#genetics class

[consideryourbeans]

Just took an exam in a class about genetics. Spent the whole week studying for several hours of each day and barely understood the first page. On the bright side, at least now I don't need to study for the exam anymore. My grade's fate is in the hands of the STEM gods now

[dreaming-in-my-head]

My Genetics professor scheduled an out-of-class exam for Halloween night, I feel personally attacked.

[absolutelysansational]

Professor: He was certainly a megalomaniac.

Me: YOU MEAN MEGALOVANIA?!

[punkpoemprose]

I won’t lie to you, I’m on tumblr in class. It’s the last day, I’m here, I’m wearing pants, and that’s the best you’re going to get out of me today.

[geekhyena]

Grading Pt 2

CANADA DOES NOT BORDER THE US TO THE SOUTH

NEITHER DO THE BAHAMAS - THEY ARE ISLANDS

Breeding animals results in MORE animals 

'for extra credit, name 3 countries that border each other starting from the south border of the us' SO MANY STUDENTS HAVE PUT MEXICO, US, CANADA. WTF

NO JESSICA THE CARIBBEAN IS NOT A COUNTRY

Finally, SOMEONE got that the question was asking about genetic migration....and proceeds to whiff the rest of the question, DAMMIT

NO, YOU DO NOT USE RANDOM MATING TO IMPROVE HERD PERFORMANCE (seriously tempted to look at the herd records of this student's simulation project)

Masha: I'm kinda concerned for your genetics class (ME: SO AM I!)

FLORIDA AND TEXAS ARE NOT COUNTRIES 

I commented the above with 'not a country' under Florida and 'has not yet seceded, either' under Texas

Am now breaking to nom, as I have gotten through the end of the K's

[savypsychopath]

Genetics problems

Constructing genetic maps(or just mostly calculating map distances) for class is something that I most of the time I feel I have down, but then randomly I forgot which numbers to put in the numerator. Or some other key piece of information. Then someone tells me and I'm like "ohhhhh yeah okay I got it!". And it repeats. Unfortunately I had one of those moments on the test yesterday, and while doing hw now -__- Guess I need to re-read that chapter... Again

[simplewenny]

Hell yeahhh!!!!

I got a B on my Genetics Exam!!! :))

[ykoriana-imperatrix]

Lab time and fruit flies - one of the few good moments of the week

Genetics class at the lab has been suprisingly awesome so far. Who'd have thought that separating fruit flies by phenotype and counting all of them would be so oddly fascinating? (Yes, I'm weird, and that's probably the reason.) Got almost 500 flies counted and "labeled" last Wednesday, 6 flasks worth of them. And for the 3 hours and a half or so I spent at the lab I was calm and entertained, even with my shaky hands (lab-specific phenomenon, likely anxiety).

Sometimes, when you start doubting your own future in the science area (due to numerous incidents and comments over the years, not a one-time thing), it's heartwarming to have a moment like this. Even if it's just counting flies, I don't even care. I was happy with the way work was going that afternoon and evening, and that's what matters.