In this week's C&EN, this letter to the editor:
I really agree with the letter written by Ara Jeknavorian concerning the crisis in undergraduate chemistry that appeared in the Dec. 2/9, 2024, issue (page 5). The importance of a good teacher cannot be understated.In my high school chemistry class in 1963 in the small town of Scranton, North Dakota, I had such a teacher. His name was Sidney Lambert. He used the CHEM Study textbooks written by George Pimentel.I did not realize it at the time, but Lambert started a path to my PhD in physical chemistry and a very fulfilling career in industry.Glenn E. MartinFirestone, Colorado
I really enjoyed my high school AP Chemistry teacher. I remember that he tried so hard to teach us - I think it was his passion that I really responded to. I think I was still determined to be a physician when I took his class, but I still remember many of the rules I learned in his class. Thanks, Mr. H.
I always liked science as a kid, but I credit my 8th grade science teacher for getting me interested in chemistry specifically. I suspect a lot of us might have become biologists, physicists, medical doctors, or engineers if we'd had different teachers in our formative years. My brother is wired up like me, but he was unlucky in being assigned bad teachers in his science classes.
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