Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution???
Dear Diary,
Gawd, I can’t believe I’m reading O Level Chemistry guide now…
I was tutoring this brother of my friend’s at the latter’s request. According to the old conversation that I had with the friend, I was supposed to tutor Maths and Physics, and probably from time to time Chemistry. I said OK to the first two, but I couldn’t promise on Chemistry because it has been at least two and a half years since I last touched the subject.
Today, as I was at his place for the first time, I was requested to do Chemistry. And guess what I said? “Yes, but I would have to revise on the topics myself first”.
By the way, the tuition itself went pretty badly because, this was the first time ever I give a tuition, and I wasn’t sure on what to do. Moreover, it has been quite a while since I last touched any school subjects, and so I wasn’t sure how to present the answers in the correct way. Also, I just realised that I kinda forgot how to do certain Maths questions in the correct way. I was totally unprepared for this session. I wasn’t even sure whether he wanted me to go through the topics or just go through sample questions. And I doubt he had understood what I was trying to explain today.
So what I did after leaving his place was going to Orchard to get THREE guidebooks, one each for Chemistry, Physics and Maths.
Physics and Maths are not too bad, because I know most of the stuff in Physics, and I just need to recap on how to present the answers for Maths. Chemistry is probably quite a problem for me, having not taking the subject in JC.
So here I am now, reading O Level Organic Chemistry again for the first time after almost three years. And I’m getting quite desperate at it. What is ‘addition reaction’ or ‘esterification’? I was thinking that I would get my roommate to go in my place when the kid wants to do Chemistry; my roommate is quite good in Chemistry. Let’s see if both of them agrees…
Gyaaa!
What’s wrong with me?!?
[Update]: By the way, it does feel like cramming stuff one day before an exam…
[Update 2]: Actually… I think I couldn’t say no because it was my friend who asked me. In case you read this: I’ll try the best I can do to help your brother.
Aromatic,
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