How am I doing?

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well and you are having a nice semester. I know that we are getting closer to important tests, but be calm and prepare for what is coming. If you see that you have too much things to do, don't panic and face them one at a time. May be you don't finish everything, but at least you would have moved forward and sooner or later you will keep up to date.

About a month ago I told you that I get in Biochemistry. Now I'm going to tell you how I am doing, especially what the subject is that I have liked the most.

Getting in the university has been a big challenge for me. I realized that my study method was horrible, my priorities were disordered and my capability to plan and respect my own planning was very weak. Every subject has been a challenge for me and even the varied schedule it was something to deal with. Even though it has been difficult for me and I have been sad and frustrated sometimes, I'm happy because I think that it has made me grow. 

One of the subjects that have meant the biggest challenge for me, is also now the one I like the most: Chemical Laboratory Techniques.

This class is mainly practical. It starts every Thursday at 8:30 in the morning and ends at 13:00 in the afternoon. We have fifty minutes of lecture first and then we go to the lab and put into practice what we learned in the last week class. Once in the lab, we get separated in groups of fifteen students approximately with one teacher each group and go to different parts of the laboratory. There is also a Technician that give us some lab materials and an assistant that gives us some advice and helps when we forget or don't know how to do something. The practical works we have done are:

• Learn how to use basic laboratory materials.
• use some instruments and equipment.
• Dilutions
• Chemical titration
• Purification and separation of solids.
• some kinds of Extraction.
• among other things...

I like this subject because I have never been in a lab participating before. That really makes me feel uncomfortable and insecure. I always think that I'm going to break something or do wrong a procedure. Although a love to put into practice that I have learned in theoty. That's why I like it so much, because I have to go beyond my insecurity and the result is fantastic. That subject makes me feel like a real scientist! 

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I have to say that I'm very thankful to the people working there. To the teacher's for their patience to explain me the procedure again and help me and encourage me when I was scared of doing something. To the assistant for helping me so much and giving me really useful advices. To the Technician, for allowing me to pick up so much tissue paper and teaching me how to shake a test tube without a film. And to my table companion, Varinia (I don't know if it is well written, I'm sorry if I did it wrong) for helping me so much, abiding my insecurity and urging me to trust more in what am I doing.

Have a nice day and God bless you!