The most challenging part about getting your wildlife biology degree isn't learning the organs of a crawfish, the Order, Family, Genus, and Species of Louisiana's mammals, or identifying flat worms. Its not even learning to do a gram stain or catching turtles in Black Bayou. Nor is it trigonometry, Spanish, or the geology class. The most frustrating, tiring and down-right painful part about getting a biology degree is chemistry.
I know what you are thinking, "Clair! you're a senior. You're about to start your seventh semester and you only need four semesters of chemistry." Well, not only an I taking this chemistry as a summer course, its not my last. I have two more to follow.
To be honest, chemistry scares me. Chemicals, equilibria, equations, acids, bases, and carbons everywhere it scares me. In previous semesters whenever I have had chemistry, especially the labs, I feel so sick. My stomach is in knots and I want to just turn and run. My nerves aren't as bad in the summer, maybe its bc I know that I just have to get this class done or maybe its bc I have lab 3 afternoons a week and I don't have all weekend to get nervous about it. Regardless, its nice to walk into the lab without having to puke.
I have a C in the course right now. I made an A in the first chem, but I am working my booty off for that class. It makes me nervous to think that not only do I need to pass this class, but I have to have enough of an understanding to be able to do well in my organic chemistries. Its hard to care about a course when you know that you aren't going to use it in your career. I either want to work in a natural history museum or do field work. Neither field seems like an understanding of bond angles or the Arrhenius equation is necessary, but whatever. I have to understand it, so I can get my degree. Not for my career, but for my degree.
So, to all my friends that haven't seen me lately, I'm sorry--chemistry is to blame. Sry, I just have to learn this mess. My final is Aug. the 11th, so I'll see ya'll after that. Keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer for me!
**Fun Fact about Chemistry: The letter J is the only letter not found on the periodic table.**
Love the fun fact! Keep your head up. You can do it!!!
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