"How Can A Three-pound Mass Of Jelly That You Can Hold In Your Palm Imagine Angels, Contemplate The Meaning

"How can a three-pound mass of jelly that you can hold in your palm imagine angels, contemplate the meaning of infinity, and even question its own place in the cosmos? Especially awe inspiring is the fact that any single brain, including yours, is made up of atoms that were forged in the hearts of countless, far-flung stars billions of years ago. These particles drifted for eons and light-years until gravity and change brought them together here, now. These atoms now form a conglomerate- your brain- that can not only ponder the very stars that gave it birth but can also think about its own ability to think and wonder about its own ability to wonder. With the arrival of humans, it has been said, the universe has suddenly become conscious of itself. This, truly, it the greatest mystery of all."

-V.S. Ramachandran

This is what my next week looks like. I’m in spring break and I have a lot to study for the exams to come. Psychology, biology and all nursing notions + I work 38 hours this week because I need money to pay some bills. It all seems impossible to do and I’ll be tired as fuck but I’ll try my best to keep motivated. I know I can do it💪 PS. I never forget to watch my favourite show. There is always time for it ;)

I’m on spring break so I decided to catch up on my biology notes. I’m studying The Nervous System and it’s so fascinating! 😍. I love biology so much I would like to do a Biology baccalaureate in the future ☺️☺️.

Oh, btw, I live in Quebec, Canada if you were wondering why my notes are in French 😁

Okay, if you’ve never checked out Khan Academy…YOU NEED TO. I’m always on the look out for supplemental study material and these are, hands down, the best videos I have yet found. And I’ve never been learning something in class that they didn’t have a video on.

So far in my Chemistry class, these are just some of the videos I’ve watched:

Bohr Model Energy Levels Quantum Numbers Lewis Structures Hybridization the Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion theory (VSEPR) Balancing Equations Stoichiometry.

Last semester I used it for my Anatomy and Physiology II class particularly for the Countercurrent Multiplication in the kidney, but they have a ton of other videos on every system in the body that I wish I had taken advantage of:

The Circulatory System The Respiratory System The Urinary System The Hematologic System The Immunologic System The Gastrointestinal System The Nervous System The Muscular System The Skeletal System The Endocrine System The Integumentary System The Lymphatic System The Reproductive System

So whether it’s tough material that you need extra help on, or you don’t mesh well with your instructor, or you just want to solidify the material in your mind - these videos are awesome! And they’re not super long and boring, so I never feel like it’s just another assignment on my list of things to do. They are just incredibly helpful and, in my mind, largely responsible for my current (hopefully permanent) A in Chemistry. They also have stuff in other sciences like physics or organic chem; and other non-sciences such as math, computing, arts and humanities, economics. So it’s cool even if you’re just interested in learning a little bit about a particular topic for leisure. So check it out guys! It is so worth it!

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