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~ Bon Steele ~ 10 Comments

Coming in for the homestretch for this semester.

I have just a couple of papers left in one class. Both of them are essentially reworkings of the same paper. Plus a final – which is a reworking of the midterm.
And one final exam in Adolescent Psychology. After that, it is a week or two off before Summer I starts.

Or at least, I hope I will be able to attend Summer I/II. Due to a mix-up at my old college, my transcript wasn’t sent correctly. I had a hold on my account that I didn’t even know about. I got it worked out but Summer registration is currently closed. Therefore, I am running behind in the registration biz.

At least I got Fall semester set. I just spent the better part of three hours working out that schedule. It has my needed classes, that doesn’t overlap, that is all on one campus. I spent much of my time this past semester making a 120-mile roundtrip to another campus for *one* class. No more of that, please.

I’m registered for sixteen hours. Spanish, Technical Writing, Writing for the Computer Industry, Forensic Psychology, and Mythology.
Should be a fun semester.

physiology class may well be trying to kill me.

~ Bon Steele ~ 6 Comments

I will keep you apprised. In the meantime, here is a sampling from the “Chapter Five Objectives”.
Enjoy!

** Define the law of mass balance. What equation is used to summarize it? How is it used to maintain homeostasis?

** Describe what we mean when we say that the extracellular and intracellular fluid compartments usually exist in a state of dynamic disequilibrium.

** Distinguish between uniport carriers, symport carriers, and antiport carriers.

** Describe or diagram the structure and mechanism of the Na+-K+-ATPase as an example of primary active transport.

** How does osmolarity differ from molarity? What is the equation used to determine osmolarity? **

Actually, I AM enjoying the class. The teacher is positively *gleeful* about her subject (“…I used to be cool. But then I became the Nephron Nerd.”) She provides a metric ton of material and lectures very well. Which is good because the subject is intense.

I am just glad that I elected to NOT take the 8-week version of the course, like I did with my English Comp II class. 4 stories analyzed and discussed every week; 1 paper per week. Cannot turn in other paper(s) until the previous one is “Accepted”. Oy vey.

So, those two classes plus Spanish will keep me très occupied this semester. At least English falls off the radar after the end of October.

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I’ve already answered these, 🙂