Feeling better, productive day
Woke up before my alarm clock again. This is getting to be frustrating. But I caught up with Kyle on Skype a bit before class, so that was an unintentional good thing. :) I'm still a bit queasy and my stomach feel sore, like people are playing polka on it, but I've managed to keep food down. That's pretty good.
Psych class went well. We finished watching a National Geographic DVD In the Womb for humans. Apparently there are other episodes for other animals. Interesting! Anyway, they used 4D technology (3D with real time) to show the fetus in the womb and wow. I kind of wanted to have a baby right then and there. :P At least it was better than watching the birth in The Miracle of Life (a video I saw in 5th grade for sex ed) during class last Thursday and then the professor rewinding it. It was scary seeing a birth in reverse. Dear God... Scarred.
And we then watched a clip of a woman giving birth standing. It's an old video clip, and it was from a clinic in France. I've seen pictures of a woman giving birth kneeling for sex ed class in 9th grade but this was the first time seeing it "live." I have to say, it seemed way quicker. I guess gravity does help. In the National Geographic DVD In the Womb the narrator stated that standing or kneeling or squatting is the quickest and least painful stance for natural pregnancy as compared to lying down... The woman had her husband holding her up, then the doctor while nurses were kneeling underneath her. I have to wonder why the husband felt he had to wear a Speedo though (or a bright blue underwear cut like tighty whiteys)... Less risk of getting his regular clothes dirty? The wife was naked so maybe the doctor thought skin to skin contact with the husband would soothe her, too... I don't know... It was an interesting class.
I also met with the principal of the nearby Rock County Christian School (middle and high school campus) in order to volunteer for my Lifespan Dev class. I'm going to tutor every Tuesday and Thursday for an hour-ish in 7th grade sciences and English. I was told to dress modestly since it was a Christian school. That means no skimpy tank tops. :-P But I always bring my hoodie around anyway, because classes can be infernally cold even on a wonderful warm day outside. He also asked what faith I believed in, if I do follow a faith, because it didn't want anything "contradictory." I said I was more of an agnostic and he said "Everybody's on a journey." I do wonder what his response would be if I said I was Muslim... I mean, I doubt I'll be harping anything anti-religious. He said he'd doubt he'd ask me to tutor 7th grade Bible class. :-P I also said it's doubtful I'd be much help with 7th grade history if it's very American-based. The only American history I studied in depth was the roaring '20s, the Great Depression and some parts of the Cold War. I just hope 7th grade sciences won't be too heavy on physics. I suck at physics. My 7th grade was in a British-system school and we did very general sciences and terminology and such.
I also made an appointment with my therapist this Thursday, before my first tutoring session. I hope it goes well...
Psych class went well. We finished watching a National Geographic DVD In the Womb for humans. Apparently there are other episodes for other animals. Interesting! Anyway, they used 4D technology (3D with real time) to show the fetus in the womb and wow. I kind of wanted to have a baby right then and there. :P At least it was better than watching the birth in The Miracle of Life (a video I saw in 5th grade for sex ed) during class last Thursday and then the professor rewinding it. It was scary seeing a birth in reverse. Dear God... Scarred.
And we then watched a clip of a woman giving birth standing. It's an old video clip, and it was from a clinic in France. I've seen pictures of a woman giving birth kneeling for sex ed class in 9th grade but this was the first time seeing it "live." I have to say, it seemed way quicker. I guess gravity does help. In the National Geographic DVD In the Womb the narrator stated that standing or kneeling or squatting is the quickest and least painful stance for natural pregnancy as compared to lying down... The woman had her husband holding her up, then the doctor while nurses were kneeling underneath her. I have to wonder why the husband felt he had to wear a Speedo though (or a bright blue underwear cut like tighty whiteys)... Less risk of getting his regular clothes dirty? The wife was naked so maybe the doctor thought skin to skin contact with the husband would soothe her, too... I don't know... It was an interesting class.
I also met with the principal of the nearby Rock County Christian School (middle and high school campus) in order to volunteer for my Lifespan Dev class. I'm going to tutor every Tuesday and Thursday for an hour-ish in 7th grade sciences and English. I was told to dress modestly since it was a Christian school. That means no skimpy tank tops. :-P But I always bring my hoodie around anyway, because classes can be infernally cold even on a wonderful warm day outside. He also asked what faith I believed in, if I do follow a faith, because it didn't want anything "contradictory." I said I was more of an agnostic and he said "Everybody's on a journey." I do wonder what his response would be if I said I was Muslim... I mean, I doubt I'll be harping anything anti-religious. He said he'd doubt he'd ask me to tutor 7th grade Bible class. :-P I also said it's doubtful I'd be much help with 7th grade history if it's very American-based. The only American history I studied in depth was the roaring '20s, the Great Depression and some parts of the Cold War. I just hope 7th grade sciences won't be too heavy on physics. I suck at physics. My 7th grade was in a British-system school and we did very general sciences and terminology and such.
I also made an appointment with my therapist this Thursday, before my first tutoring session. I hope it goes well...