Comments by "Ginny Jolly" (@ginnyjollykidd) on "What Are Hernias?" video.

  1. Teens are smart. I myself would peruse a medical encyclopedia when I was 10, and I followed everything about the featured picture series of an appendectomy. By high school I was learning about amino acids and proteins and DNA, and antibodies and their structures besides. And cancer. And when I got to college to be a doctor, the Zoology BS degree was a shoe - in for medical school. I didn't get into med school— I went a different direction—but I took the exact requirements for med school and quite a bit more and graduated with a solid BS.
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  2.  Floofy Chicken  We need more good doctors. I think especially family doctors. For people like me who might outlive a healthcare worker or 2. I've already been through the retirement of several doctors I've grown up with, and I've been handed off from 2 wonderful doctors to 2 more wonderful doctors in the practices. It's an occupational hazard as an older patient. But consistency is great. And a doctor that knows the family is invaluable!
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  3. "The testes get a little more adventurous..." 😂😂😂 That's men for ya! (jk)
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  4.  Floofy Chicken  Do take courses you like as well as pre - med requirements. They are necessary to your personal and professional flourishing. For me, I took Marching Band. Also, I adored the German classes I took. I was a member of the German Honor Society (and Pre-med Honor Society), and, had I taken one more semester with 2 more German classes, I would have completed A German minor as well. (My German friend assured me, though, that my German was fluent enough to get along once I get to Germany —a bucket list travel item of mine.) But do what's right for you. For me, it was necessary to finish ASAP. Degree in hand. Besides, I was getting spring fever. Had I realized I could take Japanese — only a single credit hour — I might have taken one more semester, gotten that German minor, and taken another language that I wanted to take. I didn't realize Japanese was less complicated than Chinese. But find your passion! And make sure you confer often enough with your department head. They can help you plan your course, focus your direction, and steer you to avenues that can help you on your way. Talk to your professors about your ideas. In fact, interact with your professors often. If you are invited to join an honor society, join. Be wary of sororities. While they give great service, it can possibly eat into your school time. Balance is key. Do go to honor society functions and the meet and greet things. Often there are snacks, and you get to see people like deans, president, and provost. I love to hobnob at these! Much good studying and college - ing to you!
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  5.  @EcceBestia  Nodes, not nads. That's a different video.
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  6. Please stay in one place and don't move side to side. The background is giving me a headache. Or don't have the camera track you. Thanks.
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  7.  Floofy Chicken  Oh, and I love your user name, Floofy Chicken!
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  8.  Floofy Chicken  I've never had someone say my name has Harry Potter vibes, but thanks! I am a fan! On the Pottermore site, I sorted into Gryffindor, got a wand of pear and unicorn hair (very loyal, very flexible to grow with the wizard) and my Patronus is a great Grey Owl.
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  9. You can remember that far back? My earliest memories start at about 2yo.
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