Advice for 2012 (AKA - Late Night Rant)

I’ve just marked some Physics tonight and I cannot sleep

Why?

Well, the best way to answer is to revive something I posted to my previous students:

All my many years of thinking about how to best-prepare for the HSC has been condensed and crystallised into the (awesome & multilayered) diagram below. 

So,

*Before you ask about how you are going, or before you next submit a draft, homework task, experiment report or study notes, take time to ponder its’ mysteries. 

*Before you even think of handing me anything, ask yourself “Should I hand in anything that is below my absolute best?” ...

  

& also my dear Physicists:

Knowledge is power

A razor sharp sword

 But how will you wield THE SWORD?

There is a saying that a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing

  

How will you wield THE SWORD?

Will you clumsily and carelessly ignore what you have learned?

  

Will you fall on THE SWORD?

Or will you wield THE SWORD masterfully to smite your foes?

Will you wield THE SWORD to kick butt in the HSC like I know you can?

In Physics what is THE SWORD?

Or more correctly:

What is DE SAUD?

Data/Diagram

Equation

Substitution

Answer

Units

Direction

Omitting any of these is a serious Physics:

It is simple.

It is powerful.

It should be an easy decision.

But it is YOUR choice

FIRE UP!

Rant over