9AM He Learned Science in Kansas

Male geology TA: So yeah, I had this student in lab today who asked me, 'So, are these minerals... are these, like, things that can be found, like, out there...? Like, in the real world?'
Female grad student: What? Really?
Male geology TA: Yeah, it just blew his mind that this stuff actually existed in the real world.

Geoscience department, University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Overheard by: another grad student