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Tomorrow I'm taking a physics test to see if I can be a Princeton Review teacher. So this weekend I'm reviewing what is basically an entire freshman physics course. Which is kind of fun -- I always did like this stuff! I never actually considered doing physics as the maths just get way too crazy, but the really basic stuff is awesome. And useful! It's been mumble13plusmumble years since I last studied this, but a lot of it I've ended up using on a semi-regular basis, so I don't feel too lost. I'm pretty sure I could teach it convincingly, just worried about being able to recall it all at once to pass the test. It's a lot of material to cover in a single weekend. My brain is feeling a bit squishy right now.

I also have to give a 5 minute teaching audition, on something from the material. I'm thinking of using the mechanics of a rocket launch to look at basic issues of how an orbit works -- and how much harder it is to get into LEO than just get to LEO altitude. Pretty sure I can sell that.

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I'm so excited for you!

That sounds like **massive** overkill for your audition. Just FYI.

When I tutored high school students, IB physics was definitely the funnest subject! Tangentially, I also have Vol. 1 of the Feynman Lectures, which is a great philosophically insightful book, but which was a total failure at teaching Caltech freshmen when it first came out.

A most excellent topic for a lecture. Good luck squeezing it into 5 minutes. I have found the 5 minute time slot for a talk is the most difficult. Good luck!