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To: TexasGator

It was 3 semesters of 200 level classes for engineers, also known as a “weed out” course.

However the Professor determined that it was more important to teach at the practical level and not the theoretical level. The physics doesn’t change and instead of teaching how to use the calculus equation and derive them down to their algebraic form, it was more important to him that we understood physics.


57 posted on 01/04/2022 5:52:32 PM PST by shotgun
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To: shotgun

“The physics doesn’t change and instead of teaching how to use the calculus equation and derive them down to their algebraic form, it was more important to him that we understood physics.”

A lot of physics cannot be understood or modeled without calculus. Basic calculations require calculus.

I can’t believe this ‘professor’.


58 posted on 01/04/2022 6:16:30 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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