At one point today, one of the chemistry instructors I work with (call him "Z") threw a shiny object at me and ran away laughing maniacally. It was a Hershey bar with almonds. I ate it right then and there. I mean, I was given chocolate. What else was I supposed to do with it?

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As instructors, we are sympathetic to the needs of students with different abilities. We work with a department on campus to better serve the needs of students who might need extra time to read tests, require readers, audiotapes of lectures, etc... "Z" is especially helpful to his students and is much beloved by his students. However, one of the requests made by a current student is not acceptable to "Z". He's fine with double-time, special testing room, and having a reader present, but he's drawing the line at "student cannot be required to spell things correctly on exams." Why, you might ask, is a chemistry instructor hung up on a spelling issue? Allow me to ask you the following:

What's the difference between chloride and chlorine?

One letter - "d" versus "n"

What's another difference between chloride and chlorine?

One you can ingest and it won't kill you, the other you can ingest and it will kill you.

The student in question wants to be a pharmacist.