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| Quote (Amadan @ Aug. 24 2011,20:33) | | Quote (Louis @ Aug. 24 2011,20:23) | | Quote (Lou FCD @ Aug. 24 2011,17:17) | [SNIP]
OChem looks way more fun than General Chem, and OChem was the class about which I have been most concerned. So that's good news. |
Good to hear all is well. Organic chemistry IS more fun that general chemistry.
No I'm not biased as all hell. Why do you ask? ;-)
If you ever want organic chem related chats/advice you know where I am. Just remember 99%* of organic chemistry students hate it, don't get it and despair at the sheer volume of crap they are asked to apparently memorise when they first encounter it. It gets better. Usually a few years in, after beating your head against a wall repeatedly and several messy suicide attempts, a magical light pops on in your head and you get it.**
Of course if you do what the vast majority of organic chemistry students don't do, you'll get it in about 3 weeks and can then relax in a bar. The secret is to grasp about 5 or 6 basic principles and forget about memorising huge swathes of shite. The problem is working out which 5 or 6 principles! ;-)
Of course, for a reasonable fee, I can be relied upon to {ahem} illuminate you. In fact seeing as you are a friend, I'll do it for nothing, plus modest expenses of course.***
Louis
* I may be underselling the precise percentage a little.
** I may be making it sound easier than it is.
*** I find my best and most accurate thinking is done on my own private, luxury, tropical island resort surrounded by a bevvy of willing, morally adventurous and nubile young ladies.****
**** When I say "find" what I actually mean is "suppose" and/or "fervently wish". |
My mother was an organic chemist.
She told me that the inorganic lot used to look down their noses at her and her classmates, saying that they were doing 'Mrs Beeton in a test tube'.
Her choice was vindicated later in California (this would have been the early 1950s) when her team worked out a way of getting the taste of can out of canned pineapple juice. It was a commercial disaster because the public, in their infinite wisdom, had come to the conclusion that pineapple juice ought to taste of can. |
I can play the organ. Does that count?
I would like to note that Lou is a great inspiration for me. I'm right now thinking about getting my (french equivalent of) GED and get my studies started again. In zetetic, that is. Could come in handy...
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"Hail is made out of water? Are you really that stupid?" Joe G
"I have a better suggestion, Kris. How about a game of hide and go fuck yourself instead." Louis
"The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit" Richard Pryor
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