Wednesday, January 16, 2019

And I quote,

My 16 year old: "If you had to write a 19-25 page paper on microbes, and it had to be interesting, what would you write about?"


Me:

13 comments:

Stephanie said...

A+

Klin said...

What's a microbe?

WV= phekew, Is that a fancy name for a particular microbe?

trixie said...

Speed said, "Diarrhea. Anyone in her age would be really interested in it. Cholera, salmonella, shigella, clostridium difficile, these are all pathogens that cause diarrhea."

I just read "Ghost Map" a book about a Cholera epidemic in England and found the writer made the subject fascinating. I know child number one can do something like that on a much smaller scale. Did you know the cure for Cholera is drinking LOTS of clean water right away? The people in Haiti were dying from cholera last year after the earthquake.

Good luck #1. Uncle Speed's on the other end of the phone if needed.

elasticwaistbandlady said...

MICROBES? That is so weird that she has to write a paper about little robe garments for microphones.

The things they teach in college these days.......

Deena said...

I like the diarrhea idea. She could also do STDs. Plenty of interesting information in that.

Kristi said...

I didn't know microbes could be interesting. Except for the ones on giantmicrobes.com. I love those ones.

Heffalump said...

Klin took my answer...

Heffalump said...

Klin took my answer...

Super Happy Girl said...

Wait. Microbes are crickets? All these years and I never knew that.
Wow, thanks Carrot!

elasticwaistbandlady said...

I'm feeling very microbial today and wanted to share a few of my microbe friends with you.

You know how Dom Deluise sings "Hollywood" all through the first Muppets movie? I keep singing "Microbial" the same way.

Microbes: The Musical?

Nathan said...

This is exactly why I got a degree with no science or math requirements.

lizlaughs said...

Um, I agree with the crickets.

Brynn said...

I went with Diarrhea. Hahah.
Thank you guys so much for the ideas/sympathy (: