Re: [Paddlewise] Wise-Asses [Off Topic]

Michael Neverdosky wrote:
> 
> Humor also helps memory.
> I can remember Bill Cosby skits from the early 70's, but can't remember
> any chemistry lectures from the same time.  :-))

And, I bet you paid more for the chemistry lectures, also!

As a long-time chemistry teacher, I wish I could engrave your statement
on the wall of every classroom in the country where chemistry is
taught.  I'll just bore you with one anecdote that grabs the attention
of my students:

When discussing burner safety and showing intro students (never been in
a lab before, most of 'em) I always tell them about the lab partner in
my high school chem class, across the bench from me.  This was 1960, so
beehive hairdos were in vogue, and to maintain that stack of hair, a
lotta hairspray was needed.  Anyway, she lit the burner, adjusted the
flame to a nice blue cone, and got distracted.  She came back to the
bench and leaned forward to read something on the bench, just in front
of the burner, positioning her 'do over the cone.  Poof!  A nice round
hole appeared in the beehive.  As she raised her head, the two or three
of us across the bemnch from her opened our mouths in shock and began to
point at her still smoldering "improvement."  Her eyes went up, and she
sniffed once or twice, suspiciously, and announced,  "Hey!  Something's
burning!"

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
chemistry teacher


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