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This page is for chemistry students and their parents at Yosemite High School, Oakhurst California. I teach three levels of chemistry: Regular Chemistry, IB Chemistry 1 and IB Chemistry 2. Use the above links to go to pages that describe each class. There are several links with useful information for other students and teachers as well.
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My
challenge for my students is two fold:
My Creed
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1) to teach them how to think (analyze information) not just what to think
(information)
2) for them to go above and beyond the minimum expected--to excel
not just survive.
"I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be
uncommon. I seek opportunity to develop whatever talents God gave
me--not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and
dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated
risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to
barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the
guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.
I will never cower before any earthly master nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act
myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly
and say--'This, with God's help, I have done.' All this is what it
means to be an American.
by Dean Alfange