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ScrooLewse@lemmy.myserv.one 4 weeks agoIt’s been so ubiquitous for so long that I honestly don’t know where it came from. But most of the time when I hear “the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell” it’s being used to take a jab at how impractical our education system is, as though to say, “instead of teaching me about X, they taught me about the mitochondria”
LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
Mitochondria are cool and important.
Default_Defect@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
But I’d like to have learned actual practical information as well. Not once has mitochondria come up other than as a meme, but knowing how local and national government works might have been more useful. Of it wasn’t on the state standardized test, it wasn’t taught at my schools.
LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
Understanding the building blocks of life is very important. This is the foundation of how your body processes energy. If you want to lose weight, for example, you should understand respiration.
Default_Defect@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Reread my comment, I ALSO wanted to learn info more useful to every day life. I never said instead of.
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Compound interest.
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Finances are taught poorly everywhere tbf. I was lucky with my precalculus teacher being a huge finance nerd, she spent at least 3 separate full class sessions going over credit cards and loans completely unrelated to our content at the time
ScrooLewse@lemmy.myserv.one 4 weeks ago
Hard agree, they are the powerhouse of the cell after all. But also teaching kids how to do things like cook, handle money, and participate in their local government would be more universally applicable.
LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
Those are taught in home ec and social science class. How are they supposed to teach you about local government in biology?