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Soolaimon

First of all, and I hate to disappoint everyone, I'm not as obsessed with Neil as Srah. But she did just sent me an email singing Soolaimon (and I don't know if I'm spelling it right or not, but I also don't care. Please correct me if you must), so now it is running through my head.

Ok. So I am going to flashback a bit. And I realize my blogs are going to be chock full or "so", as I said it twice in my first entry.

As part of my program at Kent, I am teaching undergrads. I don't know whether to call this TA (teaching assistant), GA (graduate assistant), or GSI (graduate student instructor). I think here at Kent we definately don't use GSI, that was a Michigan thing. Anyway, I'm already way off track!

SO, yesterday was my first day of teaching the kiddies. That's my idea, that's how I deal with them. I am used to coaching little kids in the JPA, so I am going to be thinking these kids are 10 instead of 18. Let me continue. I was talking about evolution and natural selection and we were doing exercises based on this. One of the exercises was about retinoblastoma, a fatal eye disease in children, where the die without medical care. The children in the example did not have medical care, so it was fatal. I warn you, it's a bit more than morbid, as it is probably based on a real situation. This is what I drew on the board:

One stick girl with pony tails. A stick boy with a bow tie. No faces. Then I proceded to draw a cross above her head and a tombstone above his. Then I drew another boy and girl. "And they're holding hands", said I, "oh, and they're flying a kite! Cause they're not dead."

There's your science lesson for the day. By the way, that's an example of natural selection.

cheryl - Friday, 5 September 2003 - 3:35 PM
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