Thursday, April 17, 2008

Chemistry Builds Character, Courage and Creativity ... Who Knew?

So I am flipping through the Daily Gleaner the last time I was up to Fredericton and my eyes fell upon this add ...

It is about time that when they want to show students facing a true challenge that they don't airbrush some stock photo of some kid climbing Everest. No, in this case the Haley Joel Osment look-a-like is facing the true test of character, courage and creativity ... the titration of acids and bases in graduated cylinders. It wouldn't be character building to do it like everyone else in Erlenmeyer flasks, it wouldn't show courage if he didn't part his hair down the middle like they did in the 70's and as for creativity ... the dude is recording data even though there isn't any liquid in the buret. Perhaps he sees dead chemists. On top of all that the kid is left handed no wonder he had to go to a "special school" ... left handed people are sinister.*

* a joke you won't get until you take organic chemistry and even then some levo people won't think it funny.

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