On Plasmodesmata, A Highly Interesting Science Topic

So I'm in hydrology - which, by the way, is starting out extremely slowly (we all know what the water cycle is.. we all know what a catchment is..) - when the professor asks the class "someone, give me a science topic, any topic. It should be something you're interested in or doing research on." Naturally no one says anything. So he goes "how about the girl in the front?" (I was sitting in the front because it's a flat classroom and if I sit several rows back like last time I can't see over tall peoples' heads). So I just stare at him. Then, I blurt out the only thing I can think of off hand that I'm significantly interested in - plasmodesmata. And he, being a hydrologist in a geography department, just kind of looks at me. So I have to repeat it. And it's one of those words that is spoken slightly differently here, so I was trying really hard to pronounce it the Irish way, making the repetition quite painful. And again he just looks at me. Then he goes "what..?" and I have to explain and finally he decides "okay, we'll look up 'plants' and 'cell walls' ". Highly embarrassing I tell you. And having read this if you aren't familiar with plasmodesmata, you should look them up. They're really cool.