Forming bonds between chemistry and careers
This prof eschews flash-bang demos (but he is into peeballs)
View ArticleHow Canadian schools stack up in the QS rankings (part one)
Subject rankings for science, medicine, engineering...
View ArticleLead in cans didn’t cause Franklin disaster: chemists
Ships vanished in the Arctic in 1845
View ArticleWhy we shouldn’t force students to study science
Prof. Pettigrew on students ditching STEM
View ArticleJim Leyland: Greatest. Manager. Ever.
It’s not often I’ll nominate the manager of a sub-.500 ballclub for accolades, but you have got to listen to Jim Leyland’s f-bomb-laced response to Jason Grilli and others in the Tigers’ clubhouse...
View ArticleUniversity textbooks: untouched by public-school hands
Describing a school textbook as “well written” would have seemed bizarre back in high school. Kind of like saying that the instructions on the back of a tile cleaner has a thrilling narrative. Maybe...
View ArticleBuck naked in my chemistry class
Getting your hair set on fire isn’t the worse thing that can happen to you in my chemistry lab. My chemistry class has a separate, optional lab component. It’s basically an excuse use to words like,...
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How to get out of a chemistry exam: kill off a distant relative
One of the biggest differences between high school and university is the death of permission forms. Back in high school, if a teacher wanted to take their class on a field trip to the downstairs broom...
View ArticleI need a nap
I was sitting in the middle of a chemistry lecture the first time it happened. One moment I was copying notes from the projector, the next I was suddenly staring at my sleeve. It took me a couple of...
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Trapped in second-semester purgatory
It’s been almost two weeks since Christmas vacation ended. Two weeks since I last played Halo 3. Two weeks since I watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (also known as Indiana...
View ArticleThe true value of the Internet
Up until last September, I only used the Internet for two things: Ebay and Runescape. But now? Halfway through my second semester of university, I use the Internet to access physics assignments, and to...
View ArticleProcrastination 101
I’m trapped in Midterm Limbo. Two weeks ago it was physics. Last week was health. Yesterday I had a chemistry midterm, and next week is religious studies. I’m surrounded by tests. I’m stuck in that...
View ArticleLessons of First Year
It’s hard to believe that my first year of university is almost over. Five of my courses are finished. I don’t have any more labs or tutorials. Only two more exams sit between me and summer vacation. I...
View ArticleFinal marks: stalling my summer vacation
All my exams are finished. My summer vacation should have officially started April 24. But it didn’t. Because right now, I can’t enjoy playing Halo 3 with my friends. I can’t relax and read a book....
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Revenge of the test tubes
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View ArticleWhy university made me feel stupid
My secret fear before I went to university was that I wouldn’t make the cut. That I wouldn’t be able to handle the academic overload of university. I knew first year wouldn’t be like the average...
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Why September isn’t the end of the world. Sort of
It’s been more than a month since I wrote my chemistry lab exam, and finished my first year of university. Initially, it was hard to believe. After eight months of labs, tests, assignments and physics...
View ArticleThe ultimate sacrilege
When I left my chemistry lab exam last April, I thought the next time I’d be on Waterloo’s campus would be this September. Starting my second year. But last week, when I set foot on campus for the...
View ArticleNo longer stranded on campus
On my first day of classes at the University of Waterloo, I got lost. I was leaving my physics lecture, headed towards my chemistry class, and then I realized I had a big problem. I didn’t know where...
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The secret to lab success
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Get to know your sciences
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Canada’s Sweethearts: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
You’d never know it, considering the chemistry between Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir as they skated to gold this week, but a little over a year ago, Moir was training alone—using a hockey stick and a...
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3M Fellow Pippa Lock sees teaching as a calling
I teach because I am called to do so. It’s not a trite statement; it is a simple truth. I recall that, as a child, the one job I thought I never wanted was a teacher’s, yet I was shown, and followed, a...
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