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Student Shares A Compilation Of Various Crazy Things Her 70+ Y.O. Physics Professor Did, And It’s Awesome
We all know what a huge impact a good professor can have on the subject they are teaching. Even the dullest material can become entertaining if the educator is teaching with passion, drive and gets a little bit of fun involved in the process. This is exactly what Tidewater Community College physics professor David Wright does. He is known among his students as a fun educator who’s willing to go the extra mile to keep them interested in his teaching.
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Recently, one of his students named Erica posted a compilation video of all the crazy things Wright has done during his lectures. The video quickly went viral and now has over 4 million views and nearly 800k likes. One thing is clear, the professor likes unconventional teaching methods and people love it!
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Wright who is in his 70’s and has been teaching at TCC since 1974 loves to demonstrate how physics works in real life. “If you just memorize all of this stuff, it would be a torturous class, if they get the key idea then everything else becomes natural,” he says.
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That’s why he makes his classes interactive. He uses toys, impressive experiments, and fun activities to demonstrate how the theories work. From teaching about liquid nitrogen by making ice cream to explaining the surface-tension by lying down on a nail bed, Wright never seizes to surprise his class.
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“If I don’t get excited about the subject, my students definitely won’t. If I can get people excited about science, that would be amazing,” the professor explains. Wright says that he hopes to get students thinking that everything in life relates to physics.
Y’all need to see this video collage of all the crazy things my Physics Professor did this semester😭. He’s in his 70s and is still doing all of this for us🥺💛 pic.twitter.com/JaICjzVB5I
— Erica✨ (@its_riccaa) December 11, 2019
Wright, who was given one of only 11 Outstanding Faculty Awards by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in 2002, is not only known for being a professor. He also served as a science consultant and scriptwriter for the NASA Science Files television show and also performs physics demonstrations at theme parks, he has even been on Saturday Night Live back in the day.
So I just emailed him letting him know he’s gone viral😭 we’ll see what he says. pic.twitter.com/AL8q1HuLL0
— Erica✨ (@its_riccaa) December 12, 2019
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Wright, who was given one of only 11 Outstanding Faculty Awards by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in 2002, is not only known for being a professor. He also served as a science consultant and scriptwriter for the NASA Science Files television show and also performs physics demonstrations at theme parks, he has even been on Saturday Night Live back in the day.
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MoonBeam 5 years ago
It makes me happy when I see teachers taking joy in what they teach and who they teach it to. This man is a gem. Hats off to Professor Wright!
NCC~1701 5 years ago
This reminds me of my current science teacher, though I’m in bio not physics. She clearly loves to teach and always gets so excited when she sees us enjoying it too. She does tons of hands on labs and is very supportive which makes one of my favorite subjects into an amazing class. She also has a great sense of humor and a knack for coming up the most most hilariously cringe-worthy science puns. So much more fun than I few years ago when I had a teacher who clearly hated his job. Not only did his classes consist of an hour of sitting at a desk while he rambled in with a boring slide show, but he also tended to get angry about his job and pay and would frequently take it out on us students for the smallest little things ex: tapping a pencil noiselessly on the back of my hand because moving helps me think.
Lauren Markland 5 years ago
So having lots of pracs/labs helps you understand the science? I'm learning to be a chem teacher and creating labs is so hard!
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MoonBeam 5 years ago
It makes me happy when I see teachers taking joy in what they teach and who they teach it to. This man is a gem. Hats off to Professor Wright!
NCC~1701 5 years ago
This reminds me of my current science teacher, though I’m in bio not physics. She clearly loves to teach and always gets so excited when she sees us enjoying it too. She does tons of hands on labs and is very supportive which makes one of my favorite subjects into an amazing class. She also has a great sense of humor and a knack for coming up the most most hilariously cringe-worthy science puns. So much more fun than I few years ago when I had a teacher who clearly hated his job. Not only did his classes consist of an hour of sitting at a desk while he rambled in with a boring slide show, but he also tended to get angry about his job and pay and would frequently take it out on us students for the smallest little things ex: tapping a pencil noiselessly on the back of my hand because moving helps me think.
Lauren Markland 5 years ago
So having lots of pracs/labs helps you understand the science? I'm learning to be a chem teacher and creating labs is so hard!
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