The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)

[Alex K]

Do they try to teach physics and math to slackers in Germany?

Oh yes we do. We have the most efficient slackers btw.

[The Valkyrie]

Good to see you, Alex.

[Alex K]

Hi! Thanks for asking. Too busy IRL to participate in forums much. Family and job(s) keep me insanely occupied to the point where I sometimes don't have any spare time at all days in a row. It'll get better soon I hope, next summer the latest.

I taught high school physics and math for two years between aerospace/defense jobs. I hope that you are teaching the AP courses, because those kids are actually interested (or at least, their parents are pushing them). I taught entertainment industry brats at a private school. I'd have given a tooth for kids that wanted to be there, as opposed to sitting back in their chairs with their shoes up on the desk, picking their teeth, and asking, "When will we ever use this!?". My favorite question was "Why are you doing this to us!?". I told one of the other teachers that I should tell them "I've come for your soul. Give it to me now!" He had a chuckle out of that.

We don't have the exact equivalent of AP courses, but you can elect to have advanced physics as a specialization in grades 11/12 (and 13 depending on the state and type of school). Those then usually go deeper into electrodynamics and quantum physics than what I exerienced as AP Physics in the US (which roughly covered our standard physics in 11th grade. But the system is different here - if you don't want to go to college, you can simply graduate after grades 9 or 10 and begin an apprenticeship.

[Anomalocaris]

Do they try to teach physics and math to slackers in Germany?

Oh yes we do. We have the most efficient slackers btw.

Efficient and humorless slackers. The very worst kind.

[brewer]

Do they try to teach physics and math to slackers in Germany?

Oh yes we do. We have the most efficient slackers btw.

Duuuuuuuuuuude, that's so gnarly.

[Crossless2.0]

We don't have the exact equivalent of AP courses, but you can elect to have advanced physics as a specialization in grades 11/12 (and 13 depending on the state and type of school). Those then usually go deeper into electrodynamics and quantum physics than what I exerienced as AP Physics in the US (which roughly covered our standard physics in 11th grade). 

And here I thought all we needed in the U.S. to regain our competitive edge were tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.  

[Fireball]

I taught high school physics and math for two years between aerospace/defense jobs. I hope that you are teaching the AP courses, because those kids are actually interested (or at least, their parents are pushing them). I taught entertainment industry brats at a private school. I'd have given a tooth for kids that wanted to be there, as opposed to sitting back in their chairs with their shoes up on the desk, picking their teeth, and asking, "When will we ever use this!?". My favorite question was "Why are you doing this to us!?". I told one of the other teachers that I should tell them "I've come for your soul. Give it to me now!" He had a chuckle out of that.

Do they try to teach physics and math to slackers in Germany?

It was a Waldorf school, so in that case, yes. Though I'm in the US.

[pocaracas]

We don't have the exact equivalent of AP courses, but you can elect to have advanced physics as a specialization in grades 11/12 (and 13 depending on the state and type of school). Those then usually go deeper into electrodynamics and quantum physics than what I exerienced as AP Physics in the US (which roughly covered our standard physics in 11th grade). 

And here I thought all we needed in the U.S. to regain our competitive edge were tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.  

That's why they're doing this

[KevinM1]

Yo, I'm back, more or less.

[Minimalist]

Welcome back.

Did you miss us?