Spring.. er Study Break!

Well, it's spring break here and a beautiful day to boot. I spent most of the past few days at school studying and writing a few papers due the day we get back in session. School here is very focused on papers, not tests and not much on group projects or presentations. I still find it hard, but more so because I don't know how I'm doing. They just don't give any feedback. Most students in my undergrad classes actually seem frightened of the teachers.

I listened to a doctoral candidate lecture about stone tool remnants in Egypt last week. I'm a little tripped up by how far out on a thread the pros go in archaeology. It almost seems like they're making stuff up. One prof told me to trust the data, but I have a hard time with that when I come from a background in business - worse, marketing! I know you can prove anything with data, and spin it to meet your needs. What's to keep me from thinking they make the data fit their needs? At this point I stop and say, am I really dumb or really smart 8-)

Today's picture is the distal end of a human femur. The one on the left is a normal adult bone, on the right one with severe arthritis. Now you know why it hurts!