Ask Milos what the orgin, insertion and action are of the brachialis, or the serratus posterior inferior, or what the krebs cycle is-then we will see how smart Milos is.
The typical college education has many flaws of its own. There is a difference between knowing the definition of something and knowing something.
"school" teaches you to know the meaning of words. This doesn't automatically dictate an understanding of the subject.
example:
Q: Does insulin effect the oxidation of fatty acids for entry into the Kreb's cycle? (be specific)
A: Insulin passively enters the beta cells of the Islets of Langerhaan in the pancreas via GLUT 2 at a rate commensurate to the rise in circulating blood glucose. Insulin then binds to its receptor on the cell, activating the receptor and initiating signal translation to increase glucose uptake and storage. Insulin catalyses the carboxylation of Acetyl-CoA to lower Malonyl CoA and blunt the transfer of fatty acids to the mitochondria, effectively causing a cessation of fatty acid oxidation on a cell-to-cell basis.
If anyone paid close attention to that, they would see that insulin would actually initiate signal transDUCTION to increase glucose uptake....and PRODUCE instead of lower Malonyl CoA....
In "School," the fact that these two points are incorrect would cause the answer to be at least partially wrong.
However, the POINT of the answer is absolutely correct. The answer shows a definite understanding that Insulin DOES effect the oxidation of fatty acids for entry into the Kreb's cycle. It shows that the student understands how and why this happens. It shows that the student knows how and why insulin could decrease the effectiveness of a diet for losing body fat.
It shows that the students understands how this happens from the point of time when sugar enters the blood stream to the exact point where the decrease in fat loss happens from that sugar.
This would also show a correlation to a wide range of physiologic processes from the Kreb's cycle, receptor binding, carboxylation and decaboxylation, physiology of the pancreas, understanding of the relationship between glucagon and insulin, etc., etc.
This person would likely remember the relationship between these processes for the rest of their life....because they know how it works.
Unfortunately for their GPA.....they didn't understand how "school" works.
A student that has no real understanding of how all these processes relate to one another, BUT knows the definition of a few key words would receive the better grade.
The statement about the difference between knowing the definition of something and knowing something is paraphrased from Richard Feynman. IMO, it covers the problems with the American (and many other countries) education system as well as any statement I've seen.
