Trust me I'm a scientist

I haven't blogged in a while, whoops! These past 2 weeks have been so hectic with school.  I am taking 2 two science courses, and 1 social science course while I'm here. The students in my science courses are all well-trained science people, lab coats and all. Back in Santa Barbara we didn't take lab (especially bio lab)  too seriously so it's taken some adjusting. 

On Wednesdays I have my marine bio lab which mainly consist of looking at cool specimens and we have a worksheet of some sort. Personally I'd rather use google pics than go into a lab for 3 hours, just saying.  So in these "serious" labs all my fellow students have on lab coats because apparently some dead algae and microscopes are something to worry about. 

I learned there is a such thing as a "scientific drawing", I thought I gave up on my artsy side by getting a BS. So the lab says draw this specimen blankity blank.  Apparently I didn't do very well, good news is that it doesn't count in the course grade.  

Below is my beautiful artistic rendition of a kelp, check it out. You be the judge

I take the rest of my school seriously, I am a senior and everything. But who would have thought I'd be judge for a drawing. Lesson Learned

Now that my little rant is over....There are things I love about my classes here. I get to take a cable car up table mountain and collect carbon dioxide levels up the gradient of the mountain. Cool right? Undergrads hardly get out of the classroom back home.

 UCT definitely wasn't the easiest school I could have chosen to go abroad to (it's the #1 African University) , but I don't regret it for one minute

I'm off to Botswana and Namibia tomorrow! I'll have a lot to share when I get back :)