A couple of days ago I visited my high school that I used to go to before I became a university student. I talked to my physics and chemistry teachers; I also wanted to talk to my analysis teacher, but could not find him, unfortunately.
My physics teacher brought me the terrible news, which I was completely shocked by. The school is semestered (that is, courses are divided up into semesters) and — due to small size of the school and the low interest in physics — there is only one grade 12 (final year) physics course. And truly that is not the most disappointing thing, for there was only one grade 12 physics course when I attended the school, and so is in many other small schools. The sad fact is that the class was scheduled exactly in the same time as grade 12 calculus was scheduled. Of course, all people took calculus and were forced to take physics in night school, let alone those who traded it for summer school. There are 2 (!) people in the class!
This is disastrous! The physics education in Canada is very weak by itself; when school administration does such sort of violence, they are making closer the day, when Canada will not produce home physics students at all!
Posted by Nikita 