It kind of occurred to me that when writing for this assignment, I often write from the assignment that was assigned and the techniques and how to work in a lab, and almost no information about different biological phenomenons. When I do, it's usually from other studies and reviews. I think that one of the reasons why I'm so interested in papers and techniques that would be used in the lab and not the biological processes because I think that the biological discoveries are so fluid. While that fluidity is nothing compared to something like, say, sociological science, it is also true that a biological finding may be wrong or contain flaws. I've always had an almost unhealthy interest in discovering the flaws of the study and looking at it, from the first epidemiology class that I took on the cancer epidemiology where I read papers and discussed them with the people in the class. I think that this carries over to my biology undergraduate degree as well because I'm planning to take 3 journal club courses. It's further interesting that I chose these because I'm not good at reading papers. But it's important. I've been taught how to read papers since I was in introductory biology in high school, but I still have trouble reading them, especially since they often come from disparate fields. I want to learn how to read scientific papers because I'm not good at it, and the university does not offer classes on how to read papers. This and how to work in a lab is something that I think should be taught as much as writing because those three are all of the things that are going to be needed in the future. While things like advanced courses like immunology and neurobiology is important, with the abundance of information in the form of books and google, I want to prioritize skills that I would think I regret not learning, and for me, those would be learning how to write well, read papers and learning integrate myself into a lab and conduct research.
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