Physics is one of the most demanding sciences, but when the right people deal with it, it becomes extremely interesting. It is a special charm to transfer knowledge to younger people and motivate them to see physics as a solution and not as a problem. We talked about this with our Majra Šišić-Čaluk, a fifth-year physics student at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Sarajevo and mentor of students who record great results at the Olympiads.
Mathematics and physics are not subjects that everyone shys away from. Majra is an example that love for these objects simply has to be expressed:
I was always the person in class who loved math first. It came naturally to me that, when we got physics in the seventh/eighth grade, I would love it too. What makes one fall in love with physics is the element of life it has in it. It stimulates our curiosity to describe the things around us.
Majra gave us a concrete answer to the question of what is the biggest problem for students when it comes to physics:
The biggest difficulties students have are with mathematics. Because anyone can sit down and learn formulas, however, starting with physics in elementary and first grade high school hides the essence in the connection between mathematics and physics. Many do not realize that something they learn in mathematics, they can apply directly in physics. We all learn what a quadratic equation is and what the solutions are, however, when I get a problem in physics where we have that form, many do not know how to apply it and that they have actually already learned it.
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