Its hard to explain
how trapped I fell
Biology and memorization
I long for adventure
either of myself
or through books
I wish I hadn't chosen
This major, knowing that
I didn't really want it
Biochemistry.
Chemistry I adore, especially
when there are living things involved
But biology
is rote memorization
theoretical
all pictures and movements.
I adore Steroids, Ubiquinones,
the long fatty acyl chains on lipids.
I hate
the way we have to memorize the
HDL, LDL, VLDL, chylomicron circuits
What they do
Where they drop or pick things up
how they are degraded and formed.
Yes, very good, but what is this purpose?
Why will I need to know this?
I love watching things form and unfold:
TCA Cycles, Gluconeogenesis, Glycolysis, Beta Oxidation;
devoured lipids become steroids become vitamin D and K.
I hate
memorizing the different names of the lipids
watching how they wriggle in their cell
explaining flipases and transfer reductases.
What good will knowing all this do me?
Is it just a basis upon which I can complete my research
a place to start, a means to an end?
When will I ever honestly be tested on my knowledge of the complex structures of sphingomyelins, ganglioside uses, how the mitochondrial proteins are made?
Frustration
Some days,
I wish I were an english major.
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