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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread encapsulates so much of what's wrong with this forum.

OP never said that her kid was interested in a top whatever college, or even an elite one. She merely asked if it would hurt their admissions chances.

The reality is that for 99% of colleges, not taking physics in high school is not going to prevent a student from being admitted. [/quote]

Maybe some people are saying that. Others, like me, are saying that you need to take high school physics to be a well educated person. And I stand by that. Doesn’t have to be an honors or ap. But I do think colleges should mark you down if you ignore science. [/quote]

It's laughable that you think taking basic HS physics is a foundation for making someone a well educated person.  Also, there are countless well educated people who didn't take physics.  Does taking physics expose you to more science?  Yes.  Does not taking it make someone not "well educated"?  No.  OP, not taking physics might be a negative, but if your DC takes a challenging course it it's place and does well, that should mitigate the negative.  [/quote]

I disagree with you.  As an English major who became a lawyer who took physics at a very crappy public high school 30 years ago and never wanted to see physics again. Forces, electricity, magnetism and heavier things fall faster.  At least a basic understanding of physics is really helpful in solving everyday problems like every time I plug in the hairdryer the circuit breaker trips and my car won’t start or is it worth paying $1000 more for this much extra power in an appliance. On a larger scale, my STEM kid has convinced me using language I understand that you can’t understand climate change without some physics. Being an informed voter and citizen and a human being able to carry on an intelligent conversation requires some physics knowledge. Physics doesn’t sit in a box alone. It’s a part of so many things in modern life.

That said, I wish for non-STEM kids, they would teach a more practical, less  you need Algebra II to pass the class based physics. You don’t need the mathematical solutions in everyday life to know after exactly how many milliseconds something will happen. But physics literacy is useful. [/quote]

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