MCGC Laboratory
In this post, I will once again be sharing about how much I love my mentor site. Two weeks ago was my spring break, so instead of only going to the lab two days I mentored Tuesday through Friday. I learned how they perform tests for blood typing, which is what made me interested in blood from the beginning. In my freshman year biology course, blood typing was my favorite unit. I even mapped out Punnett squares for a large portion of my family to try to figure out that my blood type was. This past year I got a blood typing kit for Christmas, and I know it sounds super nerdy but that was one of the best presents I’ve ever received. I typed myself that day, I’m A positive! After learning how to type blood, last week I learned how to crossmatch blood in order to determine whether or not patient blood and donor blood are compatible. This part is extremely important, because if patient blood and donor blood are not compatible, the donor blood can cause the patient’s blood to essentially clot inside their body, resulting in the patient’s death. On a brighter note, in class we had the opportunity to listen to Mr. Todd Alexander from Alexander Life Coaching. He spoke to us about our hardware, our software, and how they play out in our lives. Our hardware is our multiple intelligences, and our software is our Myers-Briggs personality type. The theory of multiple intelligences states that instead of only having one kind of “smart,” there are eight different areas of intelligence. My top intelligence is musical, which means I’m good at remembering songs and rhymes, I appreciate the elements of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony, and I try to incorporate those four elements into whatever I’m doing. The Myers-Briggs personality type breaks down patterns of behavior into four opposing preferences, each represented by a unique letter. My type is ISFJ, which I learned is also known as the “defender” or “nurturer” personality type. This means I am a friendly person, but also dedicated to protecting my family and friends (I described each letter in more depth on my About page). So, to sum up, I incorporate music into many areas of my life, and I always stand up for my loved ones. Also, I love studying blood, and I cannot stress enough how grateful I am for the opportunity to spend time working in a real lab.
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April 2019
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