Actually, besides a bunsen burner - alcohol burners were standard equipment in high school and university laboratories when you and I were still in high school. https://www.fishersci.ca/browseResults.do?cid=2643531

They may not be now, but maybe if you had been paying more attention then - you would have graduated with better grades, a better outlook on life and felt you had less to prove. I think by the time you finally got your high school grades up to let you get college acceptance - I was being solicited by some of the department heads at McGill to proofread Ph.D. thesis's and collaborate on a scientific book dealing with some aspects of abstract physics. And I think I had already been working with high tech teams on neat projects like guidance systems for cruise missles and optical targeting systems for military helicopters for about ten years before you eventually struggled through your first degree.

You're clearly a legend in your own mind, and dispite multiple suggestions in other posts that we try to use these forums constructively - it still seems no-ones opinion is quite as qualified as yours. This is supposed to be an EXCHANGE of ideas and experience. Not just an effort to see who has the biggest mouth.There are lots of other users here from a variety of backgrounds with practical experience to share.