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<p>Perhaps that IS just you, my good friend. Several decades ago, a guy named Seaborg (as in Glenn on the Periodic Table of Elements), used to personally teach Frosh Chem at Cal. He personally chose to teach Intro Chem, not the advanced or honors course. He wanted to teach Intro Chem. He used to say something to the effect that, 'chem has been my life…and if I can’t get 18-year-olds excited about chemistry…" </p>
<p>Intro Chem was all that Glenn Seaborg taught (in addition to research and grad courses). He even showed up in the Frosh lab sections – driving the TA’s crazy – to help the non-advanced Frosh students.</p>
<p>Yes, he could have taught advanced Chem to upper division students, but chose not to. </p>
<p>It just depends on how you look at the half-filled glass.</p>
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<p>btw: Not sure who those folks are…outside of LACs and colleges like the Cal States, research predominates at the University level (by definition).</p>