Re: physics final project

[Joe Heafner <heafnerj@VNET.NET>]

On Monday, Jun 9, 2003, at 03:26 US/Eastern, Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:

> I cannot agtee that high school courses should always be "fun".

AAaaaaaaaaaaaaarg!

> Students who go through high school having nothing
> but fun are in for a rude awakening when they encounter their
> first rigorous course in college or the demands of their
> first meaningful job afterwards.

Some of my students have told me that the only reason they stayed in
(college level) calulus-based physics was because I made it fun for
them. I don't always understand or remember just where I made it fun,
but this is still what they say.

Cheers,
Joe Heafner

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