Reflection

This weekend I was wondering about how this Physics class was going, and I decided that it was the most awesomest class ever. Even though it has not even been a quarter yet, I am feeling the full benefits of the class. I see the world as a bunch of rules instead of random happenings. These rules that I have learned so far have helped me to relate to the world better.

Although I don't like tests and homework, I do enjoy doing labs and listening to Mr. Kohara teach us something new. However, I feel that homework enables me to enjoy the labs because I actually know what is going on. Classes are never phun when you don't know what's happening. And despite my anxieties for tests, they are also a necessity because they make sure that we know what we are supposed to know. Since my goal is to get an A and fully understand each concept, I have to really try hard and do good on homework, tests, and quizzes.

I would like to have myself study a little bit more for tests and quizzes so that I can get an A. I feel that I have been doing my best on homework even though there are some nights where I just have no idea how to do the problems. On these nights where I have no idea what to do, I take a very long time doing homework. This is probably the only time that I am not having fun for this class.

Saint Louis

Last night we played Saint Louis in the game of football. There were a lot of big guys on their team so I spent a lot of time on the ground. However, as I lay there on the ground after being blasted by a big Crusader, I thought, "Hey! This is not that bad because this is physics! And physics is fun!"

Big boys, who have more mass than I, have much more inertia, and have the ability to bowl me over with no problem. This means that their bodies are just a little more lazier than mine and their bodies want to resist the change in velocity more than my body.

The only way I was able to save myself from being flattened was if I juked the big guys out like how I did on the kick-offs... sometimes. From physics I learned that a bigger, more inert body would have a harder time changing directions. Therefore, as I saw an opponent ready to hit me at full speed, I would step to the side to get around him. This made him continue in the same direction that he thought I would be. As he failed to block/kill me, I sneakily ran around and thought to myself, "I love physics!"