1. You thought that in your first science lesson you'd be blowing shit up.
2. Then the teacher said, "Get out your textbooks," and you realised you were sadly mistaken.
High school has really disappointed me, I though I'd get to blow more things up in science classes
3. And you suddenly had to come to terms with the fact that watching The Big Bang Theory didn't make you Stephen Hawking.
4. You were brought back down to earth when you realised that science wasn't just about cool space facts.
5. However, it did include sex ed.
6. And when you got to the space or sex ed unit, you thought all your Christmases had come at once.
7. The teacher would ask a question and fully expect you to know the answer.
8. You couldn't really tell the difference between reflection and refraction.
at what angle does the light reflect and refract through my salt water tears also calculate the horizontal distance it falls onto my test
9. You thought E=MC² was just a Mariah Carey album.
10. When the Bunsen burners came out, you thought shit was about to go down.
11. Then you realised you had to do more than just burn magnesium.
12. The periodic table was complicated but at least it understood you.
13. The only thing you knew about acids and alkalis was that the pH scale was kinda pretty.
We made a pretty pH scale 😊🌈 #science
14. The teacher would try to make science fun, but 99% of the time this just made it worse.
15. At some point, your teacher would set fire to the table...
ok so my science teacher just set fire to the table.. why would u do that sir
16. ...but it didn't burn anything because alcohol is science.
17. There were those people who did all three sciences and didn't have a problem bragging about this fact.
18. The worst part was they were actually good at them all and made it look easy.
19. You were absolutely certain there was no need for extensive research into gravity.
20. You had to slave over an experiment for hours.
21. And then write a report about it.
22. This report couldn't include how pointless you thought the whole experiment was.
23. Then you left school and realised science is actually incredible.
24. But you still don't want to see another Bunsen burner ever again.
25. And you won't stop believing that E=MC² wasn't a Mariah Carey album first.
