Julie was sitting in a classroom,
writing something passionately in her notebook. It was a force diagram of a
simple pendulum motion. She marked gravity, tension, centripetal forces, other
things related to mechanics.
She didn’t understand. She didn’t
know why she got 10 points off for solving up the problem in a correct,
Newtonian way. Although her solution was different from that of other students
(who simply copied the solution suggested in the textbook, she thought), she
was confident about her own independent solution. However, when she went to Mr.
Jones’ office, she was surprised to see a large, red slash in her answer sheet.
She was bewildered and angered at the
result. She had always thought that Mr. Jones was not that logical (not only in
physics but also in the whole thought process), but she never thought that he
would give her such a big insult. Feeling necessary for explaining her
perspective, she asked him,
“Mr. Jones, actually, I cannot understand why my solution is wrong.”
Mr. Jones saw her in a condescending way (at least it’s what she
thought) and gave her a chance of explaining what she thought is right. She
confidently presented her solution. It was clear and brief. She thought her
solution could win over Mr. Jones’ “opinion”.
After hearing all the solution she presented, Mr. Jones started to
question doubts on her explanation. At first, she was confident about her
solution, but as few minutes passed, she started to feel doubt on her solution.
However, not wanting to acknowledge her ignorance, she asked for some time to
reorganize her thoughts about the problem.
And she was trying to mark the forces correctly in the diagram.
After organizing her thoughts, she stood up, and walked to the Mr. Jones’
office, with her face filled with shame.
“Well… I have to say that I’m wrong. I think I was confused of the
basic concept of force.”
“Yeah, that happens. Actually, I liked your passion and confidence
on your own idea.”
Although she found that reply unexpected, she just kept listening to
what Mr. Jones said.
“You’d better enhance the physics concept you have. Julie, are you humanity-oriented?”
“Yes, I am humanity-oriented.”
“Well…..although you may not further study physics, physics is
obviously the interesting subject to study. You know, everything is physics.
From miniscule atoms to enormous galaxies.”
After a little pause, Mr. Jones said,
“Anyway, it was good to do a discussion with you. I hope to see you
in an honored-physics-class. Have a nice vacation!”
And this was what altered Julie's academic interest and future career.
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