My name is Molly McAlenney, and I’m a senior. I am currently taking this class called Compass in which you can do an independent study on any topic of your interest for any credit of your choice, for the whole semester. My topic I chose to research about is pathology, the study of diseases. I would have never thought I would want to learn about pathology. When I was younger I’ve always wanted to become a chef and cook and bake. I still do, but I thought it would be cool to work in a lab and study all sorts of things. I chose to research pathology because I want to become a pathologist in the future. And I am doing an internship/job shadow at NVRH next semester.
There are five projects you have to do over the course of the semester. The Mini Product, Broad Overview, Laser Focus, Alternative Perspective, and the Synthesis. We’ve only done three products in class so far: the Mini Product, the Broad Overview, and the Laser Focus. My Mini Product was just a small essay about the history of pathology. I just wrote about what pathology is, how it was founded and who founded it, the types of pathology, and the challenges pathologists face. At the beginning of this semester I chose my credit to be history. But then I changed it to be an English credit because I changed my schedule up a bit for next semester because of the internship. My first product I did was a slideshow on famous pathologists. I looked up four pathologists and wrote a little about them and their relations to pathology. On my second product, the Laser Focus, I did a poster on lung cancer. I did all the basic things like what it is, the symptoms, who’s at risk, and prevention for it. My next product I am working on is product 3, the Alternative Perspective. I did have an idea on what to do for it, but I’m not sure about it anymore. So I don’t know what I’m going to do for my next product yet, but I’ll figure it out soon.
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