Why do people hate science?

[El Viejo]

20. As a retired HS teacher...

...I had so many kids who came into my classes hating science. I'm convinced they'd been taught to. My calling was to try to turn that situation around.

Dry, boring recitation of facts and vocab will kill enthusiasm for any subject. I always tried to make my classes interesting and relevant, with lots of real life examples, neat historical tidbits, and I tried to inject humor at appropriate junctures.

Of course, it didn't work with some kids - they were too far gone. But I've had former students go on to excel in the nation's top universities and some now hold MDs or PhDs in fields like physics and engineering.

I've always loved science and found nature fascinating, so it was easy for me to be enthusiastic about what I was teaching.

Too many of my colleagues viewed it as just a job, I'm afraid.