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Tchuck’s Quotes #3

[143-150] However, I don’t really like my professor in the physiological course. I find him to be a little blunt and a little bit incompetent. He writes all of his stuff on the board that he gets off his PowerPoints for the most part. He spells words wrong all the time, which is not a big deal, but I find it distracting. It’s a little annoying and frustrating. Then, also he’s very rarely able to answer our questions if we have them, or he’ll say “No, that’s too complicated. Don’t worry about it.” Or “Yeah, I don’t really know an answer to that.” On an occasion, he’ll try and BS it, but then I’ll Google it in class, and he’ll be wrong. Or I already know the answer and he’ll be wrong. That’s a little frustrating.

[161-163] When he can’t provide a good explanation, I try and learn whatever’s in the notes for the most part, and then I mean, if something does interest me, I will dig deeper into the topic. I’ll look deeper, because I probably could find most, and if not all answers on Google

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Tchuck’s Quotes #4

[243-249] I had a good experience working with my group on this assignment. We all, funny enough, he did it randomly, but I mean, I know most the people in my class, because we’re all… Like I said, there’s only 30 or 40 of us in the biomedical engineering program. For the most part, I know everyone by at least name, and I’m friendly with most of them, or all of them a little bit at least, but the people I ended up getting grouped with I’m pretty close friends with. It ended up working out. We were fine together and we got everything done. I think the presentation went pretty well. He still hasn’t graded it though

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Tchuck’s Quotes #5

[165-170] In addition to the difficulties with the physiological professor, I also have a problem with the electric and magnetism teacher. He’s this real nice Asian guy. His accent is a little hard to understand sometimes, but I’ve gotten used to it a little bit, but all he does is write his notes on the board off a piece of paper that he has and he does it very quickly. Also, you have to draw a lot of circuits and stuff and it takes a long time to copy down. It’s hard to try and copy it down at the same time as listening to him.

[171-178] I find that makes it a little bit difficult to learn the material. We even had a mid-semester review for him. Some other professor came in and talked to us about what he does good and doesn’t do good in the class. Basically, we all ripped into him a little bit, and he really hasn’t changed anything at all. Except for we have Wednesday labs, which are normally from 12:30 pm to 3:15 pm. We have two periods, tech and a lab period. He would always let us out after the first lab period, and someone suggested during their review that he should keep us for the two periods, because we’re already behind and we don’t know the information that well.

[179-185] Now, that’s what he started to do, but that’s the only thing he took out of the review. However, keeping us for us two periods, instead of one, still really doesn’t help that much, because he still teaches pretty much the same exact way. Honestly, it’s frustrating, because now it takes more time out of my Wednesdays to sit there and copy down more notes that he doesn’t teach very well. I’m definitely going to, once the next exam comes up, I’m definitely going to have to watch a bunch of YouTube videos and Crash Course videos to try and teach myself it

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Tchuck’s Quotes #6

[436-445] Overall, I think that the clinic definitely is helping me feel more like an engineer because the clinic is probably the first real engineering stuff, I guess I’ve done. I mean, I don’t know if it would count as engineering stuff, but it’s research. I’m doing tests and doing experiments. I guess it does count as biomedical engineering, but I think that’s probably the biggest thing that’s made me feel like an engineer, because I’m actually doing testing myself. I’m not really supervised at all. I mean, there’s other people in the lab, but no one’s over my shoulder. No one’s telling me what to do. There’s no teacher. I have to figure it out myself with my lab partner, but yeah, and then I mean, the other classes, it feels like I’m getting through it.

[452-457] Because I understand that I need to know the information presented in class to obviously do the engineering and stuff. I also acknowledge that the way that I’m able to do the research is because the other classes that I’ve had. For example, the chem labs and all that stuff where we learned about safety procedures. You know how to do basic stuff. That’s why I am able to do the research and I do understand that, but I feel like doing the research and being in the lab myself actually makes me feel the most like an engineer

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Tchuck’s Quotes #7

[12] My last semester was really hard.

