Jim OB: Started with a very innocent statement by Gordon Brumm, Lakewood Logic Master, "Why does NCLB ask for physics to be taught in the senior year of High school, when it should be the first thing taught. All science is based on physics."
Just a couple of comments FWIW: Just because a child does not take a class called "Physics" until the junior or senior year of high school does not mean the child has not been presented with the basic ideas of physics each year in their grade appropriate science curriculum. Senior year AP Physics class involves more in depth study, and requires knowledge of higher math, especially calculus. Other physics classes are offered to 11th and 12th graders. My children learned about Newton's Laws of Motion in elementary school. Check out this link to the course descriptions for the science classes at Lakewood High School - and I hope Mr. Brumm will read them as well:
http://www.lnoca.org/lakewood/lhs/SCHOLASTICS/catalog/cat_science.htm
Jim - I think your "master of logic" label is a little over the top. No offense intended, but the statement of Gordon Brumm's quoted above is full of holes. So is equating a developing human embryo to a person's fingernail IMHO.