I can’t even begin to believe that we are halfway through
this class and the very last semester of my undergraduate degree. It feels like
I should still be a freshman in college going through the introduction classes
of my major and minors. I feel like I have learned a lot throughout this
semester and yet when I try to grasp the recently learned information, I can’t
for the life of me even begin to describe what that information is exactly! I
blame it on senioritis. I learned in this class that evolution is such a broad
concept that I probably will never truly grasp every single part under this
umbrella term. I remember being in the fourth week of the semester and having
evolution and natural selection just click in my head. I had always had a
decent understanding of these concepts, but it just never really clicked in any
of my science classes until now. A part of me felt stupid for it taking 4+
years to get to this point but another part of me was proud of myself for
getting to where I am.
If I go back to my original post, I don’t think I would
change anything about my definition of evolution just yet. I am expecting that
to change by the end of the semester. But, I feel like my definition was broad
enough to allow what I have learned thus far to fall under the original definition.
My understanding hasn’t really changed. I have just come to the conclusion that
I don’t know everything about evolution yet.
I am struggling more so with R exercises than the concepts
we are learning in class. It’s very irritating because it’s not something I have
ever done before and may not ever do again in my academic career. I just have
to learn to be patient with the exercises and myself and know that it’s okay to
ask for help.
I am curious about COVID-19 and what makes these strains of
the coronavirus any different than what we have seen before. Why is it that some
bodies have a difficult time identifying this virus as dangerous and not
reacting quick enough to fight back? I want to learn more about how evolution affects
everyday life that I would have an easy time relating to as a college student
studying science. It’s hard to understand concepts if you don’t have anything
to relate them to in your life.
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