[102-120] Last fall involved a lot of studying, with a lot of people, I would say. I spent easily the most time in the library last semester than I have my entire college career. Just a matter of studying groups, just being in a quiet […] No, I mean, honestly, it was basically all with groups. Literally, people would just be in the library all the time. So, if you were just trying to study or whatever, people would just probably already be there. Or, we have group chat where you would just text and be like, “Yo, who wants to go to library and study?” And then, people would just show up and, I think that definitely was the biggest thing that got me through that semester. Because, I can study by myself; however, I don’t find it as helpful in my opinion because I like to bounce ideas off other people. I think two heads are better than one. You’re going to be able to figure out, maybe if I’m going to mess this up, okay, maybe you’re actually able to correct me on that. And I mess this up or then you mess this up and I help you on that or whatever. Stuff along those lines. Because I definitely saw that a lot in the group study sessions. And I mean, yeah. I think that’s the biggest thing. And then also, just staying on top of my stuff making sure my work didn’t get out of hand. Obviously, there’s levels of procrastination, I’m going to procrastinate a little bit. This is going to happen, but I just need to make sure that I don’t do it to ridiculous extremes where I’m stressing myself out so bad. I’m also typing up right up to the deadline, stuff along those lines.

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Tchuck’s Quotes #8

[725-737] The PI  is really nice. We have meetings with her. And so, it’d be, me and my lab partner and her and we’ll talk, and we talk about lab stuff, we talk about personal stuff all the time. She had told me about her kids and stuff along those lines. We have a really friendly relationship. I guess, it’s not necessarily super professional, but I don’t know, the way that she’s done everything, it’s obviously never made me feel uncomfortable at all. And I think that we have a good relationship. I think that she also helpful. I mean, funny enough, my friend emailed her a couple of days ago about something about classes, I think. And I’ve also emailed her four times since then and she’s responded every single time to me, but not to any of them. I mean, she also might just have missed his email and I feel bad for him, but, also I think it’s fun. So, yeah. I think that we have a good relationship and she’s been helpful in helping me grow and has been helpful in terms of the research and stuff along those lines.

[740-766] I’ll say, for instance, she sent us an article and admittedly I skimmed through it, not necessarily as much as I should have, basically. So, I sent back an email saying something along the lines that was wrong because I went back and reread the whole article and knew what I said wasn’t really right. But, I had said that and then, she had to call me out on it a little bit and told me to go reread it again. And obviously I didn’t feel good about that but I really […] So, then I literally went back and read it and took notes on it for three hours. I was like, “Well shit, I can’t believe I just did that.” But, yeah. I would say like, that type of stuff she helps out with. Just literally be, I’m going to have those meetings that talk with her and just bounce ideas off her head and stuff along those lines. And this is why what she shares with us I think has helped. Because she also has been a big help with different jobs because she’s also the one that, not necessarily come up with the […] Well, I guess she does come with the ideas because she also has to push each clinic project that she’s involved with. Because there’s also other people that are in our lab, but they all do different stuff with the worms. So, she also direct you where you want to go. And literally, even at all the way at the beginning of my junior year, when I sat down with her the first time, because, basically, I got assigned to her lab to deal with the worms. But then she more specifically has put me in a group. So, she was able to talk and she genuinely talk with me and was very concerned about putting me wherever I would want to go. And I just kept telling her like, I don’t know what I want to do, I’ll probably be good with anything. Like, I’m just down to experience whatever. Well, she kind of, I think, brought the pressure a little bit just because she was actually trying so hard to get me something that I wanted, which fortunately enough, starting with Sarah my lab partner, which, we worked together great. And, I did and still do find interesting what we were doing, unfortunately, obviously we’re not doing it as much anymore, but, yeah. So, I think in that regard too, also she helped me.

