1 post from January 2009

  So, My 7th period biology class might be one of the few saving graces of my existence in Mississippi. I was discussing that if you uncoiled one strand of DNA you could stretch it out to 3 feet long. I also said because we have 1X10^14 cells in our body, if you stretch out all the DNA from all those cells, it would extend 100 times further than the distance from the Earth to the Sun. CN, who is often referenced when discussing bears in biology due to his striking resemblance to that particular species, was taken aback by this fact. I stressed this would be in an average-sized human being and CN said, " So if you stretched out my DNA, it would go way further right". The entire class cracked up. A DNA joke in my class, maybe life isn't so bad. Now if only I can get them to understand my Pi and i joke, life might just be down right pleasant. They do know that asymptotes are just like MC Hammer, "you can't touch this".