[Chad C. Mulligan]

How did he “ace” an honors physics course if he can’t handle basic algebra? Please.

[Getready]

“Aceing” means showing up everyday...zoom or in person.

[Olog-hai]

I see you caught that. Begs the question as to what the syllabus of the “honors physics course” entailed. Physics at its most basic form is indeed algebra (F = ma for example), and it goes way beyond pre-calculus (acceleration being the first derivative of velocity, for another example).

[jimfr]

exactly, maybe because they don’t teach algebra or physics. In those classes they indoctrinate wokeness.
Also, fractions are taught in 2nd and 3rd grades, way before the scamdemic for these kids; as well as algebra should had been before the scamdemic.
I call misdirect and lying to hide bad teaching before scamdemic.

[Observator]

No kidding, this sob story sounds like an article written by AI. How did trig come easy if he didn't understand functions?

The victimization mindset and first world problems are endless. The ironic thing is anyone with an Internet connection has better access to math instruction (from basics to real analysis) now than at any previous point in history.

[dinodino]

I thought exactly the same thing! There’s no way he aced physics but flunked algebra.

[Ikeon]

How did he ace the honors physics course in h.s.? it was a garbage course that obviously feed the students the answers to every test question. Ie: they watched a youtube video and spit back what they saw. They got an “A” for staying awake.

[LouAvul]

The “honors” programs in some inner city schools would be barely remedial fifty years ago.

[wintertime]

Obviously, the reporter didn’t “ace” physics or he/she/ze wouldn’t have written that.

He/she/ze is probably just another airhead graduate of a liberal major. Talking with one of these people is like chasing a roach around a kitchen table.

[pas]

And the pandemic should not have affected those since he would have taken basic algebra as a freshman.

[Gaffer]

Sounds like he aced the DEI, racial equity part of his HS curriculum.

I went to the North Avenue Trade School from 1977-1980...12 straight quarters. The first two years are the basic math, chemistry and physics requisites that prepared you for the specialization field you were likely to pursue.

At the time, the school (a University of Georgia one) accepted transfer credits, one-for-one, from places like Spellman, Morehouse, etc. So what you’d usually see were transfer-in rising juniors who didn’t have to take the two years of NATS preparation. I remember seeing entire classrooms of them, all together gang-banging their homework assignments in EE (my major). I also saw some of it during actual tests. I could only shake my head and realize that most of them, if they graduated at all, were bound to end up in government jobs. I’d really hate to see what the situation is like there now.