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Mitochondria (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Zpk1a to c/[email protected]

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[–] Sterile_Technique 5 points 1 week ago

I had a prof describe the nucleus as "the powerhouse of cell function". Dude was straight up sowing chaos - he knew what he was doing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Bio is like a freshman/sophomore course. If you're taking it senior year, you're already behind in life

[–] Maggoty 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's different in different regions and it's certainly moved around over the years.

And the point remains, we graduate students who know what the powerhouse of a cell is but not how to do their taxes, work a 401k, put together a realistic budget, plan for major purchases, make a work schedule, or have any saleable skills other than being able bodied.

We aren't preparing people for life, we're warehousing them until college and if they don't go to college we just shove them into the cracks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I understood the point, I agree with that. I wasn't commenting on that part

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

God forbid anyone taking a different path in life than you...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

School systems set the path, and it's pretty standardized when these subjects get taught. They wait until kids get more math skills for physics classes to take place, meaning the less math heavy subjects go first, like bio and earth science.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Hey! I resemble that remark!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Bio is like a freshman/sophomore course.

In your opinion, should it be — ie should it be taught at all?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yes.

We don't need even more antivax idiots due to a complete lack of biology being taught in schools.

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[–] umbraroze 5 points 1 week ago

I'm like "you guys didn't discuss economics and taxes in school???" ...I'm pretty sure we did at some point in both civic studies and some corner of math.

[–] zxqwas 2 points 1 week ago

If you thought it was important to learn taxes, write a CV or the usual complaints you'd spend an afternoon googling it and get a pretty good idea.

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