A new school year has started, meaning a whole new slew of teacher as I enter my junior year. I had some teachers from previous years, and others are completely new. One of those teachers is my college-credit-level chemistry teacher, whom, for the sake of the article, I will call Ms. O. As we are all learning about each other, Ms. O. asks us all what we want to major in for college. She did this so that she could later make a point. After this activity, she asked us to do something.

    She requested that everyone pull out a piece of paper and write down three things that are not controlled by chemistry. She eliminated the options of God and souls, as religion is not allowed to be discussed in school (not necessarily something I agree with). Some kids stated various things. One person used magic. Ms. O. said that all magic is chemistry (because magic isn't truly real). It is all just chemical reactions causing normally unnatural things to happen ... Read more »