<p>Perhaps high school counselors should have the public policy that one of the necessary conditions to mark the “most demanding” option on a counselor recommendation question for student’s curriculum choice is that all three of biology, chemistry, and physics need to be included.</p>
<p>They can also offer AP physics B as a first physics course (or perhaps call it honors) in order to neutralize the rank gaming effect of choosing physics versus AP biology or AP chemistry.</p>
<p>Regarding bad physics teachers, there are bad teachers in any subject, so why would a student necessarily avoid physics but not biology or chemistry because there is a bad teacher?</p>