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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Physics is required in order to be an educated person. [/quote]

[b]I think required is a little strong[/b] but I know I really want mine to have exposure to physics before they get out of HS.  IB can make it difficult as you have to choose between 2 years of bio or 2 years of physics.

I have one that went with physics and one that went with bio.  The physics is challenging...only course mine ever requested to have a tutor. At $80 an hour, we did that for difficult units..not every unit.  Managed to maintain getting a As but it does require a lot of work.  Mine went from significant frustration to mastering most of the units but the work load is high.

Physics is not the popular choice at our IB HS.  Mist of the IB candidate choose bio

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I don't think so. Physics is what makes the world work, quite literally. One cannot be educated without a fundamental understanding of elementary physics. It is like saying that one can be an educated person without studying math, or literature or history.[/quote]

It’s nuts, isn’t it?  Somehow we think it’s ok not to have our kids understanding the basis of semiconductors, electronics, energy technologies, our understanding of the universe, all of engineering etc. [/quote]

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