Well, the first day of teaching wasn't too bad. I'll say this - it could have been better, but it also could have been a lot worse. Only 4 out of the 12 people in the class showed up, but that had nothing to do with me. They didn't have class at all last week because the regular teacher had been out, so maybe they thought their good fortune would continue. Since I was a student so recently, it was weird to have students asking me what would and would not be on the test. I guess most people don't like learning for the sake of learning; they only care about what they'll be tested on.

I only ended up using 45 out of the 75 minutes that I could have lectured, but I really didn't have too much to go over. Most of the stuff is rote memorization, and I wanted to give them more time for self-study. Next lecture we'll go longer, because I'll have them learning the origins and insertions of the muscles using a skeleton. I don't want to spoil them, because I doubt that they went and studied when I let them go early. I never did.

My volunteering at the hospital went well today. I have to admit that I only started volunteering at the hospital a few years ago because I thought it was just one of those things that pre-meds were expected to do. Never would I have guessed that I would grow to enjoy it as much as I do. It's definitely one of the highlights of my week. The volunteers I work with are incredible.