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I need a chemist teacher or trainer

smartgene1 - 4-1-2017 at 11:14

I need someone whose close by arcadia Florida 34266 to train me to be a chemist. I pay you for your time it takes to train. I basically got the lecture I just need some hands on experiments. U most have your own equipment.

aga - 4-1-2017 at 12:12

Quote: Originally posted by smartgene1  

I need a chemist teacher or trainer


The Risks and Time involved are likely to deter any individual from 'training' anyone else physically.

Mostly people have work, school or family commitments, and no insurance policy could properly cover the possible losses involved with teaching solo.

Distance Learning can be done for free by reading this forum and others.

If you are seriously interested in Chemistry you will already have your own Lab of some kind, same as the members here who actively pursue the hobby.

MrHomeScientist - 4-1-2017 at 12:46

It would also depend on what sort of chemist you want to be. Organic? Inorganic? Pharmaceuticals perhaps? On this forum, as in most other places, the more specific you are in your questions the more likely you will be to get a good response.

Texium - 4-1-2017 at 13:08

I actually wouldn't mind teaching someone hands on chemistry, especially not if I was paid to do so! (assuming that the student is not interested in making drugs or explosives...). I'd only be qualified to teach the basics being as I'm still learning a lot myself, but I think I've accumulated enough tips and tricks to share that would make me valuable to a complete beginner.

@smartgene1: Regardless, you need to invest in some old lab manuals and spend more time reading threads on the forum, watching YouTube videos, and actually trying some simple experiments. Also I'm highly skeptical of "I basically got the lecture." What lecture? What chemistry classes have you taken? If you haven't taken anything past high school chemistry, you should certainly get yourself second hand college level general chemistry and organic chemistry books and read those if you want to be up to a good level on theory. It will make reaction planning much easier and help you understand why things go wrong when they inevitably do, so trust me, it will make your life a lot easier.

aga - 4-1-2017 at 13:18

Quote: Originally posted by zts16  
I actually wouldn't mind teaching someone hands on chemistry...

Sounds like Fun, but just ask a professional Teacher how it works out.

Teaching is a Skill and an Art, much like any other specialisation, such as Chemistry.

Knowing even a lot of Chemistry, as you do, does Not qualify someone to be a Teacher.

[Edited on 4-1-2017 by aga]

MrHomeScientist - 4-1-2017 at 13:24

Soon I'm going to be helping my girlfriend's brother learn chemistry, since he's being homeschooled. My area has a very good home school curriculum and support network, so the plan is to look over his science lesson plan and design experiments to supplement whatever he's learning. So I guess I'll be doing a little teaching, but mostly passing along excitement and wonder :D I'm a firm believer that you cannot get a good appreciation of chemistry without practical experience. Really science in general, actually.

smartgene1 - 4-1-2017 at 13:25

organic and inorganic

Texium - 4-1-2017 at 13:27

aga: A true statement, but I'm not talking out of my ass here. In high school, I tutored AP chemistry students and feel like I did a pretty good job of it. They kept coming back and paying me, anyway. I also helped my classmates in organic chemistry last semester get through the class because our professor was very fast-paced and many of them couldn't keep up with him. Though I haven't taught anyone in the lab before, I think it would probably go over pretty well, being as I feel more at home in the lab than in the classroom.

smartgene: That's basically everything. You need to be a lot more specific and tell us what it is that you already know. "Organic and inorganic" gives us absolutely nothing to go on.

[Edited on 1-4-2017 by zts16]

aga - 4-1-2017 at 13:48

@zts16 you got paid ?!?!

Man ! Now that is Awesome. Build on it.

Edit:

wisely.

[Edited on 4-1-2017 by aga]

Texium - 4-1-2017 at 13:50

No need to. Now I work in a university research lab, so I get paid to do organic syntheses. I much prefer that to explaining theory to students who are just trying to get by.

aga - 4-1-2017 at 14:08

You get paid to do what you love to do ?!?!

What a job !

Tell them you need a well-paid assistant Immediately then do a vote on SM.

Make it be me or i'll steal all your Iodine, and i mean All of it, including what you got at Uni and in the rest of the State.

Edit:

Just in case he doesn't pick me, anyone need 3,440kg of analytical grade Iodine ?

Good price
Local pickup Free
Cash only (Kruggerands preffered)

smartgene1 - 4-1-2017 at 14:27

I basically know all the functional groups from wiki learning and YouTube learning.

Bert - 4-1-2017 at 14:30

Brandon?!

aga - 4-1-2017 at 14:38

ROFL !

DraconicAcid - 4-1-2017 at 14:48

You could come to my college and sign up for a course. I'll teach you.

smartgene1 - 4-1-2017 at 14:53

IS that Brandon Florida and aga that why I need someone to teach me

aga - 4-1-2017 at 15:23

Sorry. zts16 has not promised to make me the winner, so i'm very busy with organising the theft of all of the Iodine in Texas right now.

Stealing tonnes of Iodine takes such a lot of effort.

Even the freelance thieves are demanding that the site be smoke-free as that will be their workplace.

Irony is that they all smoke !

JJay - 4-1-2017 at 21:11

I have a brother in Savannah who tutors chemistry. But there are chemistry tutors in every town.

I'd try posting an ad on the bulletin board (physical bulletin board) at the nearest college library.

[Edited on 5-1-2017 by JJay]