AP Physics

I wanted to thank you for those great videos you have.

They got me through AP Chem and AP Physics, especially rotations.

I'm studying Chem now at, like, a decently selective university.

Also, don't let the flat earthers get you down.

And it is just lovely to see you as a candle in the dark.

So, thank you very much.

Hey Professor Dave, I'm a high school teacher and I teach AP Physics.

And I was looking for materials and I used your video not only to help teach myself... physics, because that's not what I went to college for, but also to help me teach my students.

And then going into my senior year, I was like, I'm going to take the hardest classes in this school.

And so I took AP Calculus, AP Physics, AP European History.

And I was just like, let's see.

Let me test the limits.

And I was particularly impressed with the advanced coursework listed in the school's materials.

Offerings include AP Calculus AB, Pre-Calculus, Environmental Science, AP Physics, AP English Language and Composition, AP Lit, AP World History, AP US History, AP Spanish, which is interesting that a school that is really known for CTE is that they aren't like Shrinking down the language requirements, you can take all the way up to AP Spanish here.

And also, of course, AP Computer Science Principles, which you would definitely expect in a school like this.

It's a substantial range of advanced courses.

Episode seven, Romantic Literature, written by Flanagan, directed by Flanagan.

And episode eight, AP Physics, also written and directed by Flanagan.

So he did four of the eight.

episodes the first two and the last two and then in the middle it's a slate of hand-picked female directors uh and also his writer room is very woman heavy woman and non-binary heavy so he like he did what he he knows he could not do this story without hearing from and listening to women which i think already makes me excited for it and i think is a really smart move And then the other thing is, and I don't know how much I really believe, some people I think are sensationalizing a comment that he did make in the Entertainment Weekly article, which is he talked a lot about the other stuff of like this whole world and universe in which these exceptional people with TK or like The Shine or whatever exist and like the connection to Dr.

So it is happening across the board in a lot of places, including at mine's.

What I'm worried about with it, and I would love to hear your thoughts about it from the high school perspective, Allie, is that when students go into these tests, my son included, who's in AP Physics and AP Calc right now where he has both these opportunities, do they actually try their hardest on the first try, knowing that they can do it again? And there is data out there showing first attempt data.

on a retake model and a math class that I've seen versus a model where you have only a single attempt.

And the score on that first attempt is much lower, you know, tens of percentage points lower than it would be on the first, on the only attempt model, which to me says students are saying, eh, we'll see how I do.

Now, does it mean you're cooked? Not necessarily.

Let's take an example where you have, you know, good academics, you've taken BC Calc and gotten an A, you got a five on the exam, you took AP Physics, you got a five on that exam, you took AP Stats, you got a five on that exam, then you come in and you pull like a 720 on the math.

Is it going to hurt you? Yes.

Is it going to raise a flag? Yes.

Um, Um, no, my final, my actual final thought is, uh, I was just making fun of Patrick.

Um, my actual final thought is, uh, uh, I did my Barbie bungee jump today in physics, AP physics class.

It was really fun.

Um, it was just a great activity and I launched them at Ms. Conlon's, uh, window.

I got a four on AP English.

I never took AP Physics.

You're being racist.

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This student did take bio and chem in ninth and tenth grade, but they did not take a core science class.

They did not take AP Bio, AP Chem, or AP Physics in junior year.

They took an AP Environmental Science, which is generally considered a less rigorous AP class.

This is relevant to the student's hook.

These are fine, again, as supplements, but they are not replacements for the core bread and butter rigorous classes.

So that was a bit of a mistake.

The student, again, could have taken AP Environmental Science and would've suggested that, in all likelihood, given their academic interest and their positioning, but it shouldn't have been taken, uh, in lieu of AP Bio, AP Chem, or AP Physics.

So the student probably should have done Bio and Chem in ninth and tenth grade.