For current students

About me & this website:

During my M.S. degree in Textiles & Clothing at UC Davis in 2016, I took the Chemistry 118 series and realized it was not an easy course. Before I continued my Ph.D. in the Chemistry Department, there were a few months when I did not have a TA position and relied on tutoring to get by. The notes on this website were developed from those tutoring experiences and later became the handouts for my discussion sections when I finally became a TA for the 118 series. 

2016年，我在加州大学戴维斯分校攻读纺织与服装硕士学位期间，选修了CHE 118系列课程，并意识到这门课程难度不小。在进入化学系攻读博士学位之前，有几个月我未能获得TA职位，只能依靠tutor学生来维持生计。本网站所呈现的笔记正是在此期间根据tutor经验整理而成，后来当我成为CHE 118系列的TA时，这些笔记便成为了我discussion的讲义材料(handout)。

Of course, to my general chemistry students, I must offer my sincere apologies. I was born in a place where between the ages of 13 and 18, we studied the content of general chemistry that you aren’t expected to learn until after turning 18—and we did so in a rather high-pressure and intense way (with weekly exams). As a result, I may sometimes instinctively overlook the fact that some of these concepts are still new to you. But this does not mean I will pass on that same pressure. On the contrary, since becoming a lecturer at UC Davis, I have devoted myself to researching how to make these subjects engaging and accessible.

当然，对于正在学习普通化学的同学们，我心中怀有一份特别的歉意。由于我个人的学习背景——在13至18岁的青少年时期，就已经在以高强度、高压力的方式（包括每周必有的考试）学习你们进入大学后才接触的普通化学内容——我有时可能会下意识地忽略你们对某些知识点尚未熟悉。但请相信，这绝不意味着我会将这种高压学习的痛苦传递给你们。恰恰相反，自从成为 UC Davis 的讲师以来，我一直致力于研究如何让这些内容变得生动、有趣，更容易被理解和接受。