Resources like this back up my idea that we teach organic chemistry wrong. It always escaped me why rote memorization is how the subject is taught, when it's ac

Resources like this back up my idea that we teach organic chemistry wrong. It always escaped me why rote memorization is how the subject is taught, when it's actually much better suited to the 'learn by doing' approach. If you have references like this, actually doing the work of organic chemistry is much more educational! For example: rather than trying to force people to memorize solvent-reaction combinations, have them actually try the wrong combinations and show them physically what happens. Seeing the reaction fail, then getting into why that is would likely stick more than just seeing a red X mark beside the wrong selection on paper. Always found doing the lab course first made the subject just make sense. The "you won't always have a reference" argument is nonsense. Am I going to be teleported back in time and have to recreate modern medicine?