The Lab Student Alignment Chart

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The Lab Student Alignment Chart

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This alignment chart brilliantly categorizes the different species of lab students we've all encountered (or embodied) in chemistry class. From the safety-obsessed "Lawful Good" who probably color-codes their lab notebook to the absolutely unhinged "Chaotic Evil" mouth-pipetting mercury while naked. That escalated quickly!

The middle ground is where most of us live - just showing up (True Neutral) or doing the bare minimum with average results (Lawful Neutral). Meanwhile, the "Chaotic Good" is that genius who somehow gets perfect results despite forgetting half the safety protocols.

FYI: Mouth pipetting was actually common practice until the 1970s before we collectively realized that sucking chemicals through tubes might be problematic. Science history's "chaotic evil" era!

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