A Really Memorable Physics Class
Here's a page full of quotes from one semester in a physics course.
http://complex.gmu.edu/people/ernie/witty/mohapatra.html
As you can see, few of them deal directly with physics... except maybe for
"It's like unshooting your anti-grandmother... well, I don't want to get sued by the anti-grandmothers association."
I had a (basic) physics class like this once, and truthfully all I remember now is
- "If you don't want to do physics...don't come and waste my time."
- "Coal power isn't as safe as nuclear power, but it can't wipe out the state of Pennsylvania if something goes wrong."
- "Speed and velocity are different...Velocity always has a vector."
And although I wasn't sure of what I was doing at the time, I did ace my subject SATs in them.
And the guy posting his quotes is still in physics. Something else must have stuck.
So...if you've never had a memorable course like this, you really are missing out on a very important educational experience. Even if you think you don't remember everything.
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