My signs are vital.
Hello, long time no writies. Too lazy.
Anyway, I had an awesome time in Sydney. I can't be bothered to write about it because it was a while ago, but here is a Youtube video about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To21aOCPrjc
At the moment, I am nervous and excited.... about demonstrating in physiology. Tomorrow is our preparation day and I am currently reading this stuff about teaching that we got given to read. While of course I am raiding on WoW and writing this livejournal entry. I'm looking forward to it because this is one step closer to academia as a job, rather then studying and being broke all the time. And it's answering questions about neuroscience to people, that will be awesome.
But I am really nervous about this for many reasons. Firstly is just the social anxiety of it. I don't know the other demonstrators and I don't know the students and I don't know what to do... yet. I am afraid that I will end up cowering in the corner while every looks at what an idiot I am. That leads into simply not knowing what is expected of me. I am hoping tomorrow will clear that up. I think I can be more confident if I know what I am doing.
I will also be going to theHoward Florey at Melbourne uni to do some experiments :D It's quiet funny actually because it's hard to get in there because you need a high H1, but because I am enrolled at Monash and I have a co-supervisor there, I get to bypass that system. I got shown around, and fuck that place is flashy. The PhD office area is massive. And there is a lot more behavioral pharmacology going on there, which is great because I got to look for post doc positions. I don't want to repeat and honours fail, I want to be prepared this time. Although it wasn't 100% fail, I did manage to get myself into this lab. While the Florey is big and fancy, I still prefer nice small Monash psychology department. Because I can hide away from everyone in my lab.
I hate having to try to make small talk with people. But the thing is, that's a good way to meet people that might help out in the future. Gee, I am such a user.
Anyway, I had an awesome time in Sydney. I can't be bothered to write about it because it was a while ago, but here is a Youtube video about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To21aOCPrjc
At the moment, I am nervous and excited.... about demonstrating in physiology. Tomorrow is our preparation day and I am currently reading this stuff about teaching that we got given to read. While of course I am raiding on WoW and writing this livejournal entry. I'm looking forward to it because this is one step closer to academia as a job, rather then studying and being broke all the time. And it's answering questions about neuroscience to people, that will be awesome.
But I am really nervous about this for many reasons. Firstly is just the social anxiety of it. I don't know the other demonstrators and I don't know the students and I don't know what to do... yet. I am afraid that I will end up cowering in the corner while every looks at what an idiot I am. That leads into simply not knowing what is expected of me. I am hoping tomorrow will clear that up. I think I can be more confident if I know what I am doing.
I will also be going to theHoward Florey at Melbourne uni to do some experiments :D It's quiet funny actually because it's hard to get in there because you need a high H1, but because I am enrolled at Monash and I have a co-supervisor there, I get to bypass that system. I got shown around, and fuck that place is flashy. The PhD office area is massive. And there is a lot more behavioral pharmacology going on there, which is great because I got to look for post doc positions. I don't want to repeat and honours fail, I want to be prepared this time. Although it wasn't 100% fail, I did manage to get myself into this lab. While the Florey is big and fancy, I still prefer nice small Monash psychology department. Because I can hide away from everyone in my lab.
I hate having to try to make small talk with people. But the thing is, that's a good way to meet people that might help out in the future. Gee, I am such a user.