<p>Some people get it.</p>
<p>Some people don't.</p>
<p>I'm in it this year. I am not much of a math person.</p>
<p>The teacher is the toughest in the school and completely intense and terrifying, while also being sarcastically wonderful and hilarious.</p>
<p>Share your stories? Was it hard for you, easy (you damned mutant children, yes YOU), entertaining, interesting, just a plain pain in the ass?</p>
<p>I'm very scared.</p>
<p>It's funny because I'm talking to my friend right now on the phone, and he is saying how hard physics is for him. The teacher gave an introductory packet and no one was able to do it. He said that he regrets taking it. I told him he should've done human anatomy like most people! :)</p>
<p>Physics is supposed to be hard. Even I, who loves physics, wants to major in it, and constantly reads about it, have a hell of a time with it. If you want to do well in the class, make sure you have a firm conceptual understanding of the concepts; I find those doing not-so-well miss this. Never stop questioning what's presented, and never stop visualizing situations to challenge it. </p>
<p>Have fun! Physics is a beautiful subject, and I hope you come to see that.</p>
<p>I find it really hard to imagine stuff - like the DC current thing - the way it rotates and all these stuff. And the rules are funny - "right hand slap rule" and all these weird right hand rules. Just the imagination is what I lack.</p>
<p>But I like it.. I used to hate it.. My teacher is really bad so I had to get a tutor but my tutor's realy bad also.. I had to leave the tutor. So I study it myself mostly.</p>
<p>if you are not a math person.. physics may not be as intriguing to you. as for me, i love both math and physics. and my fav in physics is astronomy.</p>
<p>My son's friends who love math also love physics (it helps that the AP physics teacher in their school is really awesome & accessible). In fact, that's one of the reasons he's taking his 2nd year of AP physics this year, with the same teacher.</p>
<p>If you have a hard time with math, physics can be more challenging. I had a tough time with calculus and physics when I was a senior in HS. My son doesn't visualize very well, but is OK with physics anyway, thank goodness. I imagine it would be very helpful to be able to visualize.</p>
<p>Son's AP physics class had over 60 labs last year, which helped illustrate the various principles the teacher wanted them to learn well. They had the same book used at USC & covered the entire contents, cover to cover.</p>
<p>I love maths
I hate physics
Yeah that's strange cause people generally like both but I'm just glad that the 2 years of physics are over for me and I won't be lookig at it for the rest of my life.</p>
<p>It is a misconception that you need to be a "math person" in order to do well in physics. I'm not particularly amazing at math, and I did pretty well in physics B last year (100 class/100 regents/5 AP Exam/770 SATII) and will be taking the C class this year. </p>
<p>The key? as knavish said, make sure you first understand everything conceptually. Once you do, the mathmatical models and relationships will become beautifully intuitive. Try your best not to become discouraged with something difficult, and if there is something significant that you don't understand, do not let it go until it is fully explained to you. </p>
<p>Physics is a beautiful subject...if you let it, it can literally change the way you look at the world. It's a shame so many students are turned off by the perceived technicalness of it all.</p>
<p>what was your SAT math score danhak?</p>
<p>I do believe that you don't necessarily have to be amazing at math to do well in high school physics. However, if you hate math, I don't suggest taking physics in college... it's just math with more logic. correct me if i'm wrong.</p>
<p>Math was always easy but I hated it (but I do like calculus).
I think that a lot of physics (some of the mechanics stuff) can be sort of interesting, but I LOVE the physics that is borderline philosophy, as in quantum physics of superstring theory and all that. I love my physics class because my teacher is great and recommends books to me so we can discuss them. I wonder how much I would like physics if I had a worse teacher.</p>
<p>yea.. i loved discussing the superstring theory</p>
<p>Hey arron56, have you read Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe? It's all about the superstring theory and time/space dimensions. It's an awesome book.</p>
<p>I'm interested in physics as well even though I am not much of a math person myself (used to be anyway). I want to major in astrophysics, if possible. Astronomy's totally cool.</p>
<p>what was your SAT math score danhak?</p>
<p>700</p>
<p>dragonreborn, I haven't read that book yet but it seems like a good book. I'll see if I can get hold of a copy.
and i'm still deciding between mech engg and astrophysics. </p>
<p>danhak, 700 is not a bad score. but let's leave tht math/phy discussion here. it depends on individuals i guess.</p>
<p>haha i was gonna recommend The Elegant Universe also, just shows how good of a book it is...
I did COSMOS this past summer at UC Santa Cruz, and my cluster was all based on physics. I decided to take it because I was always interested in astronomy and stuff like that....at first i really didn't like it though just because we didn't have a textbook and it was kind of hard to understand at first....then i read The Elegant Universe and I knew that I should still study physics and astronomy in college, it's just too interesting to pass up!
Anyway, I'm taking AP Physics this year so hopefully I'll start to like it some more! My dad says he breezed through physics, now he's a professor in a related field....i just hope the same's true for me!</p>
<p>I loved the Elegant Universe... and I hate both math AND physics! It was a pretty cool book.</p>
<p>im surpised ass isnt bleeped out but (P I S S E D) is bleeped out... as such ****ed</p>
<p>i'm in physics now and well i'm so bored. Its like the first day back and its a review of everything i did in advanced physics last year which i aced by some miracle.</p>
<p>Yeah. Conceptually imagining and understanding Physics can be difficult. The actual mathematics is easy.</p>
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It is a misconception that you need to be a "math person" in order to do well in physics. I'm not particularly amazing at math, and I did pretty well in physics B last year (100 class/100 regents/5 AP Exam/770 SATII) and will be taking the C class this year.
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AP Physics B is mostly conceptual and doesn't require much math skills, but Physics C and college classes for physics majors certainly do.</p>