Biology 138. Biology of Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts

As told by one student.

Bio 138 is not a gut. It was, however, a nice way to spend an hour yesterday afternoon, although at this point I doubt very strongly I'll be taking it.

You see, even though there are 25,000 species of bryophytes (that's what a moss is--a bryophyte--I learned that yesterday), there were only three people in the course. That's a ratio of about 8333 mosses to each person. I can't deal with it. I mean, I wasn't expecting Hum 103, but for me to take a course around here, I have to be able to get lost in it.

Besides, despite the fact that Norton G. Miller, associate professor of Biology, seemed like a real nice guy and even brought in a whole bunch of mosses for the class to look at, I think I may check out Bio 140--"Algae"--or 143--"Fungi" instead. Or maybe I'll hold off altogether until next semester and take Bio 129--"Properties of Excitable Membranes."

The only fellow undergraduate I spotted in there yesterday, by the way, was Brian Hughes '78, a Linguistics major. He said he is taking "Worts" because of an interest in plants. Well I like plants too, but give me a tulip over a moss any day.