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PAYTON’S POST:

We encounter organic chemistry every day. When we interact with anything living we are interacting with organic chemistry. This is not only limited to our idea of "living" which is most of the time associated with consciousness. Organic chemistry is anything that contains carbon compounds. This opens my eyes to the world around me. The way that trees reproduce, grow and respond to their environment shows me that they are living as well. Not to get all tree hugger (not that it's a bad thing) but I don't think people think about trees being living beings since there is that lack of consciousness. This can be argued- since the definition of consciousness is "to be awake and aware of one's surroundings." That's a discussion on another subject. Doing research on everyday interaction with organic chemistry only solidifies my answer to this post. 

SHEMINN’S POST:

I can honestly say I really think about how organic chemistry is encountered in my everyday life, but if I think about the things that I may use daily then they would in a way connect with organic chemistry. A few things would be the soaps that are used in my house, like the hand soap, dishwashing soap, laundry detergent. These are products that could relate to organic chemistry. There is also perfume or even the types of plastic good products that are used by myself and family.

After reading the chapter and doing a little internet searching on organic chemistry and how it is used in our everyday lives, I was happy to know that I was on the right track of what thought organic chemistry was being used in my household daily. Organic chemistry seems to be in everything, for example candles, cosmetics and nail polish. Learning that most compounds containing both carbon and hydrogen are organic compounds, and that just about all compounds that is obtained from plants or animals is organic. I liked that one article mentioned that the best way to identify if something is organic the best question to ask yourself is " did it come from a plant of an animal"? That seems simple enough to help anyone identify whether something is organic or inorganic.