654 HOW MAY BIOLOGY AID IN MY IMPROVEMENT? 



Since this unit of work is largely for each one's own personal 

 use, a series of test questions is unnecessary. If the unit has 

 started you thinking about your life work and the ways in 

 which you may be able to fit into the niche where you belong, 

 then these pages have served their purpose. It is well, however, 

 to see what standards of attainment we have reached. 



Test on Fundamental Concepts 



In a vertical column under the heading CORRECT write numbers of all statements you be- 

 lieve are true. In another column under INCORRECT write numbers of untrue statements. 

 Your grade = right answers X 4. 



I. Self-analysis is necessary in choosing a vocation (1) because 

 certain abilities and habits are necessary for success in certain pro- 

 fessions ; (2) unless a job is already made for us, then we should take 

 it no matter whether we want to do it or not ; (3) otherwise we may 

 be a " square peg in a round hole " ; (4) so that we may determine 

 whether we are fitted for the work we wish to take up ; (5) as well as 

 good health. 



II. To be a successful physician (6) one should have a good social 

 position so as to get in with the best people ; (7) one must be willing 

 to work hard without adequate pay for at least ten years ; (8) it is not 

 necessary to like dissection nor to have good eyesight, as most of the 

 work is done in an office and consists in making prescriptions ; (9) one 

 must have good eyes, a steady hand, a scientific mind, and, above 

 all, a pleasant personality ; (10) one must have good health or other 

 qualifications will not matter. 



III. Dentistry, public health work, and nursing (11) all require 

 special qualifications, namely, leadership and social position; (12) re- 

 quire training in hygiene, anatomy, and chemistry; (13) require 

 health as a basis for all other qualifications ; (14) require such attri- 

 butes as tact, sympathy, understanding of people, and desire to be of 

 use to others ; (15) are neither lucrative nor interesting and should not 

 be considered as professions. 



IV. Teaching (16) is not a worth-while profession as it pays such 

 small salaries ; (17) requires health, tact, sense of humor, love of the 

 work, and a love of children ; (18) has a high death rate and is there- 

 fore classified as a dangerous profession ; (19) of biology requires an 

 analytical mind, an ability to seek for the truth, and a love of nature ; 

 (20) should not be taken up as a temporary profession because long 

 and careful training is necessary to become a good teacher. 



