Sometimes, as a teacher, you think some things like...
"Hahaha, look at this picture, this is funny stuff... those kids will laugh and learn at the same time..."
"Mmm, this image is quite interesting. I KNOW they will think about this for years to come..."
"Oh look at that science cartoon over there, It really makes you think. I wonder if my students will get the punchline"
This is just an example, but ...
get it? GET IT??
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PLEASE TELL ME YOU GET IT....
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It is because... It's a cell wall... a cell.. wall...
You use transport proteins to leave the cell...
Aaaand that is the greatest science teacher's frustration example ever made. Do you get it yet? I still think this comic (not mine, by the way, found on Reddit...) is hilarious, intelligent, clever... it has all those ingredients to be a science classical joke, and still, when I Included it as an extra credit question in one of my grade 11 exams, only two students got it. (right, Paola Silva? right Andrés Rozo?).
Sure, it frustrates you. You expect, as a teacher, to be able to produce funny, relaxed classes, yet only a small fraction of your learners get the jokes. But then again... those two or three kids that get the punchlines, the two or three that laugh about those science puns, are the ones you know are going to be the scientists of tomorrow. Not everybody is a scientist, right? this world needs lawyers, economists, singers, architects... right? RIGHT???
Comments please? do you share my frustration? hahahaha
