Was just thinking about this the other day and I would support this, but they could also just admit that physics is a maths subject and kids who don’t know calc should not do physics. Idrk what good a “standard physics” course would do career wise other than to get a taste for physics
Standard physics doesn't necessarily need to be "easy" or over-simplified I think. If they make standard the same syllabus as it is now with all the history stuff and then make advanced a bit more calculations and applications based, it'd be win-win. But in saying that advanced would have to learn all the standard stuff and then some which might add up to a lot. I think it only works for maths since we've been doing it since yr7.
cool idea but it’s unfortunately not practical, many schools barely have enough students/teachers for a physics class as is, let alone with the cohort split in 2.
Even then, 19 marks of essays and experiment regurgitation does NOT belong in "standard physics" since essays regurgitating historical experiments is NOT physics
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It's already like this. However 2025 paper was an anomaly in the sense it had like 19 marks of pure essays, in addition to other experiment regurgitation questions. So basically 30% of the entire paper was dedicated to useless regurgitation and memory tests.
Thank goodness I dropped Oml I did not realise
old syllabus wasn't that bad compared to HSC physics tbh, I'd say the old engineering studies syllabus might even be better than current hsc physics (which isn't a major feat) just cause it's slightly more practical.Thank goodness I dropped Oml I did not realise
Now clearly I'm not the dumb cunt that these essays are targeted towards as I can answer ALL HSC past paper calculation questions. These regurgitation questions are only targeted towards people who may not be that intelligent, but have English Advanced writing skills. 
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What a nice syllabus they must have.
Taking a quick look at New Zealand HS physics exams, I come to notice how garbage Physics education is in Australia as a whole, however this is only made more apparent when looking at the joke of NSW.
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This definitely would make 1st year engineering (therefore the rest of uni) way easier. It actually DOES prepare you for questions you'd see in 1st year engineering. Not only that, it manages to do this while still including woke cultural indigenous content (atleast they aren't regurgitation case studies which you have to memorise. In these questions, it's clear you have to apply knowledge on the spot). International students ARE advantaged thanks to a joke of a syllabus (mainly NSW's fault though). NSW thinks 20 marks of pure regurgitation is great preparation for tertiary studies. Seriously, the 'skills' you get from experiment essay regurgitation questions are NOT applicable in university. The skills you get from essay regurgitation are as useful as HSC English skills - absolutely useless 99.9% of times.
"but this is just math" ... no the fuck it's not just math, there are obviously underlying physical concepts you have to apply - this is physics.
Nobody fucking enjoys regurgitating experiment essays besides Eng(lish)tard kamala voters.
their formula sheet gives you a quick overview on what they cover. They cover rotational mechanics and capcitance, all while covering the whole of module 5 6 7 and 8.
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tldr: NSW Physics doesn't prepare you for university physics AT ALL as: syllabus way too shallow; quantitative questions asked are too easy, and qualitative questions asked are just pure regurgitation.
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Scholarship Physics assessment specifications and report, performance standard, and past exam materials