tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post3133080299932804790..comments2024-03-11T04:40:23.756-07:00Comments on The Blog of Phyz: AP Physics at Rio... We hardly knew yeDean Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-48304471258971326962009-06-10T08:31:14.494-07:002009-06-10T08:31:14.494-07:00It is sad to see that so little students are inter...It is sad to see that so little students are interested in science in general in this country. They need to get kids interested in science early on (in elementary school level).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-91610845545974451592009-05-10T22:43:00.000-07:002009-05-10T22:43:00.000-07:00These are tough times for the world of Phyz. Hope...These are tough times for the world of Phyz. Hopefully there will be a light at the end of this tunnel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-86609387381608519202009-05-08T00:09:00.000-07:002009-05-08T00:09:00.000-07:00@J - Our schools are staffed on a typically ridicu...@J - Our schools are staffed on a typically ridiculous California ratio like 33/1. Our contract allows for up to 165 students per teacher. Well, 165 when times are good. Up to 178 when things aren't good. We're "lucky" in our science department to have a cap of 32 students per class.<br /><br />That said, you can likely tell a lot about a school's priorities by where it allows low-enrollment courses to run. The administration must weigh approaching the ratio against offering an AP course. Last year, it appears the priority favored the AP course offering. This year it favors approaching the staffing ratio.<br /><br />@Lee - AP Bio and AP Phyz numbers have been low of late. AP Chem draws well enough. Mind you, we get 200-250 students in Physics 1. We market AP Phyz to them, but interest has declined. <br /><br />A year-end article in the student newspaper last year expressed disdain for AP courses in general. Why would anyone elect to take a difficult course during their senior year? And then pay money to take an exam?<br /><br />@Anon - Rio's AP Physics began the 2008-09 school year with 17 students. Three dropped at semester.Dean Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-89487056520528115282009-05-07T21:52:00.000-07:002009-05-07T21:52:00.000-07:00Aren't there less than 19 students currently enrol...Aren't there less than 19 students currently enrolled?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-81822626803387412892009-05-07T16:26:00.000-07:002009-05-07T16:26:00.000-07:00Aren't there less than 19 students currently enrol...Aren't there less than 19 students currently enrolled in AP Phyz?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-37326311264703052572009-05-07T15:28:00.000-07:002009-05-07T15:28:00.000-07:00Dean, do your school teach AP Environmental Scienc...Dean, do your school teach AP Environmental Science? If so, has it drawn students away from AP Physics? Any ideas where they are going, or if the students have just all become lazy :-)Lee Trampleasurehttp://trampleasure.net/lee/index.php/category/sci-ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-41051406459176132582009-05-07T12:31:00.000-07:002009-05-07T12:31:00.000-07:0018 - that's not enough?!18 - that's not enough?!J Gatesnoreply@blogger.com