okay im all here for the triumphant ending of science teacher grace BUT
on Erid he's as much a student as he is teacher. it's a completely different planet with completely different biosphere and creatures. eridians are the top of the food chain but there are millions of species on erid. and grace wants to know about all of them-- he's a biologist! (he even gets annoyed in the book at one point bc he wants to study eridian biology but "saving the world is getting in the way of my hobbies.")
so imagine there's a portion of his day/week where grace gets to study. eridian scholars give lectures and he takes copious notes-- just like grad school, he thinks. they set up a kind of display room adjacent to his dome where the atmosphere is still eridian but there are lights so he can see the different animals.
and then he goes back to class to teach human science to his students and theyre like "what'd you learn today grace teacher, question?" and he gets to be like THE MOOSE ON THIS PLANET ARE FUDGING WILD
bc there's probably something like a moose. i want there to be eridian moose.
