Bye 2016 and Hello 2017!

Time has flown. I can’t believe it’s been over a month since I posted my last post. Time! Time! Last semester was shorter than expected. Shorter in the aspect of time. We had our finals on 22^nd of December before breaking for the 1 week chrismas holiday. My favorite holiday of the year.

But, about last semester, things got a little complicated with chemistry since we went from general chemistry to chemistry for dental hygienist which is primarily focused on organic chemistry and biochemistry.  The most challenging part was to wrap up about a chapter or 2 per lesson which I think is a good indication that things can get super busy real quick. Luckily the Profs turned out to be kind enough to guide us through. Sometimes there were feelings of frustration when questions were not responded to appropriately maybe because there was no time and there was a lot to cover. We however had a great semester.

  

The highlight of the semester was the ugly sweater party we held and my buddy Marc emerged as the best (Meaning the person with the ugliest sweater. Turns out that in our class, we have terrific cooks. We had all kind of food and we even posed for a class photo. The first one ever. I’m sure there will be group activities this semester as they help us let off the steam from all the studies and help us create stronger bonds as classmates, colleagues and future dental hygiene professionals. 

The Ugly sweater party with Dr. Jabra.

A lot of us did very well on the challenging classes of anatomy and Physiology 2 and the Chemistry for dental Hygienist. Personally I scored 2 straight A’s of 98 and 97 in Anatomy and Chem respectively. This semester we will be doing our 2 first core courses for dental hygienist which is Tooth morphology and Head and Neck anatomy. We also have a Microbiology class.  I’m lucky to have taken microbiology sometimes back and will be exempted from the class so that way I have times to focus on the 2 core courses which are normally focused on in the board exams. I must also point out that since we started the course we have been taught by the same teachers and this helps develop consistency. We are going to have them for this semester too so it helps to master their teaching, their pace and their way of setting exams.