Smash Kinematics

[trustycrowbar]

Who: Gordon and you. YES YOU.
What: Physics class
Where: Gordon's teaching lab & the immediate grounds outside
When: Mid-Morning
Warnings: Ethically questionable treatment of sandbags.

Unlike most teachers here, Gordon had handled a physics classroom before--Grad students go to extremes for money. He figured a multiple-tier structure would work, two difficulty levels covering the same subject.

In this case, their first set of homework could either be a tame block of algebraic expressions or a sultry set of differentials depending the student's level. Either way, the the lecture and lab would essentially be the same.

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[notstevejobs]

Apple Kid puts his dogeared Lisa Frank notebook down for a moment and raises his hand. "But Mr. Freeman, what if we factor in the coriolis force already? Will there be deductions for being too accurate?"

Apple Kid, only you would ask that question.

[trustycrowbar]

...

[He fidgets his glasses.]

...No, I'm not that kind of instructor. You notice I didn't put any restrictions on significant figures, either. If you can work out the answer reasonably, I'm not going to take off points. It would just be more work for both of us, and for a point-one-percent change in accuracy. Physicists are lazy creatures, kid; you're going to see through this class that simplifying assumptions are everywhere, because we work smarter, not harder.

[notstevejobs]

"You don't build time machines by ignoring significant figures, Mr. Freeman."

You don't. That's not a thing that you do.

[trustycrowbar]

[He gives a very quiet laugh. Well he certainly isn't going to stamp that kind of drive out of him.]

...Alright, alright. As long as the work's consistent... and legible.

[It just occurred to him what kind of handwriting this kid might have.]