I hear whining like this all the time. Considering that Biology is the study of how YOUR body works, about how YOU get and use energy, about how YOUR genes get transfered from this generation to the next, about how YOU grew in your mother’s womb and continue to develop, and about how YOU fit into the scheme of life on earth, you would think most students would pick up on the relevancy without having to be directly told…but…I supposed I expect too much.]]] sigh! [[[Here's how Steven Dutchs professor up in Greenbay said it:
This Course Wasn't Relevant
"If something as vast as mathematics or science or history can pass through your brain without even scraping the sides on the way through, that's a pretty big hole. Are you sure it's the course that doesn't relate to anything? Our other customers in the community want people who have a good general stock of knowledge they can call on for unexpected needs. Being able to cope with unexpected needs means learning things that may not be immediately needed. You need to stop worrying about whether you need it now and begin worrying about whether your boss might need it later. A ten year old girl in Thailand saved hundreds of lives on December 26, 2004. She had just learned about tsunamis in school, recognized the warning signs, and convinced her parents to warn the resort management. As a result there were almost no casualties at her resort. In all likelihood none of her classmates will ever have need to know about tsunamis. A number of indigenous groups in the region escaped the tsunami with almost no casualties. They recognized the warning signs, which had been passed along through generations with no tsunamis, until finally that "irrelevant" knowledge became relevant."
from: http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/nosymp.htm [_Not an official UW-Green Bay site_]
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