User:Wakenight/Will Peters
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| Born | William Peters August 27, 1931  Ploieşti, Kingdom of Romania |
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| Citizenship |  United States |
| Fields | Classical physics |
| Institutions | North Cross School http://www.northcross.org/ |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University University of Scranton |
| Known for | Teaching career in Physics |
Will Peters (August 18, 1931) is a high school physics teacher at North Cross School. He has been teaching at North Cross for three years, before which he taught physics at Holy Cross School for two years. He earned a Bachelor's Degree of Science at Ohio State University, and an MBA at the University of Scranton.
Peters currently teaches three courses:
- Conceptual Physics - a freshman course designed to introduce students without a strong mathematical background to physics.
- Physics 2 - a continuation of the previous course, Physics 2 is geared toward freshmen with a firm understanding of mathematics and coordinate geometry, and sophomores who have completed the Conceptual Physics course. Physics 2 follows the same "road map" as its predecessor, but goes much further into detail in each field of Classical physics.
- AP Physics B - AP Physics B follows the curriculum as laid down by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program, covering the five required fields over the course of one year. This course is typically taken in the sophomore year, following Physics 2, but may be taken in the freshman year with permission of the chair of the science department.
- AP Physics C - the AP Physics C course covers Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity, and Magnetism, employing calculus in problem solving and in derivation of equations. Students taking this course normally do so in the junior year, but, if a student has taken AP Physics B in his or her freshman year, they may proceed to AP Physics C provided they have either completed a calculus course or are enrolled in one at the time of this course.
[edit] Pranks by the student body
An unfortunate side-effect of being one of the more beloved teachers of the Upper School is that his classroom is subject to more pranks than the rest of the school combined. On any given day, at least one person will hide in his room behind one of the cabinets in the middle of the room, making rude hand gestures and walking around the room whenever Will turns toward his dry-erase board. Occasionally, someone else may hide under his desk, gradually moving the items on his desk to a cabinet in the back of the room, one at a time. The class will also participate in this, making noise and getting his attention in order to distract him from "other events".
In one such circumstance, he had an entire pot of coffee hidden below the sink in the back of his classroom. In another, he had someone hide inside the podium he taught from for the entire class period.
Recently, manny prnks have taken place using an infamous Staples "Easy Button" to further piss him off. The students believe them to be, at the very least, justified.
Although all of these acts are performed by some mysterious people, whoever they are, you can't deny, they've got style. ;)
[edit] Quotes
Feel free to add quotes.
- "Come on, group"
- "Swaak!" (his imitation of "Flipper", some godforsaken dolphin he made up)
- "C'mon Alex, get out of there!"
- "Hatch' City!!"
- "Nick City!!"
- "Now all you have to do is write down the formulas... (2.5 hours later) and there you have it, group, ~72.68N, any questions? Are we getting this so far?"
- "sQuack
- "What should we call this?..... How about.... HOW ABOUT HATCHCITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- Mr. Peters: "...and after you put it through the equation, you get...45 m/s/s. And the book says...32. Hmmm...The book must have a typo."
Morgan: "I think you have a typo." - "i might start handing out detentions group.. no better faces if i do. its fare game"
- "0,0,0" -looks like mr. peters has his 'O' face on!
- "come on group, lets get to our seats"...(5 minutes later) "group i mean it, really now lets settle down". "group, you little rascals you!"
