A Brief History of Prime

Posted by Reid at 10:51 p.m.

It's a pleasure to be posting on the blog that I have, at times, checked more than 5 times in a day to see if anything interesting has been posted. From the dablings in the pleasure of women, to his epic performances, I have been entertained day in and day out. I am excited for this blog, not only as a colossal time user during exams, but for the discussions and rants that will likely take place.

I figure that as an opening post I would give a brief run down on some similarities that Johnny and I have, and where we both come from.

We met in High School, grade 12 specifically. It was Chemistry 30 with Zoller. We sat next to each other and had a passion for loathing the incompetence of people in the class. I often hear people make comments such as "____ is so stupid", to which I often think "look who's taking". In high school, however, Johnny and I were the ones being like "Wow, so many people are so stupid". We figured that nobody knew how to use their brains - and were we ever right.

At university, with what are suppose to be the brightest of the bright, not much has seemed to change. Sure, the people get better marks and their comments aren't as bad as they used to be, but people still ask for profs to solve logs in lecture. They still don't know the difference between "your" and "you're" if Word doesn't catch it for them. I am not overly good at english, but I would deem such mistakes unacceptable, especially from a university student.

People also think they know how to think and that they should be doctors because they want to use their brains. Sure, you don't need logs or english to be a good doctor....right? And they know how to think, as shown by the answers given in class. Given the question:

"Why does treating heavy metal poisoning with EDTA lead to kidney toxicities"

I heard the answers:

"Because it binds to hemoglobin"
and
"It's binding to calcium ions"

Yes, they know how to use their brains. EDTA binds to heavy metals as a chelating agent, and though it will bind to both calcium and iron, neither of these would lead to kidney toxicities. Using the knowledge or chelating agents, which they should have had from their A+ in Chemistry, an acceptable answer would be:

"The metabolism in the kidney breaks down the EDTA leaving the heavy metals to remain in the kidney cells. Heavy metals are known to be toxic to cells and will lead to cell death in the tissues where they are concentrated"

........fools.

So where does this lead us? Well, I said it was a brief history of prime (prime being "First in excellence, quality, or value"). Johnny and I expect excellence and quality thoughts, not just from ourselves but others. And when someone has something below par, we don't let it go ;). The most legitimate comment may be deemed as stupid here, but just because we claim to know doesn't mean we remember our chemistry...although we will likely look it up if we've forgotten.

Reid