Brain Stomach Experience

During the fall, the sun shines towards the old brick buildings while students walk to class wearing warm, comfy jackets at Bates College. This fall, I had the privilege to explore Bates through the the Bates Prologue II.On my second day in the program, I attended the “NYS/PY 160 Introduction to Neuroscience” class with professor Nancy Koven. Throughout her lesson on the “Brain-Stomach relationship”, I was able to witness her magnificent teaching skills which made the concepts easy to understand and allowed me to participate in the class like any other student. Coming from a school of thirty seniors and having a strong relationship with my teachers, I saw the demonstrated interest that Professor Koven had for her students by asking them questions. I was pleased to participate and feel like a real college student in her small Neuroscience class. A learning environment like the one I saw in Professor Koven’s class, one where the instructor captures the attention of students and students …show more content…
The beautiful environment that Bates College is being surrounded is breathtaking; the mountains, the trees, the buildings. The place where I belong. I think of myself as an explorer, who is ready to explore a variety of subjects, which is the main reason I believe going to a liberal arts college is Bates College. My openness to new ideas and adventures is also why my interest to join the “Bates Outing Club” where I will be able to explore the nature in Maine, hike with my Bobcats friends and continue the learning of Geology after being part of GeoForce. Being part of Bates will allow me specifically propel my ambiguous goals of preparing myself for the medical field, getting the knowledge of the study of Earth to teach children, and with an outstanding and academics creates a perfect environment to develop myself as a person and as a future