Unfortunately THRoewer, you failed miserably at what could have been an amazing opportunity!
Instead of teaching me about my hobby and craft, you decided to insult my intelligence, teacher salary, and then even my character. In fact you are the very reason reefcentral is dying and other sites are replacing it left and right. You are what I believe these forums call a "troll" and sadly you in the process have killed the opportunity for others to learn. Luckily on the other sites I posted we are helping each other raise baby clown fish, something I could use a lot of help with honestly!!
I should thank you though, I started class yesterday saying, " Another reefer has informed me these cells might be chromatophores" I then showed a 5 minute video on cuttlefish and it turned into another video and a 20 minute discussion! It was great. I took your failure and turned it into an amazing learning experience for 150+ high school students!! Thanks!!
My students will tell you that one of my favorite parts about being a SCIENCE teacher is that science celebrates being wrong. . We actually celebrate it in my class. We celebrate that students come into my class thinking they have blue blood in their veins. I think it is awesome that we get to correct that misconception together!
I also tell them that by the end of this class they will know 1% of what there is to know about the human body. I tell them I know maybe 5% of what there is to know, my wife after 9 years of college and 10 years being a neuro APN knows maybe 10% and the top neurosurgeons she works with only know maybe 15-20%.
My students teach me everyday and honestly they love knowing that I am learning right along with them. One actually corrected the way I pronounce Wernicke's area (in the brain) the other day! It was a great learning moment.
You are right, and I tell my students often, intelligence isn't worth much in this world! My 152 students this year get excited to come to 271 everyday because of my passion and drive for the subject, as well as my empathy towards the amazing biodiversity we have on this planet! I want them to leave not necessarily more "intelligent", but rather have a greater appreciation for our natural world and become more sustainable and educated consumers. After all, if they don't, we won't have a class for their kids called "the study of life".
Have a great day,
Jim
IME teachers are wrong quite often and unfortunately react way too often precisely like you when someone points it out, especially students.
Being wrong is OK, but being thin skinned and hostile if corrected isn't. And name calling only reflects badly on the one who does it.
Also, titles don't prove much if anything "“ I've worked with guys who had PhDs in Mechanical Engineering, but had no clue which way to put a wrench on a nut.
That's in the picture are not brain cells. They are not only in the wrong location but also way too scattered and way too large in proportion to the rest of the larvae's organs:
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/26/51/13400/F2.expansion.html
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/26/51/13400/F1.expansion.html
This is what you see in the picture above:
