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Of course they enjoy it – who doesn’t enjoy sex talk!
I taught inverts for a few years – some classes were great, others you could tell they didn’t want to be there. Sounds like you’ve got a good crop this year.
We’re moving onto the bonier critters soon, but next class is INSECTS, YAAAYYY!!!
I’ve definitely lucked out with these groups…they are not the “typical” intro-level-type students I’m accustomed to. Makes my life much easier, I’ll be frank about that.
And yes, sex is definitely an effective attention-grabber. I started class today with that jumping spider mating behaviour video I posted on the weekend…they LOL’d. It was grand.
That sounds really cool. It is great when the classroom is about really educating. It is when the student love it the most, and the teachers are doing what they love.
(Expand the discussion at a new site, http://www.theneweducationnetwork.com, where we seek to open the lines of communication to better the system.)
OK, now that video was FREAKING HILARIOUS, I don’t care who ya are…..I ROFLMAO!!!
No wonder your class loves you, I wish teachers would have showed us fun stuff like this when I was in biology class.
Mother Nature has the best sense of humor…..
All I can say is that I envy you this opportunity. Your passion is palpable, something I feel with each of these posts, and the interest of the students gives me an upwelling of hope.
Many decades ago I made a decision to pursue gold in my pocket as opposed to passion in my heart. My mistake. I see here that perhaps the time is not too late. Thank you!
I don’t think it’s ever too late, Jason.
I may be the oldest student in my lab (including the 2 finishing their PhDs this spring), I may make all kinds of witty 80’s-nuanced quips that go COMPLETELY over all of my colleagues’ heads… I may be the same age NOW that my advisor was when back when he got his first job as a full-time professor…but gosh darn it, I don’t give a hoot.
I came into this thing at my own pace, for my own reasons, and at the right time for ME. It may not fit everyone else’s notions of “sensible” or “practical”, and the gold in my pocket may be, well, it’s not what it used to be, but I wouldn’t trade this opportunity for anything in the world. Nothing.
I’m a very lucky person.