Dooley Noted: 9/22/2015
Some people like to watch me teach or be taught by me.
The people I can reach are those who are past the place of rote memorization and just making the grade.
These people are the ones wanting to be passionate about something – anything.
They want more than to punch the clock but to be kicked out of the building by security because they are staying so late.
And sometimes, we find our passion as a means for survival.
I found my love of anatomy as a means of running.
I was running from my problems, from my darkest time to date.
I was desperate for a new start.
I moved across the country to a small town, where my haunts would have trouble finding me.
I transformed my pain into passion for a topic.
I fell head over heels in love with my subject, as I locked myself in a lab for hours and hours.
I spent three years, learning how to teach a subject that challenged me and moved me.
I got confident with the book enough to go off of it, looking at the anatomy from any angle I could muster.
Although I stopped running, the passion stayed. And with the sense of purpose with work, I had a foundation of strength to attack the issues that caused me to run.
If you approach science from an emotional place, you learn science in a whole new way.
And if you use science to help process emotion, you may find s therapeutic cleanse in that.
Whatever inspires you, dissect it like a scientist.
Whatever moves you, also love it like you would a child.
Put that love into such a volition that the science is infused with every ounce of your passion.
Then, class becomes less like rote learning and more like a life experience.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley
