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Physics Phriday

The events of physics class on Friday could only be appropriately told via a play written in the style of a Greek Tragedy.

It all started with //Driving Mr. Physics// and a graded daily question concerning GBTL the caveman, who didn't quite make the cut for the cast of Mr. Physics' action film, and the second part of the video lab (video of the ball). With nothing better to do, GBTL wandered aimlessly until he found a boar that looked delicious and he began his persuit. At the same time, Mr. Physics decided the big screen was far too demanding, and he moved on to local theater. Mr. Physics and his son Phil were rehearsing in the forest, they had planned a picnic but Mr. Physics took his work everywhere. The following act of fate was later published into a brilliant and inspiring tragedy written as follows...

Characters: GBTL the Caveman Mr. Physics Phil, the son of Mr. Physics a boar

scene: //This play of epic proportions begins in the forest where our hero, GBTL, is chasing a boar (his intended meal)//.

GBTL: Gerrrrbb!

boar: Squeal of terror!

//As the two neared the trap GBTL had craftily created, he chased the boar in the direction of the trap. The boar tripped on the rock, but rather than falling into the trap, the boar landed on the head of none other than Mr. Physics.//



Mr. Physics: Ouch!

//GBTL squawked in confusion as the boar escaped.//

GBTL: Gerrrbb!

//GBTL stamped his foot in a fit of rage and then cried.//

Phil: Dad, maybe we should help him.

Mr. Physics: Don't touch it, you haven't renewed your rabies shots!

Phil: GBTL, you just underestimated the velocity the boar would have as a projectile. If you had put the trap further away, it would have caught him. Let me show you; if Mr. Physics is the reference, and the rock is 4 meters to the left of the reference, then the boar's flight would have looked like this -



Phil: The VT graph has a positive direction and slowing down, the XT graph has a positive direction first, then a negative direction, and is also slowing down (speeding up at the end). What you need to do is move the trap to where Mr. Physics is standing, or attatch the trap to his head to ensure capture.

GBTL: Grrb.

//GBTL had a tragically short attention span and left to go home because he had forgotten what he was doing - except he couldn't remember where he lived which is also tragic and woeful.//

Mr. Physics: I should have stuck to action films.

Phil: Why do you have to make everything about you!

//Phil, discontent with Mr. Physics' fathering abilities, moved in with the boar. The boar proved to be a skilled father figure, and everyone lived happily ever after, for the most part, because we a VT-Graph Descriptions and Matching worksheet do on monday.

Sami Steele//