Method to the madness

Three weeks of banging my head against this anatomy textbook and tonight something finally clicked.

Method to the madness

I’ve been trying to memorize everything word-for-word like I did in high school, but Dr. Peterson keeps saying we need to understand the connections, not just the labels.

So instead of just highlighting and re-reading for the millionth time, I started drawing everything out and writing my own explanations in the margins. Turns out when you actually think about why the cardiac cycle works the way it does instead of just trying to memorize the phases, it actually makes sense. Who knew?

Three hours of rewriting notes and it finally clicked.

My desk looks like a tornado hit it but I finally get why the left ventricle has thicker walls than the right - it’s not just some random fact to memorize, it’s because it has to pump blood to your whole body instead of just your lungs. Carmen’s going to think I’ve lost it when she sees me excited about heart chambers, but I don’t even care.

Maybe I’m not hopeless at this nursing thing after all. Just had to figure out how to study like a college student instead of cramming like I’m still in high school.