<p>in my physics b class we get homework on the first and second day about stuff we did not learn. There are many smart people in there and i never took physics and im pretty sure some others also did not take physics but the teacher did not even go up and give a lecture she just told us the book problem numbers. ***… am i screwed.</p>
<p>Is there even a physics that should be taken before AP physics B? lol. I took it last year without taking like… honors physics or something before it, but it wasn’t a problem.
You are probably screwed, because it sounds like your teacher is a lot like mine was… lol. Since your homework is out of the book, read the chapter, take notes, etc. Try and figure out the homework, and maybe go in early to ask the teacher about it?
If you’re like me, physics’ll be the only class you have to REALLLLLY pay attention in. Lol.</p>
<p>Have you had much experience with teacher incompetency before? Do you have any sort of workable background in physics? Have you ever self-studied any subjects? </p>
<p>If the answer to any of these questions is yes, I’m sure you’ll do fine! </p>
<p>I’d suggest that you try and talk to the teacher and see what her teaching style is. Maybe she just expects for all the first and second day stuff to be review? I’m in phys b as well right now and all we’re doing is one dimensional vectors, lol, which requires… pretty much nothing, in terms of special knowledge. Maybe some basic arithmetic, but that’s it…</p>
<p>For a general piece of physics advice, try and convert whatever word problems you’re getting to drawings or mental models, and be sure to write down your givens and what you have to find. Doing that should make any problem easier (and be sure to keep in mind whatever equations the chapter gives you as well – odds are you’ll end up having to use one of them ;] ).</p>
<p>3 letter swear word?</p>
<p>double u tee eff is what i meant but i should edit that out … sorry i was just really mad when i came home. Thanks for help guys. Moodrets, I will try your idea but I don’t know if I’m good at memorizing information.</p>
<p>Try to get secondary literature - go to the library and find books you can work with. For physics it was always Feynman for me - although there are no equations, you at least understand what is meant… But I’m not sure about your syllabus, so…
Study, study, study. On your own.</p>
<p>Look like you’re going to self-studying your way through the class. Enjoy!</p>
<p>My AP Physics teacher didn’t actually teach us much in class either. And I didn’t study much outside of class. That story didn’t end well…</p>
<p>I just ordered barrons and 5 tips to a 5 or whatever it called. so hopefully those will help</p>
<p>you picked the course, so find some solutions and deal with it. Read your textbook?</p>
<p>doesn’t seem unreasonable at all…</p>
<p>we started getting homework for physics b over the summer, a 72 problem set & 15 page lab, without any instruction. it was difficult, but we all got through it. the class itself was the most rigorous i’ve ever faced.</p>
<p>^ Uhhh if any of my classes had required assignments that extensive I might drop out… lol.</p>
<p>^ For AP Physics at my HS, last year (junior) I didn’t have to do the summer assignment because I took normal Physics first. This year, had to read 3 books for APUSH (one 450 pg, one 516 pg, and one 758 pgs!) Also had to read and do assignment over summer for AP Stats. But for AP Bio this year, the class had to grow a plant, record data, read a whole unit of the textbook (5 chapters), and learn ~200 latin words. But stupid me switched in on the first day of school (Tuesday) and now I have to make it all up in a week. How’s THAT for summer assignments!</p>
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Lol, because I’m in my second AP Latin class this year and I prolly don’t even know ~200 Latin words… bahaha</p>
<p>Yeah have a D right now in this class…Should get on that…(It’s pretty much because I can’t read-displacementDOESNOT=distance, folks)</p>
<p>I’m doing very well in my AP Physics B course (>100) but I have a story too. I’ve never really had a physical science course before and we started out having to solve a few scaling problems. I got all of the numerical answers right and provided an explanation. My physics teacher looks at 3/10 of the problems and says “explanation is not good enough” and gives me a 60%. I could have gotten a high grade by not doing those questions! </p>
<p>Anyway, the questions were worth next to nothing. My advice is that it may be hard at first but (at least for me) I’ve really started to enjoy it.</p>