Originally posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Today was a bit of a shift. After observing George the snail in all his crawling glory, we prompty got started. Two lectures, followed by intense self study. One of the students was beginning to feel totally overwhelmed, she was underprepared, not a physical anthro major, there for its connection to other aspects of her study not osteological. Since I felt rather comfortable with the cranium (sphenoid excepted) I took her aside and began walking her through the various landmarks as simply and clearly as I could. Soon, two other students were listening in. Then more. After a minute, a Master’s candidate who had been listening told me I was very good at teaching things, which while it certainly gave me a quick dose of pride, it also made me wonder what exactly they meant. I was merely offering aid, showing a few tricks I’d learned and hopefully clarifying a few things. I still needed to double check against the lab manual, and there were a couple of times when Jon, the project lead, had to confirm my findings before I went on. After I felt she was onto her own track, I made my way over to give a passionate study session on the sphenoid. Following that, we spent some time washing individual remains. Definitely a good standard to set!
George
Our laboratory courtyard
Garrett, the grand Texan
The lovely ladies who serve me coffee and csoki’s in the morning
damn right.