Speaking of groups, that was one of the things I wanted to talk about. When I was walking through the Education in Zion exhibit, I saw this scripture on the wall:
Now, when read in the context of the whole scripture, it mostly sounds like it applies to a church setting. But looking at just the underlined part, I think it applies outside of a church setting as well. I mean, isn't this what our professors and TA's have encouraged us to do since the beginning of the semester? They've encouraged us to form groups where we can study together and learn from each other. I could just think, "Oh, they're just saying that," but I've really noticed how much more I learn when I'm studying with a group. This applies to all my classes, but especially to anatomy. For example, there is so much lecture material that going over it alone is a daunting task, but with other people, it becomes much more manageable. Things that you find really hard to understand might make a lot more sense to someone else, and they can help you understand it. And technically, I COULD study for my lab quizzes all by myself, but I learn so much more and at a much faster rate when I go into open lab and study with a group.
Just one more thought: I would've never considered this before, but sitting here thinking about it, I would even say that the PDBio 220 Facebook page is merely a hi-tech method of working as a group. In the same sense that a study group would ask each other questions and get answers from the other members of their group, we can now do that with Facebook. In a class of about 200 people, we can pose a question to everyone in the class, and then anybody in the class can "instruct and edify" everyone else, without having to be face-to-face. AND we can do it almost instantly. That's pretty cool.
