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From: Jon and Holly Dodd <doddinva@shentel.net>
Subject: [Phys-l] Getting more physics classes offered...
To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 7:17 PM
Hello. My name is Jonathan Dodd, and I am a relatively new
Physics teacher. At my school, Physics is only offered every
other year. (Hard to believe, I know. I've been trying
to change that.) Currently, I teach Biology and AP Biology,
but I am working on my masters in Physics currently with
UVA.
My school currently has about 650 students, and the Physics
class is only offered every other year. (That's 1 class
out of 4 semesters of classes) When I asked the guidance
counselor why that was, the response was that there was not
enough interest to offer more classes. Does anyone else have
a school that is similar in size to mine with more Physics
classes taught?
With the number of students in my school, I would expect to
see at least 1 physics class offered each semester ( we run
on a 4 x 4 block schedule). For the number of students that
we send to college that are getting science related degrees,
I would think that it would benefit them to have a high
school physics class. (I majored in Biology, and had to take
two classes of Physics.)
Does anyone think that it should be the guidance department
that encourages students to take Physics?
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