http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/13/physics_for_fre.php All comments for Physics for Freshmen en-us 2008 Margaret Lyons Tue, 13 May 2008 16:24:59 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss margaret@chicagoist.com margaret@chicagoist.com 60 http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/13/physics_for_fre.php#comment-1361840 http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/13/physics_for_fre.php#comment-1361840 Comments Tue, 13 May 2008 16:52:24 -0600 <p>My biology professor in college had his PhD in PHILOSOPHY! Maybe L has a point?! Better yet, let's make ENGLISH a priority in college, especially given the lack of grammar one often sees around here...what?</p> http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/13/physics_for_fre.php#comment-1361801 http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/13/physics_for_fre.php#comment-1361801 Comments Tue, 13 May 2008 16:28:12 -0600 <p>Is there a link to a PF curriculum? I took physics in high school without calculus, but you would certainly have a less intuitive understanding of the subject... a lot of rote memorization. But are they paying attention anyway?</p> http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/13/physics_for_fre.php#comment-1361784 http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/13/physics_for_fre.php#comment-1361784 Comments Tue, 13 May 2008 16:09:38 -0600 <p>I got my biology degree and then went to get a philosophy degree...and I remember a saying that: All of biology is chemistry. All of chemistry is physics. All of physics is philosophy. Maybe schools should start with philosophy. :)</p> http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/13/physics_for_fre.php#comment-1361737 http://chicagoist.com/2008/05/13/physics_for_fre.php#comment-1361737 Comments Tue, 13 May 2008 15:43:02 -0600 <p>You don't necessarily need calc first. At my college there were two track for physics. One class used a lot of calc and the other didn't. I'm sure that this could be done at the high school level. I'm just wondering about staffing and whether this will have the effect that they claim it will. Is it really worth the hassle to shift?</p>