Quartz – Patty Dooley
“I teach general chemistry at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, a residential early liberal arts college in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Those who enroll in my course without taking chemistry in ninth or 10th grade do so with great trepidation. But they are my favorite students (don’t tell the others!) because they have no incorrect preconceptions I have to dislodge. They are diligent about carving out time to study chemistry from the start of the semester, since they perceive they are behind their classmates who took high school chemistry, and they have the lowest threshold of “wow moments” during classroom demonstrations or discussions.”(more)