Summer School Blues

Well, no matter how you cut it, Summer school on the College level can really stink. I myself had to learn the hard way, from a little too much party during the academic year, that I had to take Chemistry in the summer to complete my degree. To add insult to injury, it was (as I remember) 6 weeks of hell trying to cram Chemistry into my brain.

Chemistry, like Geology is a physical science, so you would think a geology major would like it. Nope. I could never get comfortable with the dull math-like form it was presented in. I just wanted to go out and pound rocks, understand how the Earth worked, and let the winds of geolgy blow me along.

That is now ancient history, some 50 years ago, and I did become a Geologist, and had a long career in mining and teaching. Have I used much Chemistry over the years? Not much. The basics of covalent, ionic and other types of bonds was all I needed to know. That and a few chemical symbols and how minerals are grouped into categories.

So chin up to anyone taking a summer course in Geology. Maybe it's and elective or requirement of your major.

You can do it!