Silliest answer someone has said in class?

[marvelmom]

Today was my first day of micro. Our instructor asked the class "what is the name of the bacteria that is the number one cause of UTI's?"

A student answered Ebola.

Share your funnies from class.

[DemonWings]

I don't remember which class it was, but a student said the patient had purulent discharge, but rather than purulent, the student uses the plural form of "pus". The teacher said to make sure never to document that word, confused the student asked why? She said "well spell it out loud for the class".

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

class that one can obtain a temperature using the lady partsl folds.

Umm, were there actually people who believed that one until it was corrected??

[Raviepoo]

The silliest thing I ever heard in a class was said by an instructor who asserted that abortion causes depression. That idea was debunked a long time ago. I wanted to call her out, but I sat on my hands. It was difficult.

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Good day, Raviepoo:

I'm so glad of the relatively scientific studies that do show the link between abortion and depression as well as abortion and breast cancer. If the instructor is intelligent, and has the studies near on hand, go ahead and see what happens.

In terms of the overall discussion of this thread, I feel sorry for any classmates who pop in and recognize themselves being talked about, made fun of, etc. Words do hurt.

Thank you.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

Umm, were there actually people who believed that one until it was corrected??

Thankfully, it was corrected before grades and competency were affected.

[phuretrotr]

During one of my nursing classes, we were discussing transplantation. My instructors opening statement was, "Can anyone guess at which is the most common transplanted organ?"

One student blurted out, "The brain?!?!" It hit her instantly seeing her face the moment after she said it...

She might need a brain transplant...

[monkeyhq]

In an early Med Surg class, the only male student raised his hand, the following happened:

Student: "Is a lady parts supposed to smell like fish?"

Prof: "No"

Student: "Amen!"

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

Student: "Is a lady parts supposed to smell like fish?"

Did someone really ask this? I don't say this very often, but OMG. I don't know what to say other than that!

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

Thankfully, it was corrected before grades and competency were affected.

I would have liked to see those competencies.

Ok, not really. Never, ever.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Many moons ago the instructor asked, "Which one of these food items is most appropriate for a nine-month old infant to eat?" The options were raw carrots, chocolate pudding, rice cereal, and peanut butter.

One of my classmates answered, "Raw carrots!"

Hmmm, okay. I can only conjecture this student was not thinking that the baby would choke on those raw carrots. By the way, the answer was rice cereal. Chocolate pudding and peanut butter are soft enough, but might provoke food allergies if fed to babies too early in life.

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

The instructor asked, "Which one of these food items is most appropriate for a nine-month old infant to eat?" The options were raw carrots, chocolate pudding, rice cereal, and peanut butter.

One of my classmates answered, "Raw carrots!"

Hmmm, okay. I can only conjecture this student was not thinking that the baby would choke on those raw carrots. By the way, the answer was rice cereal.

Why do we require a license for marriage but anyone can procreate?

(OK, I don't think we should require a license for having a baby, but still…?)

[monkeyhq]

Did someone really ask this? I don't say this very often, but OMG. I don't know what to say other than that!

Completely true. We all lost it in class, including the prof.