Chemistry_(3)
“Marie Curie said that scientists believe in things, not people,” croaked Mrs. Carter (my chemistry teacher) from the front of the classroom. It was a wonder that Mrs. Carter was still teaching. She was the oldest teacher I had ever had the misfortune to know. She was a small, frail woman, with skin that sagged and wrinkled like old leather. However, she made up for any shortcomings in stature with a bitter personality and vindictive punishments. She was well into her seventies and had been teaching at my high school since it had opened in 1974. One of my coaches, who had attended our high school when he was a teenager, said that Mrs. Carter had taught him Chemistry. “Science is the key to the future and it is vital that you young people grasp …