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I feel that I will be more interested and focused in hospitality than in maths, that's why. I have other ideas about what I want to do too - health sciences is not the only area I'm interested in. I'm interested in medicine, nursing, health sciences and veterinary nursing (I don't favour any one...

Yes Ivan, you can get into medicine with those subjects. The University of Newcastle/University of New England and the University of Western Sydney have no subjects listed as assumed knowledge for their medicine programs. The University of New South Wales assumes knowledge of English (Standard)...

No. I was not suggesting that all we study be the history of our scientific progress. I was suggesting that the history and philosophy of science should be a small part of the study of science. I don't know much about science, but I do know a little bit about it. Someone said that I should...

Please refrain from mocking me.

I'll take that as sarcasm. Actually, I'll take your entire post as sarcasm. Did you actually enjoy either of those science courses?

Well I think that the history and philosophy of science should be valued as a part of the study of science. I agree though that it should not feature so heavily in the HSC science courses. Can we get back on topic? Have any of the recent posters actually read the thread's title?

Hello all, TAFE says on their website that Semester 1 2010 applications closed on October 30, 2009. Does anyone know if TAFE accepts late applications? Is there any way that I can start doing the Certificate II in Animal Studies (to lead to the Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing) in early 2010? If...

Conjecture involves guessing or speculation. I don't think that I have guessed things. I don't believe that the HPS major would be available if history and philosophy were not important parts of science. I also have not actually made many arguments. I have just spoke about the HSC science...

It could help. I'd take biology or chemistry or both too, though. TAFE offers a Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing if you would like to leave high school.

Uh, if you're a truly committed scientist, I think that you would be interested in both the history and philosophy of science and the scientific method/scientific concepts. Sure, the history of science can be a bit boring for some - but personally, the history of microscopes in biology is damn...

Even if they don't pursue physics at university, at least they might remember a few cool things that they can tell their kids later on in life. Are you going to complain about poor scaling in physics? That would be ill-informed.

I disagree that you should not be pre-preparing. You don't have to, but it's not forbidden and students need not feel bad if they pre-prepare. Many teachers recommend it. And if it's just 4 sentences, 1 for each of the headings Orientation, Complication, Climax, Resolution; that's not much to do...

Even if a subject is listed as assumed knowledge for a course, it may not be needed or the course may over an introductory class for that subject. Calculus does seem quite cool. It is fun to say those names you mentioned too. Remember though, you can do maths in your own time, you don't have to...

The history of science is a part of the study of science. You can actually major in 'the history and philosophy of science' if you do a B Sc (Bachelor of Science) at the University of Sydney. It is understandably the most boring part of the study of science for many individuals, however. It...

My Pokémon dream team is as follows (all Pokémon are on Level 100 in this team): Blastoise Blissey Lucario Mew (obtained via the very useful 'Mew Glitch' in Generation 1) Raichu Typhlosion.

Okay, cool. I think that's the way to go then. I can see no other purpose for high marks for mediocre marks except for giving students something to boast about on their resumes (which just makes them look pretentious).

Why are you annoyed that your chemistry teacher has too much fun? Surely that's a good thing: having fun helps you learn, doesn't it? There's nothing else like a teacher who has no fun to kill a student's interest in a subject.

Surely, at least, you prepare a brief outline of the story's content - e.g. a sentence under each of the headings, Orientation, Complication, Climax and Resolution?

I disagree. Not everyone should do both Mathematics and English (Advanced). Mathematics is a difficult course, plus it's not even needed for physiotherapy (despite what course guides say) and courses like it. Universities offer introductory mathematics subjects that are either worth 0 cp or...

Get over it. At uni a lot of subjects have no syllabus.