I didn't know I was responsible for this too. . .

Sometimes grading papers can be quite entertaining.  I'm grading the diet analysis projects I assigned my Foods class.  They kept a 3 day food diary, entered this into the SuperTracker feature on choosemyplate.gov, and wrote a paper analyzing how well they did meeting their nutrient needs.  One girl was deficient in vitamin D and apparently it's partially my fault.  She wrote: "Shortage of vitamin D is simple to fix, all the teachers need to do is give less homework so I have more time to go outside and save my fragile health."  At least she remembered that our bodies make vitamin D from sunlight!

Who knew?

The new school year is off to a good start.  No major complaints and things seem to be going well in all my classes.  I learn something new from my students almost every day.  In the last couple of weeks we were discussing foodborne illnesses in one of my classes and how many forms of bacteria are spread through feces.  At some point in the discussion of this I used the word poop instead of feces and managed to get quite a response from some of my male students.  The conversation went something like this:
Student:  Oh that is so gross!
Me:  Well yes the idea of poop being transferred to your food is gross.
Student:  No, girls shouldn't even say that word.  They don't even do that!
Me: ? (While looking at the girls, who are also equally confused.)
Student:  They don't!  Guys are the only ones who poop.
After I composed myself from the class wide laughing fit, more conversation followed.  Other guys in the class agreed although none were as adamant as the original. I'm not sure if I should warn his future wife someday (or give her some ammunition) of his disgust at the idea or not.