Med Ed was a combination of both my
passion, and the fact that I had to do something for a grade. My goal was to be
educated, educate, and say some funny stuff occasionally. I tried my hardest to
put out a post regularly, and so I grew from 20 views to about 400 from all
over the world. I’m really glad I did this blog all together because I learned
a lot about what my future hopefully holds… and I could probably do some field
open-heart surgery with only minor death possible. I enjoyed every topic and,
in the end, finished what I set out to do.
I never had a materialistic concept
for a finished goal in mind. Really, it was just to learn about the many, many
fields of Medical Science. I did learn a lot, looked at a ton of nasty
pictures, and had fun doing it. I didn’t just want to learn for myself, though.
I doubt every single person who looked at my blog knew how to replace a joint,
so I figure I’ve completed that too. As a side note, I type like a pro now.
The original goal of Med Ed was to
take an online pre-med course. Unfortunately, ten g’s doesn’t just grow on
trees in this economy. Also, you had to be eighteen, and have proof that you
were at least eighteen, which I don’t have because I’m not eighteen. Honestly
though, I feel like what I did instead was a lot more fun and better. Pre-med
would’ve required all this extra homework and stuff, and ain’t nobody got time
for that. Overall, I feel like a made the people of the internet smarter and a
wee bit more educated. That’s really what I wanted to do.
As far as learning for me went
during the months of Med Ed, I feel it would be easier to name the things I
didn’t learn. Sadly, the school has blocked my blog, so I can’t make some
giant, hilarious list that would’ve taken up six pages. I’ll just list off some
of the highlights instead. I now have some weird ability to diagnose things and
have them turn out to be true. I learned that open heart surgery looks like a
hook monster eating someone’s chest. I also learned about cancer, which was
pretty sad, but that is beside the point. There was so much I learned, but I
only scratched the surface.
There is so much out there in this
branch of science that I couldn’t learn. Every day, new discoveries are being
made; I couldn’t keep up if I tried. Again, I can’t make a giant list because
I’d be working on this speech for few years maybe. I do want to keep on
learning about this. If I do, I don’t think Med Ed will come along for the ride
this time. Point is, it’s amazing what’s happening in this field, and I really
hope I can be a part of it later in my career.
This great journey, like many,
didn’t come without any hardships. Half way through, I found myself in a
situation where I didn’t want to do anything. I stopped posting things because
I didn’t have the drive to. After a few slaps on the wrist I put Med Ed back
together though, and I continued to keep on trucking through. For some reason,
I started losing ideas for topics. The irony is that I just kept droning on and
on about how big medical science is. That’s partly why I started the downhill
fall to being a person who never posts and stuff. That’s not what I’m about,
and I think I proved that with, like, 25 posts? Something like that I think. Of
course, these little bumps in the road never held me back to much.
Some of my biggest accomplishments
are reaching 100 views, getting my first request, and, well, all the learning. After
my eighth post or so, I hit one hundred views. It was pretty exciting because
my classmates were just starting basically. It was a big milestone in the short
life of Med Ed. My first request came from a girl from Anabela. It was a weird
request, but it made me realize people were actually reading. The learning was
really my ultimate goal, so that was pretty cool.
There weren’t many people in my
class who did anything with their blog. It’s pretty cool to know that I’m
halfway to having more viewers than the Vatican’s population. It’s 786, by the
way. With all these views came a very few amount of comments. One was a request
for me to do a post on. Like I said, it was cool to know that people actually cared
about my blog.
I loved 20% time. It gave me a
chance to really express who I wanted to be, while learning a ton of awesome
stuff. It made me feel pretty good when I get a post out, almost like I had conquered
something. Writing Med Ed every week gave me something to look forward to
during the school day. Mostly, though, it was fun. That’s what it was all about,
fun and creativity, and I think I accomplished that.
