Posted by alexandra_k on July 18, 2014, at 1:54:59
In reply to Re: classes..., posted by alexandra_k on July 18, 2014, at 1:08:08
my undergrad uni (from before) 1/3 of the students were returning / mature / over 25. so lecturers didn't often appeal to 'you might remember from school that'. but then i also studied things that weren't studied from school... and, uh, it's possible that more than 1/3 of the students in arts and social science (and education and law) were mature... probably less over in physical science... and, uh, they probably did need to remember stuff from school, yeah.
i think... i get on pretty good with the disability guy here. he's going to talk to the bio convenor... anyway... i wrote him an email and said that i'd feel heaps better if i could observe a lab before participating in one. and that the head of chemistry said that sometimes students get a senior student to supervise them to do their lab someplace quieter (more one on one assistance) but the department couldn't fund that - it would need to be through disability.
anyway... point being... if you don't ask you won't get. so... thought i'd ask. i feel... that it is a big ask. i feel... like it might be asking too much... anyway... if you don't ask you won't get... he said he would meet with the co-ordinator and see... anyway... fingers crossed. we do dissection. lots of dissecting things at varying degrees of icky grossness... up to... rat. abdominal cavity. and preparing slides for microscope work. it is... important to me that dissection go well. that i... learn to like it.
and i told him that i'd decided to take his (and the science centres - so he doesn't feel like he pushed me into it or will be blamed if it goes badly)... take their advice in doing health science next year instead of biomed. take the easier options of verbal papers instead of physics... since my math is bad. and i'll have a lot less labs. i'm hoping that law will help keep me verbal. haven't done anything verbal (reading and writing) since quitting smoking... focus... i think enough time has passed...
anyway...
the med thing... i think the thing to do would be to... tell them in the interview (if i make it that far) about my dx. and tell them that i have things set up. that i'm good at knowing what i need... that i have supportive people to help me... that i have history of suitable accommodations with the university of auckland... that i understand there are competency requirements and funding and logistic limitations on accommodations... but that what happened to that student studying at cambridge was tragic... and that the university of auckaland is... could be... is... better than that. we can do it. rah rah. diversity for the win.
perhaps.
it's just kooky enough to possibly work.
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