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[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 27 points 1 month ago (13 children)

i may just have had bad teachers but i to this day have no idea what chemistry at pre-university level were supposed to teach. the labs were all about watching things change, with no explanation as to why. and the theory parts were all about balancing reactions. none of it connected.

[โ€“] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

Yea, this articulates my experience as well.

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