Otago HSFY chat - archive

[Profiterole]

Why does everything fun happen at 5pm?

That and 4pm CELS!

 

[juna]

The upcoming Hubs test- is it hard? Because the exam covers lectures 17 to 38 and there's only 25 questions in the test- so like one for each lecture.... I hope it's not too bad!

 

[Voldemort]

The upcoming Hubs test- is it hard? Because the exam covers lectures 17 to 38 and there's only 25 questions in the test- so like one for each lecture.... I hope it's not too bad!

Personally I found it harder than the first test, but if you know your stuff well then you'll be right. Just like any Health Sci test: know your stuff well and you will be fine.

 

[Nimbus2000]

The upcoming Hubs test- is it hard? Because the exam covers lectures 17 to 38 and there's only 25 questions in the test- so like one for each lecture.... I hope it's not too bad!

ermm... lets just say, i don't want to freak you out or anything but today at the class reps meeting, course coordinator asked us if we were scared about the upcoming test... one person said... NO... whilst the rest of us just stayed quiet haha... then the course coordinator told us that "we should be scared" :S But then again, she did say afterwards that this was because the topics tested are conceptually more difficult which (in my mind) translates to: if you get the concepts in every lecture (and all the tiny scruny details that the HUBS department supposedly likes to test), you will be fine

That's for everyone guys!

 

[Proshot]

Hey guys, could anyone help me with the lecture objective for todays cels lecture.
"explain how patterns of relationships between sequences might provide evidence for evolution" Thanks

 

[Sam]

Hey guys, could anyone help me with the lecture objective for todays cels lecture.
"explain how patterns of relationships between sequences might provide evidence for evolution" Thanks

The relationships could be having similar strains in the same person. If they're similar after X amount of time etc then that could show some evidence of evolutionary changes. You could use an example such as HIV being under pressure and showing change, "a pattern would be noticed in those who were exposed to X drug where people who were not did not share this pattern".

Hope that helps

 

[Proshot]

Thanks Lulwut

 

[Sam]

Thanks Lulwut

No worries, the lecture objectives today were a bit.. loose? It was a great lecture though! The stuff Dearden said at the end was actually really well done and (..without wanting to sound like a wanker) quite inspiring! I did also like how he pretty much said that GPs are wasting their time (not that I agree )

 

[alice]

No worries, the lecture objectives today were a bit.. loose? It was a great lecture though! The stuff Dearden said at the end was actually really well done and (..without wanting to sound like a wanker) quite inspiring! I did also like how he pretty much said that GPs are wasting their time (not that I agree )

That lecture was so refreshing. Nice change to the usual - I hadn't been concentrating that well in CELS lectures lately... it SHOULD be interesting but for some reason I'm not finding it entirely enthralling..

I'm pretty sure the first 2 lecture objectives could (kind of) be answered by previous lectures - (I'm thinking the lecture that Dearden said on flies and how their genomes had evolved over time..similarities/differences between species etc. I always take the lecture objectives now to mean 'if you can answer them - great - but they're not necessarily answered black-and-white in the lecture'..more underlying concepts.

 

[Sam]

I agree [MENTION=12164]alice[/MENTION], the CELS lectures are structured really horribly, they jump around like nothing else and the concepts are the most dull things ever.

 

[Wongtong]

Thoughts on the new HUBS lecturer?

I actually really like her -- she's quite interesting but it's a shame she doesn't have much info on the slides.

 

[Sam]

Thoughts on the new HUBS lecturer?

I actually really like her -- she's quite interesting but it's a shame she doesn't have much info on the slides.

I liked her, she gave the information pretty clearly. I liked how everything was sort of given as a bullet point, helps writing notes/studying it. I guess the lecture was pretty content light (in terms of concepts) though.

 

[Profiterole]

Thoughts on the new HUBS lecturer?

I actually really like her -- she's quite interesting but it's a shame she doesn't have much info on the slides.

She seems to be a nice person, though I don't know if she will have enough time to teach everything later when the amount of content increases.

 

[SeeKay]

Was quite surprised when she went to the next slide when the slide just had 1 2 3 on it, caught me off-guard

 

[Ruth]

She seems to be a nice person, though I don't know if she will have enough time to teach everything later when the amount of content increases.

She finished 10 minutes early at 5pm! And there was an okay amount of information in that lecture.

Was quite surprised when she went to the next slide when the slide just had 1 2 3 on it, caught me off-guard

I heard someone complaining about that in my lab, so I was prepared

 

[Nimbus2000]

Thoughts on the new HUBS lecturer?

I actually really like her -- she's quite interesting but it's a shame she doesn't have much info on the slides.

Was quite surprised when she went to the next slide when the slide just had 1 2 3 on it, caught me off-guard

AMEN.

She's great, explains really well, although I suppose the material wasn't that hard to understand to begin with... And [MENTION=10527]SeeKay[/MENTION], dw she caught me off guard too! I kept expecting her to press the button, and have the dotpoints fly in or something! Thankfully, I wasn't falling asleep (like I usually do in morning lectures) and managed to remember (sort of) what she said. I was WAY more prepared today, I just wrote down stuff she said, instead of waiting for clues on what I was supposed to write from the lecture slides! XD

 

[Nimbus2000]

Well, I plan to throw a sabbatical for a few days, so I just wanted to say, GOOD LUCK EVERYONE for tomorrow! Hope you all do really well, and by means of reassurance, to those that tend to panic the day before/ a few minutes before the exam (I will take my own advice too dw ) don't panic guys! i'm sure you will all be fine, try to keep calm, and have a 'healthy, happy mental attitude' as you go into the test, I am sure that this will help you feel more positive about the exam Focus on what you know best in the exam, and if you find things that you find difficult... then use them as a lesson, not as a 'OMG I NEED TO FREAK OUT NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS EXAM' precursor... I.e. make sure that you look at it, and learn it for the finals Best of luck all, dearest mso family

 

[Sam]

Well, I plan to throw a sabbatical for a few days, so I just wanted to say, GOOD LUCK EVERYONE for tomorrow! Hope you all do really well, and by means of reassurance, to those that tend to panic the day before/ a few minutes before the exam (I will take my own advice too dw ) don't panic guys! i'm sure you will all be fine, try to keep calm, and have a 'healthy, happy mental attitude' as you go into the test, I am sure that this will help you feel more positive about the exam Focus on what you know best in the exam, and if you find things that you find difficult... then use them as a lesson, not as a 'OMG I NEED TO FREAK OUT NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS EXAM' precursor... I.e. make sure that you look at it, and learn it for the finals Best of luck all, dearest mso family

hey nimbus i love you *blows kiss*

 

[Nimbus2000]

[OFFTOPIC]go away. i hope you feel rejected pick on ruth again. she seems interested in your advances [/OFFTOPIC]

 

[Sam]

[OFFTOPIC]go away. i hope you feel rejected pick on ruth again. she seems interested in your advances [/OFFTOPIC]

[OFFTOPIC]I would but she's not as cute as you [/OFFTOPIC]