I have your prints!
It’s Week 13 of school, which is the final teaching week. I’ve just returned from my final class of the semester - indeed, the final class the entire school shall see, since it’s a Friday night class. This is my Forensic Science module, code GEK1542. It came highly recommended as a real-world, behind-the-scenes look at what really goes on in CSI, as well as the courts, the morgue, the police station and the labs.
As part of our continual assessment, we did a fingerprint dusting practical where we had to dust A4 papers for our own fingerprints, deposited previously. In addition, we had to match some sample prints to a selection of choices. Apparently I got all of the matches correct, because I was one of 40 people chosen to get a prize.
My prize is the black film fingerprint lifter and the vial of white fingerprint powder. In the practical, we used black powder and a white film lifter, so this is for me to play with. I probably won’t, I’ll just keep it to show off. The background is my practical report on the dusting session.
As it was the last class, the lecturers also released the list of top scorers for our midterm quiz. Interestingly enough, there was ZERO overlap between the top scorers and the 40 people who got all-correct matches on the fingerprints. Very interesting. Perhaps the top scorers read so much that they spoiled their eyesight? Haha.
It was a fun class, despite being 3 hours long and rather tedious at times - spending a Friday evening in class isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Nevertheless, it’s one of the most popular modules, as evinced by the massive number of bid points required to secure a place. And it’s really very informative.
November 17th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Do they switch off the LT lights and make everyone go through the place with a UV torch to see what glows?
November 18th, 2007 at 12:46 am
Cannot. Too much contamination because it’s a class of 404.
November 20th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
A biology major was taking a cell biology course. The task of the day was examining epitheleal cheek cells under a microscope. They had to scrape the inside of their mouths with a toothpick and make a slide from it and record the different types of cells that were found.
One girl in the class was having some trouble identifying some cells. She called the professor over to ask him.
After a moment or two of peering in her scope, he looked up and said in a loud voice, “Those are sperm cells.”