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Mitochondria (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This idea is overused as heavily dependant on which school you go to. My school taught a finance course, and gave advice on job seeking and interviews.

Also, mitochondria is usually taught at GCSE in the UK at least, which is not the last year of school. 'Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell' is very much a meme, it might have been interesting to use any other piece of useless information taught in schools instead.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My favorite part of the "mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" memes (especially when cited as useless info being taught in school) is that it's grammatically incorrect. Mitochondria ARE because the word is plural, and any self respecting biology teacher knows that. The fact that this is cited as something drilled into students minds when people can't even recite it back properly is hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What the hell is a "powerhouse" anyway?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

'Tis a house of power, milord.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Got it. I'll look out for Targaryen Vs Mitochondria in the next season to learn more

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

A freestanding building containing one or more power generators

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Because the "the" at the start was dropped

"The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell"

So less "Lion is the king of the jungle" and more "The lion is the king of the jungle", so I don't think it is implied to be singular

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It's not a deer/deer single/plural situation with mitochondria, if that is what you are getting at. The word mitochondria is not singular. To replace mitochondria with lion in your analogy doesn't work because mitochondria is a plural word. Neither "Lions is the king of the jungle" nor "The lions is the king of the jungle" is correct. The singular version of mitochondria is mitochondrion. "The mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell" and "Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell" both work and could be the phrase, just like "The lion is the king of the jungle " and "Lions are the king of the jungle" are both grammatically correct.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Finances are taught in all schools in the UK, but statistics show that the majority of people don't remember shit and then make financial mistakes their whole life. And then they complain they're poor, lol.