Week 1

Answers to this week's quiz:

1. How did I get here?

Prior to learning tcm, I don't have that much experience of it. My dad practices holistic medicine, so I've dabbled in different things here and there, but nothing concrete.  I moved to the bay area last June from Florida to attend ACCHS. I knew I wanted to study acupuncture in California due to the fact there was a different licensing exam and it seemed more rigorous. After deciding between where I wanted to live (the bay area or San Diego), I settled on the bay area and really liked the vibes I got from ACCHS.

2. What do I think about physics honestly?

The only physics I've had is in high school my senior year where I took Advanced Placement physics. I took it mainly because of the teacher, but I remember the information being way over my head. Even after the term was over, I didn't really process that much of it. I was terrified of taking it in undergrad since there low passing rate, but luckily my major didn't require it. I feel physics is just math with added variables to make it that much harder.

3. Have you ever experienced time speeding up or slowing down?

I feel that time speeds up when I'm spending limited time with family and friends, such as a vacation or family get together. I feel it slowing down when I'm late for school or an appointment and the bart is taking it's sweet old time. It's funny how whenever we need time on our side, it tends to speed up and go by quicker.

Reflections on this week's class:

I found this week's class topic very interesting! One of the articles that caught my attention was Hall's description on M-time versus P-time, which compared Western monochronic time to Eastern Polychronic time. I found it amusing that many of the comparisons were able to be related and true! I think that in the western world, we're much more focused on individualism versus groups, and this translates to how we work and our outcome of that. Whether or not one way is better is difficult to say, but I believe the western way is much more stressful and detrimental to our health. Time in general is a very interesting concept, and to view it in different perspectives is definitely eye opening!