I read this and it it fills me with so much melancholy.
I took biology 101 in college and what I thought would be really interesting turned out to be SO unexpectedly meaningless.
Now years later all I recall is the memorization of phylums and kingdoms on one test and cell structures on another test and sitting in a large auditorium looking at the map and not the territory.
The course was so much about WHAT and never about WHY.
I don't know if I was immature, or if the biology course was a "weed out" course designed to filter out all but the most dedicated, or if biology education is off the rails.
I do know that every subject would benefit from a little storytelling, a little excitement and a good helping of why.
I took biology 101 in college and what I thought would be really interesting turned out to be SO unexpectedly meaningless.
Now years later all I recall is the memorization of phylums and kingdoms on one test and cell structures on another test and sitting in a large auditorium looking at the map and not the territory.
The course was so much about WHAT and never about WHY.
I don't know if I was immature, or if the biology course was a "weed out" course designed to filter out all but the most dedicated, or if biology education is off the rails.
I do know that every subject would benefit from a little storytelling, a little excitement and a good helping of why.