David Waymouth

Scissors. Hot glue. GET OUT OF THE WAY!

I had such hopes the day I attended my junior high school tour. I saw a laboratory with phenolic counter tops, sparkling glassware, Bunsen burners, and a teacher demonstrating neat stuff. So cool, I thought. We are going to do experiments and make things and learn. That teacher wasn’t cool, the glassware wasn’t for us, and we couldn’t touch anything. I don’t think we learned anything either. My grade 9 science teacher was hired because he had been a pro football player and would hopefully create a winning team. He had no teaching credentials and it showed.