Monday, November 30, 2009

A lesson in genetics

I was teaching a genetics lesson that involved an example regarding colour blindness. Behold!

Me: "So if the mother gives the recessive allele for vision to her son, he will definitely be colour blind. This child will still live a normal life but he won't be able to do certain things...like be a pilot."
Student: "ARRRRRRR!"

Me: "A pilot. Not a pirate."

I'll be honest. I laughed quite hard at that comment. That kid did not miss a beat.

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