I got kicked out of my college chemistry class.
We were studying the elements and their properties.
I asked, ‘since oxygen supports combustion, and hydrogen is combustible, why do we think we can put it on a fire and it will put the fire out?’. (H20)
The instructor glared at me, told me to meet her after class, and she kicked me out of the class.
I thought it was a good question and was sorely disappointed that she couldn’t answer it. But I have to admit, it was hysterical!! lol
@Tadlem43 Wow. An instructor with very little imagination. She could have turned that into a fascinating exploration of how it all works, but obviously wasn’t up to it!
@Kyeh I think I embarrassed her. She didn’t know!
I offered to explain it to the class, but she wouldn’t hear it. She just told me to go and drop the class, so I did.
She also didn’t have a sense of humor…at all!
@Kyeh@Tadlem43 I was fortunate to have two excellent chem teachers in high school and community college. I think both would have enjoyed the question and taken it as a topic for learning.
But that was in the 70s before the era of “teach to the approved curriculum”
I also had a great electronics teacher and computer teacher; that was already my area of interest and led to a good career in something I liked. Also now that I think about it, good English and math techers too. I think overall I was very fortunate to have that experience. Except for the social aspects of high school… back then being a nerd/geek was not nearly as cool as it is now.
@Kyeh@pmarin The same here. I had excellent teachers, for the most part, all throughout my education. There were a couple that shouldn’t have been teaching, but the good ones made up for them.
Our English and math teachers were HARD CORE, and demanding of excellence. I appreciate them the most today, though we hated it then.
Of course, this was back in the 60’s and 70’s. long before Common Core.
I also already had my degree in Respiratory Therapy, so gases and interactions were my wheelhouse, so yes, I already knew the answer. I still thought it was an interesting question for the class. She didn’t.
@Tadlem43 I remember being very concerned/confused about table salt after learning that both sodium and chlorine are highly and sometimes dangerously reactive on their own, and then learning that in solution, the sodium ions and chlorine ions dissociate in solution
@Tadlem43 The best teachers can take the worst question and turn it to their advantage to further understanding for the rest of the class! Some people just shouldn’t teach, obviously.
I’ve never taken a chemistry class in my life. In high school I didn’t take science class bc I was in electric car and that counted as my science. In college I took astronomy and a class that had astronomy, chemistry, earth science and biology rolled into one. Apparently it was the hardest science class their was and we were allowed to drop/not take one test so I just didn’t come during chemistry but still got an A in the class.
I voted for physics but the social sciences are underrated. Whether you like them or hate them, people are fascinating! I guess that can infer neuroscience as well but I mean more psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc.
I prefer applied science. I never took any biology. I took physics and chemistry for the core requirements. There is a very limited set of biology I need to apply
Tree.
Those are all just branches of applied math.
@awk Math is logical. Chemistry is not. How does math explain two poisons combining to become salt?
Math, 4 sure.
Computer (building the knowledge for my career)
This one
@ybmuG Not sure about chemistry, but it looks like he had to harness physics, biology and branches all at the same time.
@mehcuda67 The chemistry is the imbalance in the adolescent brain…
@ybmuG So, Newtonian Physics
@rtjhnstn I was thinking more Moronian Physics, but sure
@rtjhnstn @ybmuG Studying for the medical field, at least as a patient?
@ybmuG I am thinking this is an example of the law that gravity/physics works all the time not just when you want it to.
@ybmuG Naptime.
@rtjhnstn You left out the overlapping circle that has idiot in it.
@Kidsandliz Isn’t that implied in the central triangle?
I got kicked out of my college chemistry class.
We were studying the elements and their properties.
I asked, ‘since oxygen supports combustion, and hydrogen is combustible, why do we think we can put it on a fire and it will put the fire out?’. (H20)
The instructor glared at me, told me to meet her after class, and she kicked me out of the class.
I thought it was a good question and was sorely disappointed that she couldn’t answer it. But I have to admit, it was hysterical!! lol
@Tadlem43 Wow. An instructor with very little imagination. She could have turned that into a fascinating exploration of how it all works, but obviously wasn’t up to it!
@Kyeh I think I embarrassed her. She didn’t know!
I offered to explain it to the class, but she wouldn’t hear it. She just told me to go and drop the class, so I did.
She also didn’t have a sense of humor…at all!
@Tadlem43 Geez. Well, you probably knew what she was going to teach you anyway - but did you need the credits?
@Kyeh @Tadlem43 I was fortunate to have two excellent chem teachers in high school and community college. I think both would have enjoyed the question and taken it as a topic for learning.
But that was in the 70s before the era of “teach to the approved curriculum”
I also had a great electronics teacher and computer teacher; that was already my area of interest and led to a good career in something I liked. Also now that I think about it, good English and math techers too. I think overall I was very fortunate to have that experience. Except for the social aspects of high school… back then being a nerd/geek was not nearly as cool as it is now.
@Tadlem43 You take a chemistry teacher to the watering hole and you can’t make them think.
@Kyeh Yes. I needed the credits. I thought it was a good teaching moment, but also kind of tongue in cheek. She wasn’t amused. lol
@Kyeh @pmarin The same here. I had excellent teachers, for the most part, all throughout my education. There were a couple that shouldn’t have been teaching, but the good ones made up for them.
Our English and math teachers were HARD CORE, and demanding of excellence. I appreciate them the most today, though we hated it then.
Of course, this was back in the 60’s and 70’s. long before Common Core.
I also already had my degree in Respiratory Therapy, so gases and interactions were my wheelhouse, so yes, I already knew the answer. I still thought it was an interesting question for the class. She didn’t.
@Tadlem43 I remember being very concerned/confused about table salt after learning that both sodium and chlorine are highly and sometimes dangerously reactive on their own, and then learning that in solution, the sodium ions and chlorine ions dissociate in solution
@rinrinrin Good point. Glad I didn’t ask that one! lol
@Tadlem43 The best teachers can take the worst question and turn it to their advantage to further understanding for the rest of the class! Some people just shouldn’t teach, obviously.
If the multiple-choice selection of Science topics included Denial, I bet it would get about 38%.
With the current SCOTUS, the need for Biologists will be high.
Kindergartener Granted PhD In Biology After Correctly Distinguishing Boy From Girl
https://babylonbee.com/news/kindergartener-granted-phd-in-biology-after-correctly-distinguishing-boy-from-girl
Geology
Biology is some seriously complicated chemistry, and chemistry is basically governed by physics, and this is a great way to start an argument
Creation science, because I know this will get a lot of comments
@gageaa75 Last
Hard to choose - I practice on-going experiments in each field every day.
I’ve never taken a chemistry class in my life. In high school I didn’t take science class bc I was in electric car and that counted as my science. In college I took astronomy and a class that had astronomy, chemistry, earth science and biology rolled into one. Apparently it was the hardest science class their was and we were allowed to drop/not take one test so I just didn’t come during chemistry but still got an A in the class.
Astronomy / rocket science. Which generally includes all of the above.
Microbiology/biochemistry - there is a lot of overlap and some really fascinating stuff.
For my interest and imagination, astronomy and astrophysics. For my practical life, computer science.
Fiction?
I voted for physics but the social sciences are underrated. Whether you like them or hate them, people are fascinating! I guess that can infer neuroscience as well but I mean more psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc.
What!? Not even a category for the great science of mathematics? Barbarians!
Materials science. Computer science. Engineering science.
I prefer applied science. I never took any biology. I took physics and chemistry for the core requirements. There is a very limited set of biology I need to apply