I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am a passionate reader, having been tutored very early by my mother. I avidly devoured all books on chemistry that I could find. Formal chemistry at school seemed boring by comparison, and my performance was routine. In contrast, I did spectacularly well in mathematics and sailed through classes and exams with ease.
None of the standard high school science courses made much of an impression on me, but I did enjoy the Advanced Placement Chemistry course I took in my senior year. This course had only eleven students and was taught by a rarity for our school, an exchange teacher from England, Mr. Leslie Sturges.
I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that.
During my McGill years, I took a number of math courses, more than other students in chemistry.
In 1960, I earned my Chemistry Degree from Cornell University.
At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math.
I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I've brought scientific thinking to literature. There's been very little gratitude for this.
I had a great chemistry teacher and found it really interesting to learn how things are made up and how they work.
Chemistry was always my weakest subject in high school and college.
My special fascination has been to understand better the world of chemistry and its complexities.
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