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Tchuck’s Quotes #9

[793-818] Also, I went to an event, I totally forgot that I did this. It was either earlier this semester or in the back of the last semester. I think it was earlier this semester though. My professor that runs the lab emailed and told us that she wants us to go because we also, back then […] No. So, it had to be last semester. So, back then, we would have group meetings. Now we do individual ones with just me, my lab partner and her. But originally, we used to do group ones with everyone that was in the lab. And, so then, the one day she canceled, then told us to go to this thing instead, which was, basically […] I forget what her title was specifically. But she was doing some type of research and it was supposed to be on planaria, I think. I’m pretty positive. Which I would have found interesting I had known a lot about it, I would have been able to follow it. When I get there, it’s about some hydro looking bacteria or something that also replicates planaria. However, that’s probably one of the only similarities and I’m looking at it, trying to follow what she’s saying and I really couldn’t. But I still did find her research interesting. It definitely was still a good experience I would say, it just was hard to follow, just because she […] The lady already had so much background and experience in it and I obviously didn’t. So, I think that was probably one of the bigger factors. But again, like I said, I think if it had been planaria, which I think that it was supposed to be originally, then, I would find it a lot more interesting and it would have been useful.

[821-843] They actually have these events semi regularly, not always for biomedical engineering. But they’ll basically have speakers come out or whatever to talk about their stuff or it’ll be. I’m trying to think of what the right phrasing is. But, basically, try out I guess for them as a job. I don’t remember what the right phrasing is, but it has something to do with them presenting their data and stuff that they’re doing and, stuff along those lines. In terms of, I think it was potential candidacy for a position or something that, basically. That’s what it was. And so, then they would come and present or talk about whatever they need to talk about. And then, I don’t think every student that went got a say, but I think it’s better to have people there and stuff. And then I think, the professor would have to go and look at it and stuff along those lines. So, I don’t think only that specifically was the thing that we’re doing, but it basically is similar because […] I only say that because they send out basically these emails that have a picture of the person, the description of what they’re going to talk about and then just say like, “Okay outside researcher or candidacy spot open,” or whatever or whatever it is. But basically, when they have these events, so mostly, all of these is just them talking and then after the fact you just leave. And that’s basically what ended up happening. If she want us to say after your talk, we would have, but, she didn’t really seem to. And also, she actually stayed after and talked with the lady, because I think she already knew the lady. Because of her research with planaria. Even though she didn’t talk about planaria. But, that’s why she wanted to go, I think, and, still at least talk to her. So, she did. She went and talked to her afterwards but everyone else in the lab, pretty much just left.

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Tchuck’s Quotes #10

[769-790] As far as my lab partner, she was really friendly honestly and that’s the biggest thing. Because, not that I’m not a friendly person, but I guess, I’m not that good at just, socializing right away basically. But she was and also, if I’m cool with that type of person, then I have no problem as well. So, I’ll say that, that definitely worked well. Then we got to know each other. We were able to just, basically go in the lab, we know what to do. We talk about it, we text. We’re literally, like I said, we’re working on the abstract for four hours yesterday, texting back and forth, trying to figure out what to write. So, I think that’s been good. And then my peers as a whole, last semester we were even more so all together because of the whole cohort thing. And then this semester we broke up basically, into more sectioned groups, obviously. Because, literally, like I said, you had to go down the path kind of thing. So then, now I’m with a more select group of people and to be honest, I probably like it more. Just because of the people that ended up having to be in the group. Not because I didn’t like the other people, just because, I think that me and these other people are able to like … Well, we actually were the people that would more specifically go to the library and study to be honest. Because not everyone would go and do it, but I was one of the people that would consistently do it. There was my friend that lives five tenants away. So, there’s a couple of other people and, a lot of these people are in the same classes that I am now, which again, still has helped me. Because then, I just get them to do the study groups within this stuff and I do the orgo quizzes and stuff along those lines. So, yeah. I think that my reaction has definitely been good, and it definitely has helped me overall.

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Tchuck’s Quotes #11

[41-51] Then what was after that? So then biomaterials, which is a pretty hard class. The teachers, he tries really hard. I do think that he’s a good professor, except the only problem is, he expects us to know a ridiculous amount of information basically. And I do put a lot of time and effort into the class, and it’s still really hard. And I mean, he also acknowledges that, and he also does notice the effort that you put in something that says that he’s going to factor that into your grade at the end, which is good. But either way, that exam itself, I studied a lot for it, and it was still really difficult. It was literally basically all open-ended, and then there’s a couple of graphs that we had to analyze basically. And he’s also strict on, he’s not really going to accept any type of BS answer, it’s got to be basically almost exactly correct to get credit. And I knew that going into it. And then, obviously it was a little bit difficult.

