Comic relief for TAs

I am a TA for General Biology (LIFE 1010) this semester.  This involves teaching two lab sections a week, holding office hours, and helping out with lecture exams and exam grading.  Being a TA is pretty time consuming, but I really enjoy my interactions with the undergraduate students here at Wyoming.  They come from a wide range of personal and academic backgrounds, but most are genuinely interested to learn more about how science relates to their own lives and interests.

We gave and graded the laboratory final exam last night.  Most students did well.  Some did not.  (Nothing out of the ordinary.)  But there are always a few students who provide comic relief during grading based on what they choose to write on the exam when they don't know the answer.

My personal favorite from last night's grading festivities:

[V_i of enzyme B = Chuck Norris / π]

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READING: Van Nes & Scheffer (2005) A strategy to improve the contribution of complex simulation models to ecological theory. Ecological Modelling.

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