Popular Nutrition Teacher Bids Farewell to the Classroom

Jocelyn C Anderson — June 06, 2016 - 12:08pm

The SpongeBob-costumed student who appeared at Liz Applegate's last Nutrition 10 lecture last Thursday (June 2) offered a fitting tribute. The cartoon character exemplifies how Applegate worked to engage her students — 60,000-plus of them over 31 years — with references they knew. In fact, her first extra credit question in 1999 was, “Who is SpongeBob’s best friend?”

“Kind of silly, I know, but I wanted students to feel good that they knew the answer,” Applegate explained.

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Popular Nutrition Teacher Bids Farewell to the Classroom