Dean, (love the name) feel free to attempt postgraduate mathematics and quantum field theory at your leisure. The rest of us have the HSC to study for...DeanM said:as much as i enjoy physics, and it is my best subject, i do agree with Dumsum... we are only told the facts and are expected to memorise how it and accept it.
take the BCS theory : i can write down what my text books say, but i have no idea HOW it works, and WHY it works...
hahaha that is sooo trueDumsum said:I mean it's as if they're teaching us just a shell of what there is to know. "Here's this, accept it at face value" without any real proof of what's going on. My teacher used to tell us about how 'back in the day' physics actually required mathematical ability, not ability to memorise answers on the issues surrounding science and politics.
Basically what I mean is, there's no guts to the course. They teach us E = mc^2, and that's it. A few months ago I watched a dramatised documentary explaining how this formula came about, and I was absolutely fascinated. Instead, the HSC course just gives it to us.
Chem is like 10 times more rote learning than physicsrnitya_25 said:i agree, which is why i so much prefer chemistry, because physisc is just rote learning and memorising mainly, other than the equations and maths involved.
Damn straight. I don't know much about chem but 80% of it is comprehension. I should (hopefully) be fine for the exam just by reading summarised notes.rama_v said:Chem is like 10 times more rote learning than physics
Seriously, you could have very little chemistry knowledge and ace the exam if you memorised enough answers