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Hello friends, thanks for clicking the link that brought you here!!!
Hi, I'm Lois,
and I'm very excited to the moon to share my knowledge of my course with you, not just because it is interesting(in fact, interesting is an understatement),but also because i believe everyone should know about these organisms that stick closer than a brother! While it may seem like I've always had this love for Microbiology or microorganism,it wasn't always like that. Not until i entered university did i really know what microorganisms were, or even acknowledge the course Microbiology. Sure i knew Amoeba (didn't we all?? I mean if you did biology in secondary school, and you really paid attention), and that was the closest thing i knew to a microorganism. And, although i might have seen it in one or two novels i read as a child, i didn't really care to look it up as long as it was not Medicine and surgery (are there people on this table???).
Anyways, I'm studying microbiology at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (lol, where did you think the story was going??). Imagine how I felt when,boom,I didn't reach the cut off mark for Medicine, and worse, for some reason everywhere I turned, I kept hearing microbiology department was where rejects of Medicine and surgery were thrown into (imagine calling me a reject? i was in siffia pains). Because of that, i hated saying the full name- I'd just say "MCB"(that's what others said too, but my reason for saying was different). I always said I'd change course after first year (even borrowed courses and all), but that was before I fell in love in first year second semester. I'm in my final year now (well after I'm done with my IT, but yaayy!!). Also, i have an aunt who studied microbiology where i school (although i didn't know that until i got admission into university), and she was a source of comfort and encouragement i needed to assure myself that i was studying a good course (she is a doctor lecturing at UNILAG).
There are lots of people who are exactly like i was- students already in school who don't like microbiology (especially first years), secondary school students who have no idea what they want to study, or who think Medicine and surgery is a do or die affair, and even those who think Microbiology is not a professional course(ha!). This blog is specifically for you (and this is one of the major reason I'm starting this blog), because as my bio says" I'm going to show you the awesomeness of microorganism!!". It is also for everyone as the vision of the blog says:
"cutting across every profession with the study of microorganisms, because they are respecters of no profession"
I hope that as you glimpse into my love for my course via my blog, maybe- just maybe you'd start to appreciate this course more, and most probably fall in love with it(fingers crossed).
P.s: I'll try as much as possible to limit the words and make the blog as simple as possible, but before i end, do you think that passion/love can be found in forced things?(like careers?). Leave a comment, let me know what you think!
