Oh, I want to ask folks here a question, in connection with a project I've been thinking about off and on the last few months. the question is...what do you think, in general, about the subject of #chemistry?
and I mean, _any_ thoughts at all. I want all the answer. think chemistry is the worst subject you had in school? let me know about it! do you think it's a dismal, second-rate science? that's cool too. if you think it's interesting chiefly because you get to set things on fire, I want to hear that as well :p
@kara_dreamer I started my college career as a chem major!
It didn't last long.
It turns out I had a really amazing teacher in high school that made me THINK I loved chemistry. In fact I just loved the way he taught it. I still have a hearty respect for it as a science but it was absolutely not for me.
@witchfynder_finder huh! rather sorry to learn it didn't "take". what ended up not working out (presumably in college?)
@witchfynder_finder honestly, chemistry is so badly taught to undergrads that I think you can safely blame the curriculum and not yourself. and there's a sink-or-swim attitude in some chem departments
@kara_dreamer Yeah, it was definitely like that. My professor wrote a note on one of my tests that I needed to see him, but I didn't get that test back for, like, 2 months so that wasn't much help...
I harbour no ill will towards the science, though! I think it's wonderful. I just don't want to be one of the people...doing it. =P
@witchfynder_finder that's cool! I'm so into it that I almost don't mind that I'm not one of the people doing it *wry chuckle*. well, I _do_ mind a bit, but I've gotten so much enjoyment out of chemistry over the years anyway
@kara_dreamer Basically I was just in over my head. College-level courses were too fast for me to keep up and by the time I realized how much I was struggling it was way past the half-way point of the semester and already too late to course-correct. I somehow muddled through Chem 1 but only lasted a few weeks in Chem 2 before I realized how lost I was and switched majors.