Why Do We Get Ill?
Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie
BBC
4.8 • 957 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Greg James and Bella Mackie didn’t pay much attention at school. So they’re asking Britain’s most inspiring teachers to show them what they missed in this series of fascinating and fun lessons.
This week it's biology with Dr Monks, who teaches Greg and Bella why we get ill. The lesson reveals what a germ actually is, the pivotal role pubs have played in keeping us safe, and discusses why it could be important to stick your fingers in dog poo.
Bad students of all ages are welcome. Expect brilliant teachers, captivating subjects but absolutely no homework.
Get in touch with your funny school stories and teacher recommendations - email us at teachme@bbc.co.uk
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | By the end of this podcast, we're going to answer the question, |
| 0:08.2 | why do we get sick? Teach me a lesson. |
| 0:15.0 | a lesson. |
| 0:16.0 | Teach me a lesson! |
| 0:18.0 | Hello this is Greg James. |
| 0:20.0 | And I'm Bella Mackie. |
| 0:21.0 | And welcome to Teach Me a lesson. We didn't pay enough attention in school |
| 0:26.0 | and we thought we'd get some lessons from real teachers and we've been asking |
| 0:30.4 | you to recommend them. Each episode will be on a different subject and hopefully |
| 0:34.0 | we will all learn something new. |
| 0:37.0 | What's today's lesson? |
| 0:42.0 | Today's lesson is biology. What's |
| 0:45.0 | what do you remember about biology? |
| 0:47.0 | Two very clear things |
| 0:49.0 | dissecting a frog and being told by our year nine teacher that we should all get a mirror and look at our |
| 0:56.0 | vaginas when we got home. |
| 0:58.0 | Oh! |
| 0:59.0 | I... |
| 1:01.0 | Greg, what do you reckon? |
| 1:02.4 | I don't have a story to rival that except a boy called Stephen went up the front and picked up a pig's heart and threw it at the wall. |
| 1:11.0 | Is Stephen in jail now? I hope so. Our teacher today is a |
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