Let's be real
People complaining about gender and LGBTQA+ are the same ones who took "Physical Science" in high school because the real science class, "Biology" was going to be too hard.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Overlooking the alphabet-soup for a moment, is "physical science" an odd name for Physics, or does it mean something else?
If Physics, are you saying Physics is taught to a far lower level of difficulty than Biology?
BTW, I do see the irony in using the internet to say these people think Physics is not "real science" ! :-)
While turning to the many-letters-plus, why would the complainants link their sexual orientation to their academic ability? There is no such link in reality, so their complaints mystify me.
(I have just come from a PM conversation here with an American resident who explained to me that US schools teach maths in a curiously fractured way, to quite low levels. Consequently students advancing to higher education think some important topics including calculus are only for exceptionally bright ones. He studied electricity and electronics, which are of course highly mathematical, at college, but I don't know to what depth.)
If Physics, are you saying Physics is taught to a far lower level of difficulty than Biology?
BTW, I do see the irony in using the internet to say these people think Physics is not "real science" ! :-)
While turning to the many-letters-plus, why would the complainants link their sexual orientation to their academic ability? There is no such link in reality, so their complaints mystify me.
(I have just come from a PM conversation here with an American resident who explained to me that US schools teach maths in a curiously fractured way, to quite low levels. Consequently students advancing to higher education think some important topics including calculus are only for exceptionally bright ones. He studied electricity and electronics, which are of course highly mathematical, at college, but I don't know to what depth.)
FoxyGoddess · 51-55, F
@ArishMell I'm not sure why you choose to use a derogatory phrase sich as "alphabet soup" for LGBTQA+. As a person in that "alphabet soup', that is offensive. It is also denigrating. So thanks for that. Putting me into a ridiculous statements is a great way to start a conversation.
But physical science is the US's way of saying "Geology", "Chemistry" and other visible science outside of biology and botany that aren't a college grade class. Physical and Natural Sciences as the class the average person in the US takes just to get the credits to graduate.
But physical science is the US's way of saying "Geology", "Chemistry" and other visible science outside of biology and botany that aren't a college grade class. Physical and Natural Sciences as the class the average person in the US takes just to get the credits to graduate.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@FoxyGoddess Oh,, I am sorry if I offended you. That was certainly not intended. I am slightly bi anyway.
It's not the people I satirise but this business of society cataloguing everyone as if items in a warehouse. We are all just.. people, surely.
Thankyou for explaining the academic point. I think others count geology, astronomy and biology as the "natural sciences". I'm a bit puzzled though, how or why sciences other than biology (including both zoology and botany) are somehow rated differently from those. Aren't all the sciences of equal value or academic level?
It's not the people I satirise but this business of society cataloguing everyone as if items in a warehouse. We are all just.. people, surely.
Thankyou for explaining the academic point. I think others count geology, astronomy and biology as the "natural sciences". I'm a bit puzzled though, how or why sciences other than biology (including both zoology and botany) are somehow rated differently from those. Aren't all the sciences of equal value or academic level?
FoxyGoddess · 51-55, F
@ArishMell Physical and Nature sciences are a very brief summary of many sciences, and is considered the bare minimum of educational requirments. Science specific classes are considered higher level because they provide a more comprehensive view of a single section of a scientific study.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@FoxyGoddess I see. Thankyou.
I've tried comparing and contrasting that with my own school science education, in 1960s England.
I was in a "stream" of 3 from 6 forms in each year, which had a "General Science" syllabus. This covered Physics, Chemistry and Biology but not to great depth. The other 3 forms, the brighter set called the "Latin Stream" because they learnt Latin as well as the French we all studied, followed those three sciences separately and to more detail.
Had I wanted, and had the ability, to go to University I would have spent two years studying just three chosen subjects ( not necessarily any science) in considerable depth with the aim of passing "Advanced Level" examinations as University entry qualifications.
The system has been changed considerably since my school days, but the A-Level aspect continues.
I've tried comparing and contrasting that with my own school science education, in 1960s England.
I was in a "stream" of 3 from 6 forms in each year, which had a "General Science" syllabus. This covered Physics, Chemistry and Biology but not to great depth. The other 3 forms, the brighter set called the "Latin Stream" because they learnt Latin as well as the French we all studied, followed those three sciences separately and to more detail.
Had I wanted, and had the ability, to go to University I would have spent two years studying just three chosen subjects ( not necessarily any science) in considerable depth with the aim of passing "Advanced Level" examinations as University entry qualifications.
The system has been changed considerably since my school days, but the A-Level aspect continues.