Evil Physics =(

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Physics is fun and pretty easy, I'm really good at it but sadly the grade often depends on the teacher - I have an A-/B+ right now in Physics [AP level] because my teacher is...strict beyond belief. Here's some examples;</p>

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<li><p>3 Grades per quarter. All tests. Homework and Labs don't count, but if you don't hand them in he takes off 1 point from your average for every HW and 5 points for every lab you don't hand in.</p></li>
<li><p>On tests, if you forget to put units in your work [but you put it on your answer], its -5 out of 100. If you forget to put it on your answer...-20. He doesn't grade by 'how many you got right', only by how many you got WRONG, with -10 usually for every mistake, so thus its possible to go into the negatives for a test.</p></li>
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<p>Interesting teacher. He says he punish's us with this to teach us to never do these things again by destroying our GPA's until we learn.</p>

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<p>So does it look bad on college apps if you get a C in Physics? Since a lot people say it's a hard class.</p>

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<p>well for a top college...yeah it will prob look bad. it depends on the schools you apply to.</p>

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my book is the most retarded thing ever </p>

<p>"Suppose you are being chased by an elephant running x m/s while you are running y m/s, suddenly you turn around and throw a rubber ball weighing n kg and the change in potential energy is U, find the initial speed the ball is thrown at"</p>

<p>-why the heck would you ever throw a rubber ball at an elephant???

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<p>LOL! That sounds just like the books we're using! There's another really stupid problem that I've encountered today: "A giant x-kg hamburger was made in Louisiana. Suppose you placed this hamburger on a 48 degree incline. What is the frictional force needed to prevent this hamburger from slidiing?" LOL.</p>