The comic · Principles of Biomedical Technology (PBT)

Week 2 of 17

The first real week

Fiction. No real student, family or grade appears.

Drawing, panel 5: WebXam pretest.

The WebXam pretest, in week one, cold. I did badly. Everyone did. That was the point.

MR. MENDOZA

This is not a grade. It is a baseline. In December we compare.

Panel 5WebXam pretest · 2026-09-01
Drawing, panel 8: Lab safety and SDS.

Sixteen sections in a Safety Data Sheet. You do not touch anything in a real lab until you can find the hazards and the first aid.

Panel 8Lab safety and SDS · 2026-09-03
Drawing, panel 9: PPE and notebook practical.

First lab. My partner caught that my hair was not tied back before I reached the open flame station.

PARTNER

Nobody can see their own blind spot. That is why there are two of us.

Panel 9PPE and notebook practical
Drawing, panel 10: Graphing and statistics.

Two data sets, same average, completely different stories. The spread is what gave it away. I had never thought of standard deviation as anything but a formula.

Panel 10Graphing and statistics · 2026-09-04
Drawing, panel 11: Submit launch evidence.

Friday is packet day. I was missing the SDS card. I had done it and never uploaded it. I would not have noticed without the checklist.

Panel 11Submit launch evidence
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