. You CAN turn it around. This semester will be over before you know it.. (even though many of us have A & P II to look forward to next semester.)

Another tip..which is probably corny and ridiculous......I have a picture of Dr. House next to my desk. Whenever I'm disgruntled and want to play playstation 3 or something instead of studying.. I look at it. I aspire to be like Dr. House. The person that people come to when they don't know something. That requires a lot of dedication and studying. It's embarassing sharing that, but it helps me so I figured I'd share.

Congrats everyone for the work you've accomplished so far. The histology and cells part is over (for now)

Have a great weekend everyone!

We finally started on tissues today...it was so good to really be starting!