I completely agree with this "educator's"
point of view. Many of our experiments in general chemistry are
using non-hazardous materials (yes, of course you can drown in or die
from ingesting too much salt water, but ...).
Pat Redden
From: r.calhoun**At_Symbol_Here**moreheadstate.edu
>From an industrial standpoint (i.e. employers), you will help
us
> From an educator's point of view, requiring gloves for ALL
lab
Kay Calhoun
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Date: August 10, 2009 4:12:11 PM EDT
tremendously if those in education require gloves for all lab
operations
short of keyboards.
> operations only teaches students that ALL chemicals are
dangerous.
> It does not teach the student to evaluate risk; to think about
what
> they are doing and what precautions they need to take. In
many ways
> it fosters an atmosphere of carelessness and disregard for
real
> dangers. If I make my students wear gloves when they
determine the
> density of salt water, they'll underestimate the danger when I
make
> them wear gloves for experiments where there is real risk.
Yes, it
> is easier to make hard and fast rules - "Do This", even
if it's not
> really appropriate - than to look at each individual situation.
But
> if anyone ever told you teaching was easy, they lied.
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