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What's in high school science and who's teaching it?

An article by Joe Wolfe, Sydney Morning Herald, 22/4/05 p13 (minor changes were made by the
editor)

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/HSC/WolfeSMH.pdf

Now I understand why my son – whose natural strengths are in the arts and
humanities and not in science – did so well in HSC Physics (indeed it was his top
mark): because he is very good at rote learning and social science!

Social science: All your subjects are belong to us.
Thanks economists.

But I used to be so good at physics at high school. I never
dreamed that it would have all this maths in it. I hate maths.

Yes, scientists and engineers we've been mislead all along.

On the other hand,

university 1st year physics = 3-4u high school maths