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[leia131]

As of this moment in time, I can name and draw you the structures of all 20 amino acids. I probably won't be able to after Tuesday, but I can right now. 

We had to learn them for Orgo, and so our extra credit quiz today was to identify ten of them. And I aced it. Because I know them ALL.

Of course, the real question is when will I need this information later on in life? I'll have to be in a situation where:
1. I need to know the name for a structure or the structure for a name of a mystery amino acid, and
2. Be unable to look it up somewhere.

When is that ever going to happen? I mean, it's not inconceivable, but it seems unlikely.

Although, now that I know them, I'm tempted to make sure I always remember them. Just so I can show off. We'll see how that goes.



P.S. It was snowing when I came out of class this morning. On April 30th.

Comments

[zartlila.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I could totally do that during my sophomore summer for Bio 23. Now? Not so much. Plus, my professors insisted that we would NEED to KNOW them later in life when working in the lab, but all the grad students I talked to were like "Nah, just look it up." Heh.

[leia131.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It's kind of like cursive writing and long division. They insist that you'll need them later on, but you never do.

[haveaday510.livejournal.com]

Useless info that you forget immediately after an exam is the heart of the college career.

P.S. It was snowing here too. Hooray for the northeast and its schizophrenic weather.

[leia131.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

Later it was sunny, and still snowing. It was quite the day.

[doctorfumbles.livejournal.com]

I suggest getting on a game show, because you know that's gonna be the million dollar question they think no one is going to know but YOU ARE. And that's gotta count for something, right?

PS: WHERE IS MY SNOW? I need to go to school higher north.