With the new year has come a new semester. Enduring a few
cold snaps, we continue to grow our knowledge. This semester, we have more
classes that are focused around presentations, and incorporating information
from the world around us into our curriculum. One class that best characterizes
being aware of pharmacology’s role in our daily lives is our environmental signaling
class, where have discussed environmental estrogens and the removal of
tetraethyllead from gasoline, and the impact of lead in general on our cities.
I am excited to see the future direction that this course takes. In our
advances in pharmacology class, our professor has begun to allow us to select
which papers we present, affording us the opportunity to select portions of our
curriculum to elaborate on, or just current issues that are engaging to learn
more about. This has been very informative, and I believe makes the class more
interested in the presentations. I will look to continue my work with Habitat
for Humanity starting next month, and can’t wait to get back to building homes
for people in the New Orleans area. The shelf exam is looming in the distance,
just over a month away. I am nervous, I believe this program has prepared me
well for this cumulative exam, so as long as I continue to be diligent in my studies
there shouldn’t be too much to worry about. Signs of Mardi Gras are everywhere in
the city, and there is definitely an excitement in the air that is special and
unique to the city. Since this is my first time in New Orleans during this time
of year, I am curious to see what will happen closer to Mardi Gras, and am sure
that it will serve as a fun break from school.
