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    Cassidy Titchenell: learning about the brain can make you a better student. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living organisms. This biology class has taught me that there is a genetic reason organisms are built differently.

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    Cassidy Titchenell: learning about the brain can make you a better student. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living organisms. This biology class has taught me that there is a genetic reason organisms are built differently.

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    Cassidy Titchenell: learning about the brain can make you a better student. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living organisms. This biology class has taught me that there is a genetic reason organisms are built differently.

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    JohnHorton
    Biology
    June9,2015

    BiologyEndofCourseReflection

    Throughouttheyear,wehavediscussedavarietyoftopics.Onetopicthatwelearnedaboutwas
    thebrain.Theessentialunitforthistopicwas,Howcanlearningaboutthebrainmakeyouabetter
    student?Fromthislesson,Ilearnedthatlearningaboutthebraincanmakeyouabetterstudentbecause
    youcanlearnfactsaboutthebrainthatwillinfluenceyourlife.Forexample,onebrainrulethatIlearned
    was:Visiontrumpsallothersenses,meaningthatitisbettertoseesomethingthantoreadit.Ibelievethat
    knowingthisfactcanmakemeabetterstudentbecauseInowknowthatitwillbewiserformetouse
    diagramsandpictureswhenstudyingratherthanreadingparagraphsinatextbook.Ialsonowhavea
    greaterappreciationforcells.Cellsarethebasicunitofstructureandfunctioninalllivingorganismsand
    controleverythingwedo.Cellsallowustowalk,talk,jump,dance,andmuchmore.Theyconstantlykeep
    usalertandallowustolive.Ialsolearnedthatplantsaremadeoutofcellstoo,howeverplantcellsare
    differentfromanimalcells.Plantcellshaveacellwall,chloroplastsandavacuole,whileanimalcellsdo
    not.Ilearnedthattheseorganismshavedifferentstructuresintheircellsfordifferentreasons.For
    example,aplanthasacellwallsothatitcansurvivenature(wind,rain,etc),andsincehumansdonot
    stayinthegroundwedonothavethisstructureinourcells.Wealsodonothaveacellwallbecauseifwe
    did,wewouldnotbeabletomovefreelyandliveanormallife.Thisbiologyclasshastaughtmethat
    thereisageneticreasonwhyorganismsarebuiltdifferently,whichmakesmeappreciatethestructuresin
    mybodythatIdohavethatallowmetobethehealthyteenagerthatIam.
    OnetopicthatIstruggledwithunderstandingwastheonethatwefocusedoninQuarter4.This
    topicwasrace.Theessentialquestion,Isracereal?,askedasimplequestionthatisactuallydifficultto
    answer.Priortothislesson,Iwouldhaveagreed100%thatraceisrealbecauseIhaveonlylearnedabout

    racefromahistoricalperspective,notabiologicalperspective.SinceIcameintothislessonthinkingthat
    racewasreal,itwashardformetowrapmyheadaroundtheideaofitnotbeingreal.Webeganour
    lessontalkingaboutthedifferentspeciesoforganisms.Welearnedthattherehasbeenabout15different
    speciesoforganismsallinthegenusHomoandthattheyallshareacommonancestor.Wetalkedabout
    speciesinmanyotherorganismstoo,suchasChimpanzeesandBonobos.Ifounditdifficulttomake
    connectionsbetweenthetwo.Itwashardformetounderstandwhatspecieshadtodowithrace,however,
    asIbegantoaskquestionsandthelessonprogressedIwasfinallyabletomaketheconnection.Ilearned
    thatorganismsarenotclassifiedbasedontheirrace,theyareclassifiedbasedonspecies,genus,family,
    kingdom,etc.,simplybecauseracedoesnotexist.Ilearnedthatraceisjustanideaandhasnoscientific
    importancewhatsoever.
    Assomeonewhowantstobecomeadoctoroneday,thisclasshasimpactedmeinmanyways.
    Beforetakingthiscourse,anythingthatIknewaboutbiologywasfromsixthgrade.Ihadnthadanyother
    lessonsaboutbiologyforalongtime,sowhenIlearnedthatIwasgoingtohaveabiologyclassthisyear,
    Iwasprettyexcited.Thisbiologyclasshasinfluencedmychoicetobeadoctorevenmore.Ithas
    intriguedmeinlessonsandhasmademewanttofurthermyknowledgeaboutcertaintopics.Onetopic
    thathasreallyintriguedmewasrace.Welearnedthatgeneticallyraceisnotreal,itismythological.We
    alsolearnedthatallhumansare99.9%geneticallyidentical.Thisisafactthatreallyshockedmeandhas
    mademewanttolearnmoreaboutthetopicofraceinhumans.Istillwonderhowwecanbethatsimilar?
    Iwonderhowitisevenpossibleforhumanstobesogeneticallysimilarwhenweareallsodifferent?
    FromthislessonIhavecometotheconclusionthatitissillyforpeopletojudgeoneanother.Thisis
    becausewhenwearejudgingeachother,itisalmostlikewearejudgingourselvessincethereisonlya
    0.01%differencebetweeneachofus.IdefinitelyfeelasthoughIhavebecomeabettersciencestudent
    fromthisclass.InowhaveadeeperunderstandingforsciencethatIneverhadbefore.

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