[Review] VCE Physics 3/4

[pi]

While it may not be the best subject, I think that severity of it's 'sucking' is exaggerated in this thread.

Well, the thread was made by me

[Hancock]

Haha, wasn't explicitly talking about you Pi. Just addressing general consensus

[Jenny_2108]

While it may not be the best subject, I think that severity of it's 'sucking' is exaggerated in this thread.

True, if it sucks, why do people keep doing it? haha

[SenriAkane]

True, if it sucks, why do people keep doing it? haha

It's pi` so you have to expect that he will say something about VCE physics eventually.

[Planck's constant]

Physics is great, Hancock.
But VCE physics is terrible.
And the most terrible thing about VCE physics are the textbooks.
I defy anyone to read read the Jacaranda chapters on the wave theory of light and understand what is going on. The material is not even presented in the right order. It reads like there was a change in the Study Design at some point and the material was hacked and randomly rearranged.

[Shenz0r]

From what my friends told me about VCE physics, it was just literally "plugging in formulas"?

[pi]

Says it all:

Actually you know what, I agree with Pi. VCE Physics sucks.

[Conic]

I think this video is pretty relevant, although it applies more to the UK. It does a good job of summarising the problems with high school physics.

[FlorianK]

I love this statement by one of the dudes in the video:

"As much as we wanna know about shakespear .... and what do I know about shakespear? its not a great deal, but I know a bit. And I think people, who read shakespear and are professionally into shakespear should know about quantum-theory at the level I know about shakespear"

[deleted]

LMAO this guy is actually 110% correct about everything, but I'm only doing Physics to complete my 'Asian 5' set + there aren't any other subjects that I would do instead of Physics.

Hoping to do well on Physics (probably my best subject).

[availn]

Hang on, was this always stickied? 

[Lasercookie]

Hang on, was this always stickied? 

I'm assuming that pi felt that everyone should read his unbiased review.

[sunny246]

be warned Ochlocracy
your tricked into thinking physics is enjoyable in units 1 and 2, altho i didnt do unit 1 i heard it was very (relatively) interesting. when units 3 and 4 come around, however, it becomes not a test of skills and knowledge but who can be bothered enough to do work for the subject because it is so unbelievably dry having to do questions that involve explaining why you should build some road at some angle

Is it very easy?

[BigAl]

I want to do engineering when I finish school... if that might change anyone's opinion. Oh and I chose Psych because I heard from others that if I liked Bio, I would like Psychology.

You don't need physics as long as you're doing chem in vce. For engineering, you'll have specific physics concepts in your area anyway..such as materials, dynamics, fluid mechanics etc...more like applied physics

[pi]

Just going to leave this here, this is what VCE Physics does to people... (from the mX)



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