Exploding Laboratory

I compare myself as the new chemist who has just starting the first experiment in the laboratory. She had to prove herself by presenting the experiment to public to let others accept that she has ability to be the chemist in the scientist world. Well, she always thought that she’s the best, somehow, she was wrong. This chemist had failed.

When I was in grade 7 in my old school, I have had a chance to present my experiment on stage in Science Day. At that time, I felt like I’m visible for being student in the school because I almost never participated in any activities. Well, I did it with my 2 friends and my teacher was the one who chose the experiment for us. I played my role as the chemist because I had to mix some chemicals together with water into the beaker, then, put it on fire. The first few times that I tried, it was going well but sometimes struggled with fire. Just now the chemist was focusing on the experiment a lot. Suddenly one day, I went to practice with my friends during the flag line, we have already got excused. While we were putting the chemicals, it was because of the chemist mistake that she put too much water and put it on fire without knowing that disaster were waiting afterward. After that moment, I felt like someone chloroformed me, I couldn’t hear, see, or even remember anything after that moment. However, it was just about 10 seconds. After I got my mind, I looked around the laboratory with curious and realized that the chemist had failed the experiment, it was bomb! The beaker split apart into smaller pieces and expanded all around the room while everyone was shocking and frightening at the same time including me. Some of the pieces of beaker flew to my body, somehow I got hurt only a bit comparing to the pain that the chemist had bombed the lab. Anyway, my teacher didn’t scold me about it because everyone knew it well that it was the accident. The chemicals were too old to use so he removed it immediately after the accident occurred.

After I could get out from the lab, I asked my friends who were having flag line during that time and they all said that the explosion was so loud, in between, I didn’t hear anything, it happened so fast and it blurred me. Well, this sounds funny for me, burning laboratory. Somehow, I have learned the most important lesson in my life by experienced it. I have realized how important it is to listen to the instruction carefully or else I might get accident once again.

By: Nisarat Asavawongsaroj [Aum] G.10M