> Many schools let people into physics who don't know algebra. This has good and bad points. My sister went to one school, which let her take physics without t

> Many schools let people into physics who don't know algebra. This has good and bad points. My sister went to one school, which let her take physics without the algebra course. She was interested in Physics, but wasn't as good with math. Only.. in the context of physics, it wasn't so much of an issue learning it. It provided context. The same can be said about complementary courses: You can take physics, but you gotta take the complementary math as well. My sister was quite upset when she changed schools and they wouldn't let her take the physics course without the math course. Alternatively, many schools offer 2 levels of physics courses: One has the traditional math-focus and the other is usually labeled, "applied physics", which focuses on the effects of physics on things without the math focus. I think this lets folks understand the world around them without actually having to do the hard science - much like folks learn about chemical reactions and biology - and can understand it - without doing the math that goes along with it. In a way, it is an extention of the school being "intertwined with practicality" sort of thing in the second point.