Alex Palazzo is a postdoctoral fellow working in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School.
A friend of mine just sent this to me (for the record, he's a structure biologist, i.e. he studies the structure of proteins and other biological molecules):
My kid had a screen session with a school administrator for his kindergarten today. Following are some answers he came up with:Teacher: "What is your favorite activity?"
Son: "Thinking."He is probably right. He is always thinking of how to get his favorite food: rice krispies, candy...
Teacher: "What does your Daddy do?"
Son: "Work."
Teacher: "Where does you Daddy work?"
Son: "I don't know."
Teacher: "What's your Daddy's job?"
Son: "Structure."
Teacher: "Is your Daddy an instructor?"
Son: "No, structure."
Teacher: "Is your Daddy a builder?"
Son: "No, structure."I usually took him from his day care to my lab and waited for his mom to pick us up. To keep him entertained, sometimes we sat in front of a computer, put on stereo-glasses and watched protein structures. We rotated the picture, zoomed in and out, put on different colors. My job: Rotate, zoom in and out of some funny shapes.
Teacher: "What does your mom teach?"
Son: "Students."Good to know his mom does not teach monkeys.
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Thanks for this.
here is what my kindergartner said
"What does your daddy do?" [note: he is an organic farmer]
"He is a farmer. He grow vegetables. He sells them. He feeds us."
What does your mommy do? [note: I am a plant geneticist]
"She goes to meetings"
Which parent is more fun and useful?
Posted by: Pam Ronald | July 17, 2008 5:44 PM
I used to teach programmers and on one course a delegate announced himself as an ex-teacher. At a break I asked him what he used to teach. He answered 'Bastards'!
Posted by: Acleron | July 28, 2008 7:00 PM