Why Study Chemistry?

Q.
Y is chemistry so important? not all of us are gonna be scientist email me ur answers.
ps. u probbly thinkin i must b the one gettin bad grades, no im not im jus wondering.
A.
You may not be planning to make your living as a scientist but you will be dealing with science and technical issues all your life: The food you eat, the medicines you take, the sources of energy you use (gasoline, natural gas, electricity, etc.); how you use, and how much you pay for those things. If you are running or using a backyard swimming pool you have to know how to test for chlorine and for acidity otherwise you will have too much or too little chlorine in the water. Could come up with many more illustrations like that just for around the house.
If you are a trial lawyer you will be dealing with physical and chemical evidence. If you are a political leader you will be dealing with many industrial and environmental issues. "Experts" don't always agree on a technical issue. So you must know enough science to decide which scientist is best qualified and most objective on a particular question.
The facts you learn in a science class are not as important as learning to use them in solving problems. If you learn nothing else in your chemistry class, you will learn how to study, how to think, and how to stick to a task until it is finished. I suspect that chemistry is made a prerequisite in many non-science areas just to select those who have the study skills, thinking skills, and perseverance to be successful.
None of the practical reasons I gave you for studying chemistry are really enough. Curiosity about the world around you is the best reason and the best motivator. No subject is really all that interesting while you build those basic skills. But if you hang in there until you have the basic skills, then you are free to pursue something that is really original and interesting. Develop your curiosity and the rest will work itself out.

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