Friday, July 10, 2009

A Wasted Mind

despite having this blog for several months now, I'm still trying to figure out what the grand purpose is in having it.  i suppose it may serve no other purpose other than to complain about the world and the personal frustrations that i have in it.  you see, i hate people who complain, which makes me the biggest hypocrite on the face of the planet.  but i figure that if i complain through a blog, which is completely optional to read, i might complain less in person.  with that in mind allow me to elaborate on the frustrations that i'm having at this time.  
      it all began with chemistry.....  i hate chemistry.  not only do i hate it, i think it hates me too.  which makes for a perfectly symbiotic relationship, especially since i have to take two years of it.  when i started my first pre-med chemistry class (chem 105) i detested the subject with every molecule of my body.  i hated the thermodynamics,  the molecular theories, acid/base reactions, oxidation/reduction reactions, the stoichometry, the quantum mechanics theory, and everything else that i had to learn.  i got the worst grade that i had every received (C+) until i took organic chemistry, where i received a C.  i'm currently in chemistry 106 and chemistry 107 which are horrible classes.  for instance, the 107 class is only 1 credit and is a lab for the 106 class.  despite it only being worth 1 credit, there are 6 hours of in-class work, with an average of 3-4 hours outside work, bringing a total to 10 hours a week for a 1 credit class.  the test in the class is a 12 question multiple choice test worth 120 points.  this means that if you miss a single question, you are automatically dropped to about a B+ (you can only imagine what happens if you miss 2 or 3).  
      next is the chem 106 class.  here is what i hate most about it, is that the professors think that it's so important to memorize stupid things such as polyatomic ions, or the solubility rules of certain compounds.  along with that they want you do memorize all the strong acids, strong bases, formulas and equations that serve absolutely no purpose outside of this one class.  i spend more time in frustration with chemistry than i have with all my other classes combined.  i think that medical schools should require basic chemistry and basic physics and dive more into the anatomy, physiology, orthopedic impairments, and biology subjects.  even doctors agree that chemistry and organic chemistry are a complete waste of time.  all those classes do is weed people out of trying to make it to medical school. so, in conclusion, when i'm god i'm shaking things up around the scholastic community.