Ever find you like the non-required class better?

[verene, MSN]

Just a random thought. I'm currently taking Nutrition (required pre-req) and Survey of Psychophysiology (just for fun) this summer. I'm really enjoying the psychophysiology class far more, which sometimes makes it difficult to really dive into Nutrition. Currently I'm using it to reward myself for completing studying and assignments in nutrition. No listening to the pysch lecture 'till I've read that chapter on lipids! :-P

I'm still doing just fine in nutrition, I just have no passion for it or desire to learn compared to my other class. It probably doesn't help that I feel like a lot of what I'm learning in psychopathology feels like it will be more useful in the long run: Intro to neuroscience, brain anatomy and physiology, and an introduction to psycho-pharmacology vs myplate.gov and diet tracking software.

No idea where I'm really going with this thread. Just wanted to share.

[SummerWertz]

Yeah, I think it has to do with it being required. It's not that I didn't like physiology, for example. It's just that I felt punished if I didn't do well in it. If I didn't study, or if I made less than an A on a test I felt like a terrible person. If you take anything you love and add a reward system to it, you'll eventually dislike it. That's what I think it comes down to at least

[dt70]

Nutrition is important with type 2 and 3 diabetes.

Neuroscience interests me also. I am thinking about taking a neurobiology or biological psychology course.

[nlitened]

LOL...glad you are enjoying your class. But don't forget that Nutrition is just as important!

[rob4546, ADN, BSN, MSN]

I understand your dilemma. It was really similar for me when I took those classes. Psych classes were very interesting and studying them didn't seem like work at all. Nutrition on the other hand was, well, a pain in the backside. Some of the information was so mundane it seemed ridiculous. the interesting information was only slightly covered and I felt that the impact nutrition has on major diseases should have been highlighted a little more (it is a nursing required course anyway).

The only fun I had was with the discussions we had to complete each week. Some people would post some outrageous claims about the topics discussed and I would spend my time pointing out what the truth was. So many people believe urban myths, it is unbelievable. I had to spend time explaining what a peer-reviewed source or study was. If it is posted on the internet it must be true, right?