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Old 01-05-2019, 11:11 AM
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When I grew up, we had 8th grade chem lab as well as in High School.
We also had a model rocketry segment in 8th grade where everyone got to choose a kit from the Estes catalog to build IN CLASS then launch the next week.
Our science teacher allowed us to take chemicals HOME for home chemistry sets. I got lots of goodies like red phosphorus, potassium chlorate, and concentrated nitric acid...imagine that now.
We made pure oxygen by reducing mercuric oxide in a test tube heated with Fisher burners.
We rolled the balls of Mercury around on the lab tops...AND SURVIVED.
School was far less a MAMBY PAMBY place then and was hands-on....you EARNED your grades too, and some were allowed to FAIL if that is what they deserved...the world needs ditch-diggers too. Back then more was invested in the TRULY special students; those MORE likely to make a positive contribution to society, not LESS likely.

Having high school chemistry class with no lab is next to worthless.
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