Do you know what I miss most about studying? Chalk. It’s been almost a decade since we last met. There’s something eternally awesome about chemical structures drawn in white chalk on a black background.
I didn’t like it when everybody began switching over to whiteboards. In fact, I have come to hate these. I don’t want to draw my structures in red, green or blue. That’s almost as gross as Powerpoint slides. Synthesis is not kindergarten.
Speaking of kids, I sure hope our new nanny doesn’t speak chemistry, because I just drew this on the small chalkboard we have in the kitchen. Tomorrow evening when I get home, I don’t want to begin to explain.
Indeed. Same goes for drawing structures in the back of an NMR spectra using a good old Staedler Noris n2 pencil.
Was that drawn on the kitchen board with the hope that someone would pick up a few milligrams while grocery shopping? If so, I’d like to know where you shop.
Here 🙂
Disclaimer: Hypothetically.
I miss chalk, too. The perfect amount of friction for drawing! I fondly remember my interviews for my academic job… I did every one of them as a chalk talk (back then there were chalkboards everywhere). And every lecture was done with chalk. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
“That’s almost as gross as Powerpoint slides”… You’re right U.u’…