[171-177] Yeah. So, biomaterials, like I said, it’s pretty hard class. The teacher goes very hard. He does care a lot and he’s a good teacher but […] So, the way he sets up his class is, he calls it a flip lecture. In my opinion it’s not, because I took a flip lecture class earlier last spring, and the way that she did it is […] So, the idea is to watch lectures outside of class and then basically do the problems in class. And then, because your lecture was having an idea about the material, then you’re going to try and do it and then the teacher can actually help you apply it, which in theory, doesn’t sound like a bad idea.

[178-185] Except, it also means that I have to watch, 45-minute lectures out of class, on top of, still being in class. Not to mention the fact that the way that he does it is, you watch the lectures, and then he bases his lecture on the lectures that you had to watch. So, he literally had the same exact PowerPoint, he’ll take out some of the slides or change some of the data or delete some stuff, but it would literally be the same exact picture, same exact information. And he’ll just post it and he’ll just go through it in class and he will […] And he has a thing on his phone where he’ll randomly call on you and then ask you questions about the PowerPoints.

[186-194] So, what I don’t understand is how are we going to call it a flip lecture when literally it’s just him, wanting us to watch it, almost memorized it, but also, more so understand so that way you can answer his questions. Because they’re also not […] He’s also not just being like, “Okay, well, what does it say on slide two or what does it say right here?” He actually wants you to get a little bit in depth. But along with that, he also mix questions with his 45 minutes lecture, and I even take notes on it. I still can’t answer his question sometime, which is, very frustrating and it happens, literally to everyone. So, again, in the grand scheme of things, it’s fine, but it still is frustrating.

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[195-211] And then, he’ll also have journal discussions as well as case studies. So, journal discussion is literally, they’ll just be basically one scholarly article. From what I’ve done, it’s going to be somewhere between eight to 12 pages, basically. You’re going to want to skim through it. I take notes, specifically on the figures and graphs stuff because that’s what he likes to talk about. And basically, just analyze the scholarly article and the idea is to get more familiar. We’re going to finish up the writing in the future. I agree with him, it makes sense. I personally like those better than the lectures because, I can read it and analyze that much more easily than, try and watch 45 minutes lecture and completely understand, all this biology stuff and memorize all the […] Because, again, it’s still a lot of memorization. Like, types of lymphocytes and blood cells and all this type of stuff. And then there’s case studies, which is, basically just, he gives you a collection of somewhere like, four to seven or eight scholar […] Within a lecture, it would be scholarly articles. Some of it will probably be scholarly articles, some of it would be random stuff. And basically, you have to read them and then formulate an opinion based off of all the stuff that you read. And then, type it up actually in a one-page report and give your opinion on the situation and potentially how you think it should have been handled, basically.

[212-224] So I’ll say, for the most part, the one that we had to write, it had to do with ethics a little bit. Because, for instance, the one that I just had to write a couple of weeks ago was […] It was on breast implants. So basically, there was a whole problem with silicone as breast implants basically. Well, there was thought to be an initial problem because there was, basically, a couple of women that had issues or that ended up getting cancer and stuff along those lines. And they decided to say that it’s because of the silicone breast implants of which, the courts at time, seemed to disagree with them and let it go. And then, basically, later on, it comes out that, yeah, there’s actually no correlation after more studies were done. Da, da, da. Companies lost a lot of money because they got sued a bunch, stuff along those lines. So basically, I just had to read all that incompetence and basically give my opinion. So, again, those, I also personally like those more than the lectures as well. But, yeah. So that’s basically what we do in that class.

[229-238] He’ll basically set it up to where we either have […] That lecture that day will either be based on, either a lecture that he posted, it’ll be a general discussion or be a case study. And the way that he does the general discussion and the case study, he also still, does the thing on his phone where he randomly calls people to talk about. Because basically, his entire class is not him preaching to us at all. It’s literally only him having conversations with each of us individually, asking us questions. Again, I can see how it definitely helps. Like, if I get something wrong, obviously I’m going to remember it. Because I don’t want to get it wrong again, it does engrain a little bit because you get embarrassed and stuff and I get that. But, I don’t know. I’m not the biggest fan of it, but that is how he choose to do i

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