Genetics Update

Every year some students get the chance to go to the genetics update at Brescia to learn about new discoveries. Our Biology class was among these students, but I think the main reason for attending was the lunch we received afterwards. At the beginning of the lecture, we were told that we wouldn't understand everything and that we were college kids for the next couple of ours. I was excited about playing "college" but I didn't comprehend anything the man said. The only thing we had actually talked about in class was phagocytosis and he spoke about that topic for about 2 minutes. The highlight of his speech for me was when he used one of our vocab. words. He said fortuitously and my whole row looked at each other whispering "I know that word!" I think we were surprised and very proud of ourselves for learning something even though it had nothing to do with genetics. After the 4 hours were finally over we took the bus over to Buffalo Wild Wings and had a delicious lunch. Getting to eat here and getting out of class all day was exactly why we all went. I think it was worth sitting through that whole genetics update, but I still don't know if I will be going next year.