Zhanga: May 19, 2004

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004 (12 comments)

Since Pat now keeps a count of how often I mention this person and that, for each time I mention anyone I'll have to mention everyone else. Or, I'll just not write anything in here at all. Maybe I'll just make a list of names of everyone at Walton plus everyone else I know and just append it at the bottom of everything I say from now on.

I also have been barred from saying "good luck to everyone on their finals" so I won't say that.

Next person who makes up things about me and tells the world I said it will be eating a can of my grandpa's fart as well as all my pickle juice. Machine Gun (#4 or 5 I think) style.

I forgot to post the final Dutterism of the school year (well... probably not final) from yesterday. The count is at 55 for this school year. Let's see if she'll break 200 by the time she retires... lol

Whoa, 55 is more that even Charles. This is just one more reason why Dutter owns and why you should take physics.

Ok, I've been meaning to do this for a while, so I'll do it now. My review of physics... which will probably clash with other people's:

The highlight of AP Physics with Dutter... is Dutter. The number one reason to take it is so you can have an awesome teacher, who I'll admit was disliked by a lot of people at the beginning of the year. I don't really know how much people didn't like her, because all I'd say when someone started complaining was "DUTTER OWNS!!" so there was really no point talking to me about that. People liked her more second semester.

The fact that I enjoyed Dutter more than the class doesn't mean I didn't like the class. It just means I like Dutter more than a lot of things. Anyways, I like physics a lot (duh). There is a lot to be learned in her class, and no, I have never taken a physics course before like some thought, so I learned it all from Dutter during class. She's not a bad teacher as I have heard some say. You just have to be sure to listen to her when she's teaching because she won't go through new stuff a second time... which leaves you pretty screwed if you didn't listen the first time.

The work load is not insane, and it's definitely a lot less than chem or AP Lang. There's homework like half the nights, when there's maybe ten problems which really aren't that hard. Yes, some test questions are a lot harder than the homework... but even if you miss the ridiculous ones, you can still end up with a good grade because she square roots everything, and on top of that, her tests are graded out of 100 but the actual number of possible points may reach beyond 150 (which does indicate their slight difficulty). I have no idea how long most people spend studying for these tests, but if I did the homework decently, then studying during class change was workable. It's not like history where there's tons of information. You have to know a maximum of maybe six formulas for a single test, and one or two important concepts. You can figure out anything else you need to know from that handful.

I see physics as a class where you have to know the concepts at least as well as the formulas to get things right. If you can picture things happening, and you can get an idea of what will happen if you increase the force and decrease the mass, then you'll be fine. Just memorizing formulas will not get you past chapter 3, I promise. But if it makes sense to you, then the class will be a breeze.

Proficiency in algebra is essential, but not in calculus. You've gotta be able to integrate and differentiate polynomials (wow really hard), but you can just pretend to understand her when she's integrating six-variable insanity, which, she'll be disappointed to hear, is what I did. It is nice to know how to do those though, because that means there are less formulas you have to memorize (you can just derive them).

So the last thing is, why you should not take AP Physics. If you show any of these symptoms, please get rid of that class immediately. I am being totally honest and serious here:

1. She hates people who act stupid ("stupid" includes saying that you hate science, etc) - I'll leave it at that.
2. If you're taking it just for the AP point, then you must be the biggest moron that has ever existed. There were like 4 A's out of two classes this semester, so don't expect a good grade just for showing up.
3. Forgetting chapter 2 the day after the test - you have to remember everything that has ever been covered or you'll fail. Well, there's a few things you can forget, but only a few.

Far more so than any other class I've ever taken, AP Physics with Mrs. Dutter is a class that you should take if and only if you are interested in science, especially physics. If not, then you will not enjoy the class. I know teachers always give this routine to prospective students, but I think it is especially true for physics. So in short, take it if you're interested in the subject, and don't take it expecting a good grade. Dumb has a 68, and he's really not that Dumb.

Whoa that was long. On to other stuff now.

Tiffany convinced me to download a Korean song. But I'm proud to say that I shift-deleted it after listening to 45 seconds of it. I could only tell it was Korean after 35 seconds (it really sounded like English), so it was only like 10 seconds of Conscious Korean Exposure (CKE) =) I then successfully resisted further attempts at infecting my computer.

Why is it unexcused but inexcusable? I hate English.

I already miss McLeod and I haven't seen her for what, five days? What will I do!? Yes I know... what will I ever do without someone telling me I have short stubby arms every day? Nooooo!!! ='(

Umm if anyone would like to tell me when and where the AP Language exam is tomorrow... that would be nice.

2:54PM

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