What Is a Solution?

What Is a Solution?Chemistry teachers often struggle with what is a solution. Sometimes, the solution seems so obvious; but for others, it's more complicated. What is a solution?A solution is basically a collection of useful tools. You might say that a solution includes, 'The things that fit together,' 'The things that make sense,' and 'Things that work together.' This might all seem to fall under the heading of chemistry; but there are many things in life that you have to deal with that are not solutions, they are problems.A solution will bring together a collection of useful tools; which will then be used to solve problems or to apply your understanding to another problem. This is a useful solution; but it's not necessarily a solution. In order to learn to do something new, you have to understand that you need to solve a problem.So, why is it so hard for a chemistry teacher to find a solution? Often, a solution means you have solved one problem, but you haven't solved any other pro blems. It can also mean that you have solved one problem, but you have failed to solve any other problems. In order to solve other problems, you need to learn how to make sense of things you do not understand.An example of this would be a common example of a solution. Say you are trying to make a metal plate. It appears that you have succeeded in making a metal plate by adding one molecule of iron to the solution; however, there is no iron left in the solution! So then what do you do? Answer the problem or create a new problem that involves iron; or maybe both.Of course, you could attempt to create a new problem, to solve the first one. However, that would be a very long process, so you might as well just accept that there is no more iron in the solution and move on. There may be other solutions to this problem; but all of them require that you understand why it was that the iron was in the solution in the first place.A solution is something that you are able to make sense of. A sol ution is a collection of valuable information, a collection of useful tools; the collection of tools that you can use to make sense of your life. You need to find a solution; to find a way to solve problems. So whatever you choose to do, make sure you learn how to solve problems, or you'll never get anything done.