Scientists have re-created the deadly 1918 flu virus and used it to infect animals. WTF?
4 days ago in Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience
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Wait, this kind of thing is not limited to pre-med students?
Sadly no. But to be fair, it' only about 20% of the class, but more significantly they are quite unabashed. And yes, the majority are the product of community colleges, which did not make them this way, they just didn't do anything to change those attitudes.
Generation Y (also called "the millenials") is often weird indeed.
I recently had the following complaints: "but it's not like the exercises we had in class!" (in a population genetics class).
I answered that "no way, it's like getting an exam where you already know the answers, I expect better from you, I expect you think by yourself".
I also had students requesting their grades the day following the exam, as if it was a due. Not to mention I got homework send from an email entitled "stone156" by "Mr Rider" (a "high" work, but not a "high" grade)... They really aren't self-conscious and they clearly never had any work ethic class...
How can you stay sane before so much weirdness? The issue is all in the proportion it is taking (of course they're not all like that).
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