At my school, it's a really interesting course, because the teacher is a really cool guy- the only thing that really sucks about the course are the labs (they are really awful). I detest the labs, but the lectures are amazing, and if you understand calculus then mechanics is also just wonderful. I know lots of people say that they are awful at math and stuff, but people should realize that if they really want something- and they work hard for it, they can achieve it.
I really wish that education should be improved in the U.S. and the World. It is my belief that anyone can learn science, math, art, or anything that they want (unless they have a phyical/mental disability- that is a valid excuse). People definitely need to learn science- it governs our lives. Well that is my shpeel on academics.
One of the really cool things that we learned about in AP Mechanics was the Monkey-Hunter Experiment.
Suppose that one has a hunter, and his gun is pointed at angle theta at a monkey hanging from a tree (Figure 1.)
Figure 1. (Aamir's Cute Diagram)
Some people at MIT also conducted this cool experiment which can be seen here:
Learning about Motion is very interesting, because we use math to prove it all, and it works! I know I'm a super-nerd, and I love it. <3 nbsp="nbsp" p="p">
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