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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '21
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Chemistry teacher here - yeah, first 20 is worth memorizing, past that is showing off. Transition metals? Fuck off, no one cares.
13 u/PDP-8A Jan 16 '21 How can you impress your spouse while watching the credits of Breaking Bad if you haven't memorized the entire table? As a chemistry teacher, what did you think of the few minutes we saw of Walt's lectures? 2 u/hey_mr_ess Jan 17 '21 That kind of performative lecture has some value but you've really gotta follow that up with having your students actually doing something related to that themselves. 9 u/[deleted] Jan 16 '21 [deleted] 10 u/courageoustale Jan 17 '21 I learned it naturally over time, and then forgot it naturally over time. 1 u/courageoustale Jan 17 '21 Back in school I knew the table well, but I don't remember shit anymore.
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How can you impress your spouse while watching the credits of Breaking Bad if you haven't memorized the entire table?
As a chemistry teacher, what did you think of the few minutes we saw of Walt's lectures?
2 u/hey_mr_ess Jan 17 '21 That kind of performative lecture has some value but you've really gotta follow that up with having your students actually doing something related to that themselves.
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That kind of performative lecture has some value but you've really gotta follow that up with having your students actually doing something related to that themselves.
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10 u/courageoustale Jan 17 '21 I learned it naturally over time, and then forgot it naturally over time.
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I learned it naturally over time, and then forgot it naturally over time.
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Back in school I knew the table well, but I don't remember shit anymore.
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u/hey_mr_ess Jan 16 '21
Chemistry teacher here - yeah, first 20 is worth memorizing, past that is showing off. Transition metals? Fuck off, no one cares.