Student Answers
We’ve all received emails where students write the most ridiculous answers when they can’t answer the questions. I have not had the opportunity to come across answers like that in real life, but some of the answers I have seen are amusing enough in their own way. For this online collection, I will only include answers those that students have agreed to let me upload
And if I mention names, it’s because they have REQUESTED for their names to be included…
So far only two have given consent and approval
2009
Chemistry – How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
The typical tabulation of data for an experiment should be a table with a filled list of manipulated variables, and a blank column for the responding variables… I guess Szeto Yan Weng of 4 Dickens was trying to curry favour by singing false praises of Chemistry.
The best way to identify an unknown chemical compound is to…
The question is: How do you confirm the salt contains copper(II) ions and sulphate ions? This being a Chemistry paper, obviously, the student is supposed to write chemical tests to confirm the presence of the aforementioned ions. Not Daniel Chew of 4 Mozart, of course.
Chemistry – How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
The typical tabulation of data for an experiment should be a table with a filled list of manipulated variables, and a blank column for the responding variables… not sarcastic descriptions of Chemistry!
The best way to identify an unknown chemical compound is to…
2005
And of course, the all-time favourite: I DON’T KNOW!!!
Stress how much you don’t know the answer. It’ll light up your teacher’s day as she’s marking your paper
Tan Jia-Li of 4 Aristotle certainly did.








