What I learned in SPEA

Here are some highlights of what I've learned in my 1st semester in SPEA (School of Public and Environmental Affairs). These are direct quotes from professors. Names are withheld to protect the innocent (mainly me).

Economics: "Deadweight efficiency loss describes my brain cells at 8:00 a.m."

Limnology: "It doesn't get any sexier than a chemoautotroph."
and "It's not always the bigger guys eating the little guys. Sometimes the little guys rise up."

Environmental chemistry: "Oceans: salty, deep, big. Freshwater lakes: far less salty, not as deep, not as big."
and some good news..."You're not doomed simply by the fact that you live in homes."

Applied math: "In Holland, we eat chalk."

Alas, next week I'm going to be tested on some of the less funny and memorable information I've learned this semester. So it's back to work I go...