I'm a chemistry student
Most labs I do are pointless, and follow this format:

Organic labs:
Demonstator: "So what have you made?"
Me: "A white powder"
Demonstrator: "Ok, can you name it?"
Me: *Flips through lab script* "Yes, it's hexaoctoacetylbromoketophenylaldehydeic acid"
Demonstrator: "And why is it important, what did you learn from making it?"
Me: "Lord knows, refluxing is incredibly boring?"

Inorganic labs:
Demonstrator: "What did you observe?"
Me: "It changed colour"
Demonstrator: "And why is that?"
Me: "I don't know, but it looked pretty"

Physical labs:
Demonstrator: "So what happens if you increase the temperature?"
Me: "I was supposed to be increasing the temperature?!"

All the learning is done in the write-up, honest :P

Length? 6 pages is usually enough to sound like you know what you're talking about :P
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 21:20, 5 replies)

Hah, as someone who used to do a straight chemistry course I can relate to this.
Just think though, it could be worse than refluxing. It could be...*shudder*...TITRATIONS!

*HORROR*
(LordMatthius http://www.justgiving.com/marathon-matt2009, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 21:37, closed)

Or even worse
chemical identification or *shudder* functionalization
(Bel Shamharoth has eight of everything, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 21:43, closed)

See
That's why I did Chem Eng
( bloobloo, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 22:08, closed)

the horror, the horror...
That's why I did pure maths :)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Mon 28 Jul 2008, 22:28, closed)

Actually
the titrations point is true...at least if you're refluxing you can go to the cafe for half an hour!
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 7:45, closed)