Today

Today was nothing out of the ordinary but I liked it. I got to examine a human skull (know the bones and their respective parts) of a 32 year old female. It's a shit load of names and images and locations and attachments to remember but the more I explore anything that has to deal with the body, whether it be anatomy, psychology, or well-being, all the more I am assured that my path is towards medicine.

the line that's encircled is the temporal line, the site for the attachment of the temporalis muscle

This class of mine that deals with the skull (and pretty soon the rest of the skeletal system), Anthropology 101, is really exciting for me not only because of the subject matter we tackle, but because of the people I'm surrounded with. Today, a classmate of mine shared that his 10 year old daughter has the brain capacity of a baby, resulting in her physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional aspects to be very much developmentally delayed. She is currently stuck to her wheelchair. My other classmate, I learned, used to be a Physics major before she shifted into Anthropology, and upon graduating, would like to pursue Archaeology. And lastly, I just found that my professor is gay (I swear my gaydar sucks) and has adopted 4 kids to care for. I found learning these facts about these people to be very fascinating because I realized that things are not always what they seem. The assumptions I made prior to them talking about parts of their lives, are happily gone. It's normal to "judge" or "size up" people but this time around, being wrong in my judgement felt refreshing and right. 

Anyway, my point is that people have stories to tell. If you listen closely, you could learn a thing or two.  It pays to listen to those who are able to share their lives, whether in increments or in long chapters, because in them is a richness, a different knowledge that can't be learned by rigorous schooling. 

PS: Listen to Today by the Smashing Pumpkins. 

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Correction!! The part I highlighted isn't the temporal line. The temporal line is actually where the lower right edge (around 5 o'clock) of the circle hits the skull.