time is marked by moments of passage.

with stunning regularity we confront the realities of pasts that have led to our present.

I’ve become convinced that the only way students reliably get anything challenging from our intro bio series is if I put it in a Q on the practice exam - I can say it in class 3x, write it on the board, assign a reading, still 50% get it wrong. But put on the practice exam? Then they lock in

Only number three, fwiw that’s in intro bio

Dude, you’re a full professor, aren’t you supposed to be in your Dan Livingston epoch of just describing field campaigns from days gone by?

My lecture slides for intro bio are, yes, on canvas, so today I gave the lecture on the lac and trp operons on the blackboard, like actual chalk, it was wild and fun