elanid ([info]elanid) wrote,
@ 2009-03-26 22:49:00
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HELP
Okay.

Invertebrate paleontology vs. post-WWII Japan.

Discuss.


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[info]lady_puck9999
2009-03-27 05:10 am UTC (link)
Japan! Because I had a good history experience last quarter, and I'm all history-happy and want to spread the joy.

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[info]glaikery
2009-03-27 06:57 am UTC (link)
I'd quote at you what you said about the high schools, but I'm too tired to find it.

(On the other hand, invertebrate paleontology.)

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[info]sarahbrand
2009-03-27 06:53 pm UTC (link)
I have no worthwhile input - I only know what I would do, which doesn't really help you - but I sympathize with class-related dilemmas.

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[info]diatryma
2009-03-28 01:09 am UTC (link)
They found a fossil octopus. It's one of less than ten. FOSSIL OCTOPUS. And you'll get to geek out a lot about the Burgess Shale. If there's a field trip, I will distance-kill you with envy. Not as good as live invertebrates, probably way better than a plant paleo course.

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[info]diatryma
2009-03-31 04:03 am UTC (link)
So?

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[info]elanid
2009-03-31 04:09 am UTC (link)
Went to invertebrate class; first ten minutes spent in deep lust of OH GOD I WANT TO KNOW THESE THINGS. Next forty spent in horror as I discovered how dull the lecturer is. Even now am trying to convince myself that surely I overestimated said dullness, but I don't think I did. Dammit.

So, Japan.

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[info]elanid
2009-03-31 04:13 am UTC (link)
Also have had thoughts on story I sent you ages ago. Owe you many things, not least of which a letter, but at some point in future would you mind taking a gander?

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[info]diatryma
2009-03-31 04:15 am UTC (link)
There are better ways to become a fossil invertebrate geek. Speaking of, we have an excellent Devonian fossil gorge here. Fresh-scoured last June.

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[info]elanid
2009-03-31 04:19 am UTC (link)
Yeah, my feeling was that if I would have a more interesting time reading textbooks than listening to him, then I was probably best off doing that - especially since it looks like chiefly an anatomy course, and my other two are physiology (beaucoup memorization) and Chinese (memorization until it comes out of my ears).

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[info]diatryma
2009-03-31 05:04 am UTC (link)
I have fond memories of plant anatomy and physiology, but that's because I do pretty well with read-and-recall tests. And I like all the lovely Greek and Latin words. My animal physiology class involved one of many stupid brain tricks, specifically the one to keep me awake and taking notes-- pulling a bit of fuzz from my sweater and sticking it on the end of my pen so I got a swoopy calligraphy thing sometimes. I wanted to keep making the pretties, so I kept writing, and why not write down the lecture?

That course was better for having a student-led lab (in which I drew the inside of a fish unconsciously while talking) and my favorite final yet: write your own question and answer it. Two pages, max.

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