Re: percent success

["W. Barlow Newbolt" <wnewbolt@liberty.uc.wlu.edu>]

On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Sue Ramlo wrote:

> I think the word gets put out against physics by elementary school teachers who
> don't know much (if any)physics and feel afraid of it....and they project that
> to their students....and the cycle continues...
I think that the methods used to prepare teachers are much more likely to 
produce a literary person than a mathematical and scientific one.  The 
result is that teachers frequently don't like or understand physics and 
can't use mathematics.  Unfortunately, they pass these characteristics on 
to their students.  Makes it tough to teach physics!

 
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