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Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Specifically, because it’s non-vital information for the average person, I really do not think you can blame anyone for merely learning about it through memes. But I do also think this problem is much greater than just memes. I did not receive a better explanation during high school, despite opting for more advanced physics classes and us repeatedly telling our teacher that it makes no sense to us. I have to assume that our teacher did not know either. As such, I got the impression that more advanced physics is just devoid of any actual logic, which was a major factor why I decided against pursuing it further in college. Reading a proper explanation under a stupid meme, could’ve made the difference for me.

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stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
sorry I was in the assumption that most people know that it was simply a joke and it doesn’t actually work like this

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andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The teacher very likely didn’t understand either.

Physics isn’t considered an important enough subject to hire qualified teachers for. My state substantially simplified our physics qualifying test recently because it was “too hard” - and already it solely covered CM.

This will also factor into how they treat you as a teacher - you aren’t essential, you’re kind of weird and sometimes you annoy the math teachers by begging them to shut up about “cross multiplying.” I guess some states see physics as a “core” science - but where I am I can think of two high schools in a two hour radius that even offer intro physics.

In general, most of the people who sat in QM with me were able to find substantially better paying careers than I did. If you pursue mathematics beyond calculus, then usually you are qualified for jobs that will either pay you a fair wage or at least treat you better than teaching does.

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