February 20 Chemistry Class

Chemistry Class

I attended high school in the early 80’s.  During my freshman year, the school started offering Advanced Science courses and I negotiated with my guidance counselor to skip Biology, take Chemistry a year early and have a science slot open for my Senior year.

The plan worked and I was the lone sophomore taking a junior level class.  Naturally, that made me a target and I found myself the recipient of many of the good-natured pranks that year.

As the school year closed, our class was begrudgingly cleaning the lab. We were organized into groups cleaning beakers and storing supplies for summer.  At some point, Mr. L called me to the supply room to “help” lift something.  When I got there, to my amazement, he had prepared a 5-gallon bucket with water and loaded it with large syringes.

I knew from his smile what his intent was and I carried the bucket out and proceeded to strategically soak my junior level classmates.  Thanks to Mr. L’s insight and humor, I got the final laugh of the year!

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