Sometimes I remember I have a blog…

So I haven’t updated in a while….like…a long while. Woops!

However, I’ve recently stumbled upon random blogs I enjoy reading, so I decided to update my own (plus, I’m bored and procrastinating). Who knows, maybe I’ll do more blogging in the future. God knows I read enough web content, might as well share it with the masses.

So today’s topic: the influence of religion in teaching styles. Normally, I’m fine with it. Don’t oppress me with your opinions and I don’t really care. Everyone is entitled to one after all, right? However, sometimes the very mention of some sort of “creator” irks me. My bio teacher often references the fact that the human body is “created” so perfectly. And that it couldn’t possibly be this efficient without being “created”, obviously alluding to some higher power. Now, I’m an atheist and believe in no higher power (hell, I think the theory of natural selection is beautiful). Am I justified in feeling this way? I dont really know. Sometimes I think yes, other times I kinda just feel bad about it.

Then we get to other teachers like my Epidemics teacher (who will go unnamed so that next time she Google’s herself, she doesn’t see I posted terrible things about her). Though she hasn’t explicitly mentioned it, I know she’s a devout Catholic. I’m also fairly confident (though, it is my own personal opinion) that this religious view is what prevented her from mentioning how many homosexuals died over the course of the AIDS epidemic/why it propagated so easily among the gay community. Now, let me mention two key pieces of information. A) The class is supposed to be about the sociology of epidemics and B) we spent 3.5 hours discussing the AIDS epidemic. Instead of mentioning this painfully obvious topic, she instead decided that IV drug use and importation of blood products in the UK and France were the more important sociological aspects of the AIDS epidemic. AND SHE DIDN’T EVEN MENTION THE GAY COMMUNITY! Like, come on now, are you serious? That’s just downright offensive and wrong. I will not ask if I’m justified in this position, because I know I am…end of story.

Other fun facts:
1) I got a research position for the fall studying the effects of neurotensin on mast cells…woot!
2) I registered and got all the classes I wanted! Classes only on Tuesday and Thursday, none before 12 pm. I totally lucked out.
3) Steve Dyer has a blog. This makes me happy.