The Other World


Welcome to the world of cadavers. Anatomy dissection, formalin-exposed medical students will be leaving here in a while. These creatures who bravely donated their bodies for the advancement of scientific learning are commendable. They deserved to be accepted on the gates to heaven, cleansing their earthly sins.

The sight of dead people perfectly preserved in a fluid of formaldehyde. The smell of rotten rats stinking on your sanitary nostrils. The noise of your classmates destructing your concentration. Everything falls out of perspective.

I have no idea what to do with these bodies, not having enough knowledge and competency is never an excused in the life of a medical student. This is not college expecting spoon-fed materials and receiving instructions and supervisions most of the time. Working independently under minimal supervision is not uncommon practice in this setting.

I am not shocked to see all these bodies lying around waiting to be explored. Since this is still the first meeting, nothing like that is going to happen. We are just here today to visit them heroes. To honor them the first time. Noticing how untidy the room is, our professor asked our help to clean the area. It will take a significant cooperation to make the confines of this space as spic and span as possible. Easy if everyone will join accomplishing the goal of fixing the mess.

On Saturday, we will all be gathering together as First Year students to janitor the area. We will be bringing tools such as soft broom, brush, masks, disinfectants, soap and other useful cleaning materials. It will be fun and exciting—something to look forward to this weekend.

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