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Anatomy and Physiology 12 Core Competency Self Assessment

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Pictured: A male fetal pig (dubbed “Late Lunch, Early Dinner” by the group, “Johnathan Thin” by me) with the entirety of its pharynx, cardiac, and abdominal sections dissected. The cord being propped up by the hexagonal metal probe is the esophagus. No vital signs were detected before, during, or after the dissection.

#ThinkingCC

It is safe to assume that I, along with my group, were thinking during the dissection. There were periods where an outside observer might beg to differ, and one of those temporary but somewhat contagious lapses of judgement came when we were trying to find the esophagus in the midsection of the pig. Our initial guess was the long tube that was fused by cartilage to the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity, running a line down the middle. There was great debate as to what this tube was – some called it a blood vessel and some called it the esophagus. It did not bleed blue or red latex when lacerated and it was not connected to the stomach (a fact apparently lost among the collective consciousness that had formed sometime between the events of the initial incision and this particular moment in time). It wasn’t even the same color.

That being said, we were sapient throughout the remainder of the lab.

Core Competency Self-Assessment

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Communication

Pink elixir, produced as a byproduct of performing a successful titration. Allegations that I have tasted the mixture in question and compared the taste to strawberry have been proved false by a jury of my peers. Complaints should be directed to our lord and saviour Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

This artifact [which has thankfully avoided capture by the British Museum] is a light pink solution of phenolphthalein, salt water and excess NaOH. This is an excellent example of Communication given that the solution would be very sensitive to any added NaOH around this point, meaning that extra care and teamwork was exercised to ensure that it didn’t turn bright pink, as what happened with the first trial. Here’s a transcription of that incident [hereafter referred to as The Day the Earth Stood Still], where Lukas comically overshot:

KUBA: Lukas! Lukas, calm down Lukas!!! Slow down!!
LUKAS: huh?

This time, we learned from our mistakes. Compared to The Day the Earth Stood Still, we did not go full throttle with the NaOH and took the time to coordinate the stirring, flow rate and half-drops.

Slinky Lab Core Competency

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Reflecting On The Lab Itself

Could’ve been better. Add some wacky stuff into labs, dude. Have us splitting atoms, bending space-time and tearing it in half. Wouldn’t be that hard for Grade 11s to do. In all seriousness, the lab taught me nothing that the notes package didn’t do already, which made it all the more disheartening when I found out that I now have to reflect on it. Reflect on what? I don’t want to be rude, but you served me a nothing burger – which I already get from the cafeteria.

Critical Thinking Reflection

I demonstrated critical thinking when I saw the results of the experiments and noted them down. I also approached you when the results from real life didn’t match up with the theoretical. Were you expecting something grandiose; so big it could tear the rivets off the metaphorical ceiling? I can’t. My reflection is a joint, uhm, reflection of my volition and the quality of the assignment at hand. Guess which one is lower.



It’s both.

Core Competency Reflection

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While making the legs for my footstool, I had cut the B parts 1/4 inch too wide and had already glued them together – so i had to find a way to shorten the width cleanly and without ruining the legs. So i went to the table saw and cut them to width. I will now be a tad more careful before gluing pieces together.

Spanish 10 Core Competency Reflection

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I demonstrated the core competency of thinking by using evidence to make judgements on what I should or should not do on my project. I have actively chosen to fire my neurons and make the executive decision to label my family tree’s personal titles in Spanish because I am in a Spanish class and it would be stupid not to make everything in Spanish. I normally hate thinking and love to live my life in autopilot mode, but I made an exception for this class and this class only. I hate my life and this class.

CPR Reflection

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  1. What is something you learned or that you didn’t know or consider before?

I learned that the 2 breaths have been fazed out as of recently and that the Heimlich family did not allow their name to be associated with the obstructed airway procedure.

2. What is a key takeaway from the Theory or Practical CPR unit?

I didn’t really learn much other than where to place my hands in a scenario. This class is boring.

3. How does this unit connect to the nutrition unit learned previously?

We sat depressed in a classroom for the entire block.

Core Competency Reflection

  1. I can ask open-ended questions to gather information

My only interaction in this class is asking only the most stupid and outlandish questions like “What if they owe us money?”

2. I can reflect on my thinking.

Yes, I did reflect on all of my stupid questions and made the executive decision to not do anything about them. I will continue to be a complete idiot in class.

3. I can tell what is important to me and explain my values.

There is one declaration I can make right here, right now about what is important to me. Or rather, what isn’t. CPR is utterly useless to me and will serve no meaningful purpose in my life. Any values I had up to that point I had to re-adjust in order to scrub them clean of anything that is related to CPR.

4. I can identify and describe my qualities.

  1. Fat
  2. Stupid
  3. Fat
  4. Polish
  5. Stupid
  6. Fat