Calculus Homework

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 12-01-2006, 17:50

lol. We do have calculus and chemistry and physics in high school here in America. I don't remember any of it because it's not my field which is why I suspect Ice doesn't know it.

They offer skippable classes freshman year in college for people who didn't learn them very well in high school.

**Masy** · 12-01-2006, 18:16

Learning Calculus? In university? Good lord. We did that when I was 14/15...
Now in Advanced Higher we are imagining numbers, and doing advanced Integral and Differential Calculus...

In Physics, we do wave and electricity phenomena... and angular motion...

In Chemistry, we do more on Organic Chemistry, Principles of Reaction (Stoichiometry, Equilibria reactions (acid/base buffers, indicators, et al), Electrochemistry) and Quantum Mechanics and Electron Structure.

God Bless the Scottish education system, and all it's lovable SQA-defined-parameter nonsense...I just wish they didn't place such a big emphasis on carbon compounds...they smell (literally too heh, get the ester reference? Good times).

On a less nostalgic note, this could make for an interesting discussion: which country has the most challenging education system? I have always been led to believe America's was pretty simple. I once watched a High School reality program where the seniors were learning about Moles, Gram Formula Mass and other chemistry fundamentals (which are taught here at age 14, standard Grade level.)

Also no offense meant, I am not implying Americans are stupid

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 12-01-2006, 18:19

Could be. I took biology 9th grade, chemistry 10th&11th and physics 12th. Obviously in their high school they do it in a different order?

**doc_bean** · 12-01-2006, 19:16

Belgium has a pretty 'hard' education system if you take the harder 'packages', however, since it's thought in packages it doesn't allow for much flexiblity to make it even harder.

I remember we had integrals in the last year but we didn't see organic chem like some other people seem to have had (in their system).

**Big King Sanctaphrax** · 12-01-2006, 19:18

Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

Could be. I took biology 9th grade, chemistry 10th&11th and physics 12th. Obviously in their high school they do it in a different order?

So you don't have to take all the sciences in all of the years?

I did a massive amount of organic chem in school, it was extremely annoying.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 12-01-2006, 20:09

Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax

So you don't have to take all the sciences in all of the years?

I did a massive amount of organic chem in school, it was extremely annoying.

Yeah one a year. In the year I took physics we did mechanics, electricity, and magnetism.

In calculus integration was chapter 5 out of the 13 we did.

**Duke Malcolm** · 12-01-2006, 21:13

Originally Posted by Masy

God Bless the Scottish education system, and all it's lovable SQA-defined-parameter nonsense...I just wish they didn't place such a big emphasis on carbon compounds...they smell (literally too heh, get the ester reference? Good times).

All that organic chemistry only comes in useful when 7 out of 23 suggested Advanced Higher Investigations involve making ethanol by anaerobic respiration in one way or t'other...

**Vladimir** · 12-01-2006, 21:25

Oh yea? Back when I was in High School we lad to learn quantum mechanics using an abacus (sheesh people, what ever happened to walking 5 miles in the snow?).

Edit: Curse the gods, first post on page 2

**Duke Malcolm** · 12-01-2006, 22:40

Originally Posted by Vladimir

Oh yea? Back when I was in High School we lad to learn quantum mechanics using an abacus

Abacus? We don't even have the luxury of an abacus! What I would give to have an abacus!

(sheesh people, what ever happened to walking 5 miles in the snow?).

5 miles? Egad, we walked 15 miles for 4 days out in the cold, wind, rain and snow! Wearing the same clothes and carrying all our belongings on our backs. Psh...

**Ice** · 12-02-2006, 03:02

It all depends on your field. It seems like it differs in America because they actually let you chose what you want to take, wheather it be hard, easy, science, english, mathmatics, or etc.

Saski is correct. I know some kids that took many years of Physics, Calculus, and other math classes in high school. I focused more on business classes and chemistry/biology because I thought I might have wanted to be a doctor. They don't shove things down your throat that you don't want to take.

For the last time, I've taken calculus before. I scored very well on the Advanced Placement test, and could have skipped to a higher course, but it's not necessary for my major, so why torture myself?