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An insight in the wonderful world of teaching delighful students. Students who shriek when I use the words polymer and glucose in the same sentence, because apparently, it's too many smart words in one go. Students who look at me in a semi-scared way when I help them reveal their starch plates with iodine and show some enthousiam when the halo appears. Worst if I get carried away and start speaking about extracellular production of enzymes. Students who don't give a damn about biology.

Emilie: Alright guys, if you want to gather around a bit closer, I'm going to show you three basic staining techniques. You'll have to repeat it on three different bacterial strains later, on your own, right?
Class: ....
E: Ok, the first thing to do is remember your aseptic techniques. We ran through all that in last week practical, remember?
C: ....
E: So you flame your loop, and make a nice smear using.... bla bla bla.....
C: ....
E: bla bla bla
Bob: ... Aimely?
E: Yes, what? question?
B: ... you're French aren't you?
E: Yes, but right now we're staining, ok?
B: ... How old are you?
E: .... [¬_¬ tricky question, damn!], Hmpf, look at the staining, otherwise you'll mess it up later
"Smart" guy: What is it the stuff you're flooding the slide with?
E: Safranin, 1 minute. You can find all the recipes in your scedule, remember to do the three stainings. Gram on E.coli, Staph and Strep, endospore on the bacillus and capsule on the klebsiella. Any question?
C: ...
E: No? well, roll on....

Quand la demonstration se passe bien , generalement ca veut dire que personne a vraiment suivit, ou bien qu'ils sont tous des genies de la microbio. 2 minutes plus tard, alors que je refocus mon 8eme microscope

E: I told you with oil, you can not see anything without!
Student #A: But yes I can, I see them
Student #B: Aimely???? AIIIIMELYYYYY????
E: No you don't, what you see is just the dye, because you didn't discolour properly... wait a moment... what?
#B: I can't see.
E: Have you tried?
#B: Kind of.... I put oil and everything...
E: right. Remember when I told you to use the x100? what you have, now, if a X40 smear with immersion oil. It's fucked [j'aime bien l'air affole dans leurs yeux a ce moment la]
#B: Are you sure ???
E: Yes. But nevermind. Move over there.

Bob: Aimely? AIMELY? Shit, fire! Aaaarrrg
E: Calm down dear, just put a cover on the ethanol becher, that will kill the flames. Hey, wait, what are you doing there?
B: Well, endospores...
E: Why is it black and smoky?
B: Well you said to boil it!
E: No I didn't I said to gently steam it, topping it up with malachite green, you d@ft ...., you weren't listening, were you?
B: No, I was busy looking at you... How old are you?
E: >_< aaaarrrrhhhggg, won't you listen? Out of three staining, I have done all three of them either with you, or for you, I focussed your microscope twice already and helped you with your calculations....
B: Yeah, but you asked me if I had any question, and I've got one! How old are you?
E: Hmpf.... 24....
B: 24? You're a kid! How come you're a lecturer?
E: I'm not a lecturer [I'm just a fraud, really] I'm finishing my thesis, writing it up, now enough, finish your staining!
B: D'ya wanna come for a drink tonight then?
E: NO!
B: But why, you're a student, that's what students do...
E: Yes, but I'm the student teaching you how to stain bacteria and how to get the dyes off your fingers, smart boy....

Bliss, je les retrouve mardi prochain. Mon dernier groupe d'etudiant, pour ma tres courte teaching career...

# mimile, le Mercredi 4 Mai 2005, 09:57 dans "bienvenue sur l ile maudite".
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Alors comme ça...
Ecrit par Gnaf le Mercredi 4 Mai 2005, 10:18

...tu as des étudiants bilingues qui lisent ton blog et qui ont décidé de prendre ta vie sentimentale en main ?

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