What They Teach Vs What They Test

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What They Teach Vs What They Test

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Every organic chemistry student's nightmare captured in one image! The top shows ethanol (CH₃CH₂OH) - literally the simplest alcohol you'll ever encounter. Teachers be like "See? Just count the carbons and add the functional group. Easy peasy!" Then the exam hits you with some eldritch horror molecule that looks like it was designed by a sadistic scientist having a seizure on their keyboard. That bottom structure probably has 17 chiral centers and a name longer than a CVS receipt. The facial expressions perfectly capture the journey from "I got this!" to "I've made a terrible career choice." Chemistry professors really think they're slick with that "the principles are the same" nonsense.

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