Nathan Scott Phillips- My Three pets with one name.

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Biology, my first hour, I had a feeling we were going to dissect something on the first day because the teacher wanted us to bring a container and a water bottle. Turns out we were going to meet our new pets.

It started off kind of strange when I started high school because it was all new to me. But my teachers were great and I knew I’d have fun. So I was sitting in first hour, the bell had just ringed; I was pondering what we were going to do today. I mean it was only the first day, I was thinking maybe a test but the teacher wouldn’t want to come off too strong. So I just kept it cool and waited for the teacher to start talking. She explained to us we were going to start the year off with a fun project,” Planarians!”, she shouted in an excited accent. I was thinking is it some kind of boring algae; turned out to be tiny little worms that live in the water and wriggle around. She paired us up with partners and we got our little guy. He almost looked like a piece of thick hair just hanging around moving like a snail in the water. I was thinking of a name until I came up with it, the most amazing name in existence, Nathan Scott Phillips. I was so excited that I got a new pet, I told all my friends in my next 5 hours.

The next day I walked in and she spoke, “Today is the fun part, cutting them into 3 pieces.” I did not want to kill him he was my friend. The teacher explained to us planarians can regenerate there body back and create new planarians. I was amazed by this. I couldn’t wait to cut the little worm up. I operated. It was a success, it grew back into three new ones.