Biology Class 1

[not-authorized.livejournal.com]

What: Biology class
Who: Adam Malkovich and anyone joining the class
Where: Biology classroom
When: Monday, October 3rd
Warnings: None right now

Adam was already waiting behind his desk, watching the students enter the classroom. Once the room was full and the door was closed, he began with an introduction to the class. "Welcome to biology. Since I have yet to place the education of the students here, today will just be a quiz to see how everyone is in biology. Due to this, today's class will be shorter than usual. If some of you find this class too easy, I will raise the difficulty of the class depending on the average success of everyone in this classroom."

He then handed out one quiz to each student, containing seven questions in total. The questions read:

"1.Define the study of biology in one paragraph.
2. How do people benefit from scientific advancements in biology?
3. What are four characteristics that all organisms share?
4. How does biodiversity depend on a species' ability to reproduce?
5. Why is biodiversity greater closer to the equator?
6. Why is reproduction considered a characteristic of life if not all living things reproduce?
7. A Bloatsac can survive in most climates and terrains, and secretes a venomous sap over its body. Very few organisms can ingest this venomous sap and survive, making it an effective defense mechanism for the plant. Would this increase the Bloatsac's biodiversity or decrease it?"

After returning to his desk, Adam glanced at the clock and decided, "You have fifteen minutes to complete the quiz."

Comments

just give him all the As now please (what a jerk)

[princeangel.livejournal.com]

1. Biology is the study of living things through observation, research, and experimentation.
2. It helps people understand how the world works, how each organism influences each other. The medical field in particular has advanced and grown thanks to learning how animals and plants interact and function.
3. They are made of cells, reproduce in some manner, need energy to live (through food or photosynthesis, etc.), and they all inevitably die.
4. If organisms do not reproduce enough, there will be less chance for genetic variation. Also, if the organisms cannot maintain an average birth rate, the species could possibly fade out and it would disrupt the food web, thus disrupting the ecosystem's biodiversity.
5. The equator has a more stable climate, whereas many northern or southern areas have greater diversity in their climate (for example, different weather for all 4 seasons). Extreme variation in climate can cause extinction for species.
6. While all living organisms normally have the innate ability for reproduction, there are some genetic mutations which either inhibit the organism from reproducing or, in higher level organisms, affect their brains and disrupts the "need" or "desire" to reproduce.
7. This protective tactic would decrease its biodiversity. Without a threat or predator that can successfully harm it, there would be no reason to adapt or mutate for better protection. Without enough genetic variation, if a disaster or climate change were to occur, the whole species would probably go extinct.

[not-authorized.livejournal.com]

[Jeff would get an A, if it isn't for the fact that 1 isn't a paragraph, and 6 doesn't even answer the original question. C-!]

[princeangel.livejournal.com]

[C-. C-?! Clearly this teacher is a hack who knows nothing and god damn it just because he is a concise writer this is total bullshit time to flip all the tables ever.

And by that I mean Jeff is totally going to be passive-aggressive and say mean things about Adam behind his back.]

I think you made a mistake when you graded this.

[not-authorized.livejournal.com]

[Adam takes the paper from Jeff and looks it over, before deciding...]

No, I did not.

[He then hands the paper back. Welcome to the land of strict teachers and bad grades, Jeff.]

[princeangel.livejournal.com]

[Oh god this guy was insufferable. God damn it.]

Fine. Then why don't you explain what I did wrong for number 1? You know, so I can do better next time.

[Jeff will just. Continue to glare and be all huffy.]

[not-authorized.livejournal.com]

Number one had asked for a full paragraph. You had given only one sentence.

[princeangel.livejournal.com]

[That. Was the dumbest reason ever.]

So you took off points because I'm a concise writer? Would you rather I had rambled and repeated myself for an entire paragraph?

[not-authorized.livejournal.com]

No. I rather you had been capable of a better explanation. There is more to biology than what little you had written.

[princeangel.livejournal.com]

So you wanted an essay.

[This teacher clearly was going to be a hard-ass who followed every rule to the T. Fine. Jeff could play that game.

He forced a humble smile.]

Sorry about that. I'll make sure to follow the directions more closely next time.