By Biologyfacepalm - 03/03/2014 19:58 - United States

Today, my students presented their projects on genetics to the rest of the class. One student told the class that salted and unsalted peanuts were an example of genetic variation. She was serious. FML
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sunnyray812 42

As if people couldn't get any dumber...

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Pleonasm 35

Just wait until you hear about the giraffe necks!

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annie_nk 22

Gasp! Then salted and unsalted pretzels must have the same mutation!

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Pleonasm 35

Precisely! It's a lot more probable that they both inherited this mutation from a common ancestor, than this being a case of homoplasy! Now we can establish a phylogenetic tree. Now, to find the last common ancestor...

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dachayke 16

29, am I the only one who's noticed that your comments are always great?

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101honestly 1

honestly... take her dumb ass two grades back

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Zwingend 15

This would be a good time to take the student to the side and calmly explain her mistake. While that is a pretty horrific mistake, the student is there to learn. Be a teacher :)

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chinaski7628 32

It might actually be a good time to re-teach or go over the material again for all the students. Chances are that she's not the only one fuzzy about the topic.

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Dodge4x4Ram 46

she going to have smart kids

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ashleyylove3 22

Let's hope she doesn't reproduce at all.

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ForwardUn2Dawn 18

Tell her that her stupidity is an example of genetic variation.

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katties 27

I wish that was an actual example :P , but then they're back at where they started - that stupidity is most likely acquired

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DanielleinDC 33

I don't know. It seems stupid people breed more and beget more stupid people. Didn't you see "Idiocracy"?

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ActionFearo 39

Genetic variation? Like how bats gradually grew feathers and became birds because they weren't about that cave life, right?

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homesuckfucker 28

This is a solvable problem. just pull her aside and explain what was wrong with her entire presentation. hopefully, she'll understand the subject with some extra help.

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