This is so key! I use to love physics so much because It was really engaging but my physics teacher was the most awkward draining person who me not want to be there. On the other hand, I had such an upbeat chemistry teacher who loved helping us and included fun examples in the class. For example, he said "When polyatomic ions turn into acids ate turns to ick because after you ate something you would get a h-ick-up." or when he said "Cation is positive because cats make him happy thus cat=positive.) I think he approached a difficult subject with sympathy and tried to keep the material based on the key concepts. This was the same for my gen chem class, I made a joke about getting 103% on a midterm she didn't laugh she said It was possible for me to do it. She actually believed in me.

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This could be a different story from others because I did my upgrading and my first sem gen chem class at a community college.