Persisting

= Persisting =

In chemistry we often encounter difficulties and obstacles especially when we conduct an experiment that requires you to have a good understanding of the subject. Often times I do not understand or fail to keep up with the pace of the class, and often do I find myself giving up in the middle because I know it is silly to even try to catch up. But things changed a little during the Kinetics unit of the class. Kinetics for me is harder to understand because this is my first ever contact with this subject and when Mrs. Knowles was explaining the process and calculations on the board I was lost. Credits to Rob, who helped me throughout the unit, turned and saw my puzzled countenance; he asked me "Do you need help William?" and I nodded my head. Later on he gave me a brief but thorough explanation of the calculation process. It was very helpful, I understood the parts that Rob taught me and was able to complete the homework at home.



However, during the next lesson, I was caught up with the same old problem again; I couldn't understand. Instead of giving up again, i tried to think back at what Rob taught me yesterday and connected it with today's lesson, it made sense //the larger the reactant's mass, the faster it is to react, because of it has more surface area and molecules to collide and react.// Although to be honest I did seek a little help from Rob in the end, but I know that i tried. Giving up can be such a easy thing to do, but persisting and obtaining a satisfying result in the end makes it all worth while.