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[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 18 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

What's with americans and mitochondria ?

[-] ScrooLewse@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 10 hours ago

It'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 9 points 9 hours ago

Mitochondria are cool and important.

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours 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. If it wasn't on the state standardized test, it wasn't taught at my schools.

[-] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago
[-] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours 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

[-] LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe 6 points 9 hours 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 points 7 hours ago

Reread my comment, I ALSO wanted to learn info more useful to every day life. I never said instead of.

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