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Day 7/100 of Productivity | 03/07/23

Started studying for A&P 2 three weeks early, as A&P 1 was way more difficult than I expected.

Can't wait for Spring Semester (Australia), I tend to perform better academically in the last half of the year than the first...

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Day 1&2 /100 of Productivity. | 27/06 & 28/06/23

Forgot to post yesterday because I was so busy. But I have gotten a huge number of things done over the past 2 days, it has been amazing! Here are some of the things I have done~!

Detail cleaned my floors.

Washed the dishes.

Detail cleaned my bathroom.

Made a study schedule for A&P 2 (I failed A&P 1)

Done some planning for my wedding.

Bought groceries.

Done a couple loads of laundry.

And that is only a small portion of the list.

I plan to keep doing the days of productivity but may do them sporadically and with a couple days at a time.

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What I wish I knew before my first year in the Speech Pathology Degree (AUS)

Anatomy and physiology (1 and 2) are a beast of a subject that is full of unnecessary info for the degree.

In saying that, if possible, I would have done these two units in second year and done pre-study for them this year.

The curriculum style for my Uni is a spiral curriculum...

https://www.structural-learning.com/post/the-spiral-curriculum-a-teachers-guide

Spiral is unfulfilling at first but leads to a more wholesome and confident understanding of the material once graduated.

The additional health science subjects feel like all the same subject, but slightly different.

Take advantage of summer sessions early, you can apply to summer sessions before autumn session as long as you were accepted into the degree early enough.

Organize early. There are too many subjects with too similar info in first year that they all feel the same, and thus get hard to differentiate.

There are only 2 Speech subjects in the first year 😞😞

This has caused a lot of people to question the degree due to lack of immersion into the specialty of the degree.

Flashcards are mega important for the anatomy and speech subjects.

This is unrelatable to most, but planning a wedding at the same time as attending Uni is super stressful...

Make sure your income stream is above stable, as in year 3 and 4 of the degree, the placements are unpaid and are 42-70 days a year, 2-5 times a week for particular months of the year. This makes it hard to work other than weekends.

Thats about it really, I'll be checking in at the end of next year for a similar update. There I can tell you if Anatomy 1 is easier the second time around, and if I passed Anatomy 2... (I am legit struggling so bad with anatomy)

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Honestly, I am struggling with my A&P subject... This is somehow a first year subject? All my study time is dedicated A&P, and I don't even need the majority of it... Ugh!