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From: Nick on 2 Apr 2010 02:23 Tak To <takto(a)alum.mit.eduxx> writes: > Hatunen wrote: >> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:07:06 -0400, Tak To <takto(a)alum.mit.eduxx> >> wrote: >> >>> Btw, I find the arrangement of the typical US high school >>> curriculum, in which biology ("life science"), chemistry >>> and physics were divided into separate years of study >>> totally insane. Why not study a little bit of everything >>> each year? Ditto for the division of mathematics courses. >>> An entire year of "Geometry" sandwiched between "Algebra >>> I" and "Algebra II"? Absurd! >> >> It's hard to learn a difficult subject a little bit at a time. >> Physics and math both require a sort of continuity as the >> concepts develop. > > I disagree with your "continuity" assessment. As high > school subjects, biology and chemistry consists mostly of > disjointed facts. Physics should be paired with the > appropriate mathematics level. Back when I was doing 'A' levels in the 80s (last pre-further-education exams) it seemed to many of us that physics and maths together were only just over 1.5 courses worth of effort. There was so much of, for example, dynamics shared between the two that all you needed to learn was the different letters for the same parameters. I also did chemistry and biology, and while there is some overlap (you start to touch on sugar metabolism for example) it's pretty small. But certainly the chemistry stood me in good stead when I got onto biochemistry as part of my biological degree at university. -- Online waterways route planner | http://canalplan.eu Plan trips, see photos, check facilities | http://canalplan.org.uk
From: David DeLaney on 2 Apr 2010 01:30 Mark Edwards <Mark-Edwards(a)comcast.net> wrote: >Mark Edwards <Mark-Edwards(a)comcast.net> wrote: >>>I find your attempt to use Ohm's Law to zap angels vaguely disturbing. > >No cluons were harmed when David DeLaney wrote: >>I wish to see further development of this MMORPG. > >You might enjoy the very strange trilogy of the Deepgate Codex by Alan >Campbell as well. Titles are "Scar Night", "Iron Angel" and "The God of >Clocks". I am indeed in the process of enjoying it ( http://www.vic.com/~dbd/books/booklist ) and shall finish enjoying it some time this year when the last one comes out in paperback. Also see _The General Zapped An Angel_, and the _In Nomine_ role-playing game. And, come to that, the _Nobilis_ roleplaying game. (Jenna Moran's third contribution to the hat trick, _Exalted_, is not so much angel-containing. Alas. Demons, yes, but no angels.) Dave -- \/David DeLaney posting from dbd(a)vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK> http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
From: Glenn Knickerbocker on 2 Apr 2010 09:08 On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:25:23 +0000 (UTC), Bryce Utting wrote: >the screaming hippos of death would be wallowing in the surf at >*Worthing*, of all places. Wait, the surf has overtaken the entire length of Beach House Park? Great. Super. �R // Failing is not just for failures, it's \\ users.bestweb.net/~notr for everyone. Failures just have more experience. \\ iamlistener.com
From: Hatunen on 2 Apr 2010 12:30 On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:23:01 +0100, Nick <3-nospam(a)temporary-address.org.uk> wrote: >Back when I was doing 'A' levels in the 80s (last pre-further-education >exams) it seemed to many of us that physics and maths together were only >just over 1.5 courses worth of effort. There was so much of, for >example, dynamics shared between the two that all you needed to learn >was the different letters for the same parameters. I also did chemistry >and biology, and while there is some overlap (you start to touch on >sugar metabolism for example) it's pretty small. But certainly the >chemistry stood me in good stead when I got onto biochemistry as part of >my biological degree at university. Before my senior year in college I realized that I could graduate the following June if I took all physics courses the first semester of the year, so I signed up for 21 hours [*]. Later I was asked how difficult it was. I replied that it was actually quite easy. In each class I simply learned another way to solve the Laplacian equation; it was more like taking about a third of hte class load. [*] TWIAVBP: In American universities sunjects are rated by the number of weekly hours they meet. A class that meets three times a week for one hour each is a three credit class. So is one that meets 90 minutes twice a week. And I've had a few that simply met once a week for three hours. That explanation is a bit simplistic, but it gives the general iedea. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Evan Kirshenbaum on 2 Apr 2010 12:35
Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> writes: > [*] TWIAVBP: In American universities sunjects are rated by the > number of weekly hours they meet. A class that meets three times > a week for one hour each is a three credit class. So is one that > meets 90 minutes twice a week. And I've had a few that simply met > once a week for three hours. That explanation is a bit > simplistic, but it gives the general iedea. If only it were that simple. At Stanford, the standard courseload was 15-18 units. (You had to petition for more than 20 and you went on probation with fewer than 12.) The number of units a class was worth depended primarily on how many classes the department thought you should be taking at once. If they thought their students should take three classes a quarter, it would be a 5-unit class. If they wanted you to take four a quarter, it would be a 4-unit class. If five, a 3-unit class. -- Evan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Well, if you can't believe what you 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |read in a comic book, what can you Palo Alto, CA 94304 |believe?! | Bullwinkle J. Moose kirshenbaum(a)hpl.hp.com (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ |