Mrs. V, this is the post telling you where my real/corrected set of comments are.

I commented on Mica's, Eric's, and Corinne's posts about Honors Chem.

This is the post about being in honors chem that I didn't realize I had to do until I had done the other one.

I think the Honors Chemistry program is great. In addition to allowing us to receive individual attention, have more in-depth discussions, and faster-paced classes, the small class (8 people) just fits the room very comfortably. For labs, each pair of lab partners has their own table. In a regular class, I wouldn't have to work as hard, but I wouldn't learn as much or be as interested as I am in chemistry.

Is researching things that are "cool" really necessary?

I believe that researching things that seem to have no purpose is definitely worth the time and money spent on it. All research has the same purpose: to gain knowledge. Whether your knowledge can be applied, and how visibly, depends on the subject of your research, and the amount of time you spend researching it. Take the example Mrs. Vosbergh gave in her blog of "how does that sea creature maintain its phosphorescent glow?" If you figured that out, maybe you could use that on small boats to increase their visibility at sea.
More generally, I believe that the search for knowledge should never stop, even if a given research area doesn't appear to be helpful. Look at where we are now. We never could have gotten here if people hadn't figured out how to control fire, and who thought that would actually work? And look at how many things were discovered accidentally. Basically what I'm saying is, if more subjects are researched by more people, more useful, or useless, things will be discovered, and the useless things may become useful in the future.

This is a practice post, so you don't really need to read it, but you can if you want

This is just a little post I'm writing to see if this joint is functional. Don't read this, because you might be left wanting more. There really isn't a beginning, middle, and end here, so it's kind of formless. It's...whatever.
Anyway, the goals of this project are to...

1. Learn to use blogs for talking to people and stuff.
2. Figure out what you want and find people who want the same stuff and try to get it.
3. Find out stuff about how chemistry is changing the world.
4. Write about stuff with chemistry and changing the world and stuff and do it creatively.

DONE