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ANNOUNCEMENT

TO ALL STUDENTS OF MA 5B, 5E, 5C, 5H AND 5A

FIRST TOPICAL TEST WILL BE ON THE 2ND OF FEBRUARY FOR 5B, 5E, 5C AND 5H AND FOR 5A IT WILL BE ON THE 3RD OF FEBRUARY

TOPICS TESTED: TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN MAMMALS AND RESPIRATION (INCLUDING RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND BREATHING MECHANISM)

GOOD LUCK!!!

A BIG NO NO (MISCONCEPTION #3)

Now consider the following question:

What is the part of the alimentary canal that stores undigested food temporarily?

For this question, no Biology students should make mistake..... For me one does not have to learn Biology to answer this question. OK The answer is the RECTUM (which is part of the large intestine).

But here's some of the responses by some students but before that do you even know what UNDIGESTED FOOD means? Its FAECES OK.....

T A H I in Malay:

So here are some of the answers:

• In the mouth (Imagine that!....)
• Oesophagus
• Anus (If this is the case..... tumbir tumbir tu eh..... like macam inda bebasuh... euuu)

OK ..... more misconceptions to come.....

A BIG NO NO (MISCONCEPTION #2)

The question was:

Movement of water molecules through semi-permeable membrane?

Jawapan nya OSMOSIS..... OSMOSIS BAH OSMOSIS..... BUKAN NYA DIFFUSION......

Just look at the WATER MOLECULES there.... that should give you a clue already that the process involved is OSMOSIS........ heesssshhhhhh!!!

A BIG NO NO (MISCONCEPTION #1)

I still encounter this misconception in students' answers even after correcting this for ZILLIONth of time. Some students still have this conception that the products of starch digestion by AMYLASE is GLUCOSE........ NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO................................. Its MALTOSE OK.......

Repeat after me M A L T O S E .... Got it? I hope so............ Now to get GLUCOSE out of starch, you must have another enzyme to digest this maltose..... The enzyme is MALTASE....

I hope I will not encounter this misconception ever again.....

MY E MAIL.....

For the benefits of visitors who are not my students, thank you for visiting this blog.... Hopefully it helps.... If you are still interested.... e-mail me at adidarwish@yahoo.co.uk........

TUITION

UPON REQUEST, MY WIFE AND I ARE OFFERING TUITION EXCLUSIVELY FOR BIOLOGY 'O' AND 'A' LEVELS.....

• $50 FOR 'O' LEVEL AND $60 FOR 'A' LEVEL
• A MAXIMUM OF 6 STUDENTS PER CLASS
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BIOLOGY O LEVEL RESULTS

33 As (OF WHICH 7 OBTAINED ALL GRADE 1 IN PAPERS 1, 2 AND 3)

44 Bs (OF WHICH 38 OBTAINED B3)

9 Cs (OF WHICH 7 OBTAINED C5)

3 Ds

3 Us

WELL DONE EVERYONE!!!..... IT'S BEYOND MY EXPECTATION.... MOST OBTAINED 2 OR 3 GRADES BETTER THAN THE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION!!!