Week 1 Bio: Introduction
Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Alex!
"Short bio"
I'm a second year student at ACCHS, I'm 29 years old and live in Oakland. I was born in Ohio but I grew up in Placerville, California. It's a nice mountain town that was very boring for me as a teenager, but now I really appreciate the fresh air when I visit!
Choosing to study acupuncture feels like a long, circuitous story, so I'm not gonna go there! But basically, a lot of things coalesced and it made a lot of sense to me! I knew I wanted to help people and that I wanted to choose a field that I could potentially study for life! Chinese Medicine is so deep and there's many directions one can go, so I feel like I've made the right choice in that regard.
I studied anthropology at SF State where I met my husband. After graduating from there in 2013 I moved to Russia for two years - to Siberia! That was one of the best experiences of my life and I really hope to go back soon, and now some of my best friends are from there :)
Interests - well right now I don't have a lot of time for hobbies and what not, but when I do: music, concerts!, cooking, food in general (really, I love to eat), baking!, reading sometimes, watching period dramas while drinking tea, playing volleyball!, tarot, etc.
Thoughts on class discussion
I really liked the discussion we were having about the intelligence of cetaceans. Well, I already didn't agree before reading this article with the pretty arrogant point of view that humans are the most intelligent species on the planet, and after reading the article I'm even more convinced of this! We have different intelligences and how can we say ours is better? The ability to send an auditory "image" directly to another cetacean is just AMAZING. So yes, the title of the article, that "Dolphins and Whales have us Beat" is pretty apt.
I'm looking forward to this class, the articles are already so interesting, even mind-blowing, and it's lovely to meet you all.
Cheers to you all and welcome to our school!!, Alex
"Short bio"
I'm a second year student at ACCHS, I'm 29 years old and live in Oakland. I was born in Ohio but I grew up in Placerville, California. It's a nice mountain town that was very boring for me as a teenager, but now I really appreciate the fresh air when I visit!
Choosing to study acupuncture feels like a long, circuitous story, so I'm not gonna go there! But basically, a lot of things coalesced and it made a lot of sense to me! I knew I wanted to help people and that I wanted to choose a field that I could potentially study for life! Chinese Medicine is so deep and there's many directions one can go, so I feel like I've made the right choice in that regard.
I studied anthropology at SF State where I met my husband. After graduating from there in 2013 I moved to Russia for two years - to Siberia! That was one of the best experiences of my life and I really hope to go back soon, and now some of my best friends are from there :)
Interests - well right now I don't have a lot of time for hobbies and what not, but when I do: music, concerts!, cooking, food in general (really, I love to eat), baking!, reading sometimes, watching period dramas while drinking tea, playing volleyball!, tarot, etc.
Thoughts on class discussion
I really liked the discussion we were having about the intelligence of cetaceans. Well, I already didn't agree before reading this article with the pretty arrogant point of view that humans are the most intelligent species on the planet, and after reading the article I'm even more convinced of this! We have different intelligences and how can we say ours is better? The ability to send an auditory "image" directly to another cetacean is just AMAZING. So yes, the title of the article, that "Dolphins and Whales have us Beat" is pretty apt.
I'm looking forward to this class, the articles are already so interesting, even mind-blowing, and it's lovely to meet you all.
Cheers to you all and welcome to our school!!, Alex
Nice meeting you Alex! I am with you on the animal intelligence issue. From the human vantage point, we can only see so much. Then there is the arrogance issue-where humans only see what they want to see as to maintain their stance as the "most intelligent species." That raises this question, about what defines intelligence and what we value in that regard. When non-verbal communication stands as a valued form of intelligence then the Dolphins win by a long shot, and most other animals for that matter. Thanks! Nina
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