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fandomhigh2020-11-09 10:08 am
badassprodigy) wrote in fandomhigh2020-11-09 10:08 am
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Fuck Yeah! Science! - Monday 11/9
Today's class was in the Danger Shop for once and when students arrived they'd see that the room had been turned into a wheat field. The sky was blue, the weather was warm and because it's the danger shop, nobody could get an allergic reaction.
"Today we're going to talk about science in application," Barry began. "Too often we lose sight of what science is for. It's not about grants, theories or even money. It's about making the world a better place. Take a look around you. It's just wheat, right? Well not to Norman Borlaug. He realized that vital elements could be harvested from the stalk of the wheat. In his hands, India, which at the time had been ravaged by drought and overpopulation, the wheat crop increased from 11 million tons to 60 million tons annually. Later, similar strains for rice and other cereals were developed in Asia. Hence, the “Green Revolution” began – a movement credited with saving up to 1 billion people from starvation. For his contribution to saving a billion lives? He won the Nobel Peace Prize. So for today's exercise-"
He adjusted a couple of controls and the shop turned to a default white room.
"-I want you to come up with something that science can do that will make the world a better place. I've turned on the vocal controls for the Danger Shop, so just tell it what to make and explain your thoughts to the rest of class."
"Today we're going to talk about science in application," Barry began. "Too often we lose sight of what science is for. It's not about grants, theories or even money. It's about making the world a better place. Take a look around you. It's just wheat, right? Well not to Norman Borlaug. He realized that vital elements could be harvested from the stalk of the wheat. In his hands, India, which at the time had been ravaged by drought and overpopulation, the wheat crop increased from 11 million tons to 60 million tons annually. Later, similar strains for rice and other cereals were developed in Asia. Hence, the “Green Revolution” began – a movement credited with saving up to 1 billion people from starvation. For his contribution to saving a billion lives? He won the Nobel Peace Prize. So for today's exercise-"
He adjusted a couple of controls and the shop turned to a default white room.
"-I want you to come up with something that science can do that will make the world a better place. I've turned on the vocal controls for the Danger Shop, so just tell it what to make and explain your thoughts to the rest of class."
Get creative!
Re: Get creative!
Sure, they were supposed to be thinking about world problems, but you stick a hick in a field, and his mind's gonna focus first on Letterkenny problems.
Re: Get creative!
"Wayne? I speak a lot of different languages," Barry said with a raised eyebrow, "but I don't fucking know what the hell a worm picker is and what it has to do with a badger hole."
Re: Get creative!
...rural colloquial Canadian did sometimes require its own specialized translation guide.
"Well," Wayne offered patiently, "a worm picker's a degen, usually from up country, who shows up after a good rain to stomp on all yer crops in the night, lookin' fer worms to pick to sell the next day to unassuming fish'n'sport tourists who don't know any better, and the best way I've found to get rid of 'em so far, besides a shot straight to the ass, and who's got time for that?, is to dig a hole, put a badger in it, and wait fer 'em to find it instead of the worms. Bet they'll think twice about worm pickin' on yer property after that, more'n likeleh."
Re: Get creative!
Re: Get creative!