CHEM 117 Lab Partners Trying Things Out Long Distance
Last Thursday, freshman Cody Bingham and his CHEM 117 partner Collette Southard decided to maintain their lab partnership over long distance. In light of the recent shift to online-style learning, the pair understands their dynamic will have to change but have both vowed over FaceTime to make things work.
Though the two students will not be physically present in the lab together, Bingham promised he would still only do a quarter of the work on all assignments. Bingham told The Mugdown he typically let Southard complete the partner quiz for the both of them. With the switch to online learning, however, he is now considering looking at the prelab before class. “Everyone is making sacrifices,” Bingham said.
Southard acknowledged that it would now be more difficult to boss Bingham around and to monitor his every contribution to the experiment, but she disclosed she would continue to rewrite his additions to their lab reports before submitting them. Southard also said she would miss reminding him to bring his personal protective equipment to lab each week, but she hopes she can find new ways to hover as the semester continues.
Despite the change, both students agreed it would still be appropriate to show up hungover to a few zoom sessions and fail the lab final.
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Sure sure, we all know those muscle bound meatheads that infest weight rooms across the country, but here in Aggieland our dudebros are a little different. Instead of slamming weights and kicking nerds, our beloved Washbord Ags always has encouraging words to say or is there to spot you when you push a bit too hard. So if you ever see them at the rec giving the new folks helpful tips, be sure to buy them a smoothie to keep those Abs in proper Aggieland shape.