If you’re really, really lucky, your chemistry teacher is a magician. For the class’s amusement, he performs card tricks and other amazing sleights of hand. Best of all, every concept he explains you understand instantly. Every lab that he assigns is as exciting as a Penn and Teller floor show. And your lab notes? They organize themselves! Of course, like most of us, you’re probably only somewhat lucky. You don’t attend school at Hogwarts. Your chemistry teacher is a good Muggle whose lectures and labs you only somewhat understand. And as far as your lab notebook is concerned, it’s only somewhat coherent. Still, you could improve your luck in chemistry simply by finding a chemistry tutor.
What’s in a Chemistry Tutor’s Bag of Tricks?
Although a chemistry tutor won’t make you magically understand everything there is to know about chemistry, he or she will help you improve your understanding of basic chemistry concepts, including chemical nomenclature, atomic structure, the periodic table, Lewis structure, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, and acid-based chemistry, which will definitely improve your performance in a general chemistry class. Continue reading →
