System Engineers’ tip to HKCEE/HKALE Math and Physics

Shortly after I’ve graduated with Mathematics and Electrical (and Computer) Engineering degrees, I realized a few supposedly difficult topics in Hong Kong’s Mathematics and Physics (Electric Circuits) curriculum was taught in unnecessarily painful ways.

Here’s an article I’ve written to show that it is less work to teach secondary (high) school students a few easy-to-learn university math topics first than teaching them dumb and clumsy derivations/approaches to avoid the pre-requisitesHKDSE EE Tips

Here are the outline of the article

  • Complex numbers with Euler Formula
  • Trigonometric identities can be derived effortlessly using complex number than tricky geometric proofs
  • Inverting matrices using Gaussian elimination instead of messing with cofactors and determinants
  • Proper concepts of circuit analysis and shortcuts
  • Solving AC circuits in a breeze with complex numbers instead of remembering stupid rules like ELI and ICE rules and messy trigonometric identities.

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喼神 Paul Ho (God of Briefcase) PAUL HO's unHOLY QUOTATIONs

PAUL HO’s unHOLY QUOTATIONs (All in Chinglish/English because SPC is an EMI school)

  • Open the door and see the mountain (翻譯: 開門見山)
  • There is a Chinese saying … (翻譯: 俗語有話…)
  • Don’t put your hands under your desk. People might think you are playing some toys.
  • Why you should not put your hands in your pocket?
    People might think that you are having a lucky draw.
  • Why you should not put your hands under your desk?
    People might think that you are playing some toys.
  • Detention Club: Lifetime membership
  • Fishing Club (上堂釣魚/こっくり)
  • Mr. Tso, a poet who can make a poem in seven steps (翻譯: 七步成詩)
  • ICAC might stand for “I Can Accept Cash” (When he taught EPA)
  • The term “tertiary industry” (三級工業) might have a better Chinese translation…
  • ICAC might stand for “Ice-Cream And Coca-cola”
  • ICAC might meant “I Can Accept Cheques”
    (I overused his “I can accept cash” in his Econ class, so he changed it to checks)
  • Good Family Education (有家教)
  • If someone is not happy with you, they’ll say hello to your family(問候你全家).
  • If you use credit card in King Fu, they might say hello to your family(問候你全家).
  • People don’t cry until they see the coffin (翻譯: 唔見棺材, 唔流眼淚)
  • Lots of St Pauls boys go to HKU……………………….for lunch
  • Kill the monkey to warn the chicken (殺雞警猴)

編者的話: 喼神雖然係懶,但佢嗰種老狐狸智慧喺一般學校裡面唔會學到。教得唔好唔緊要(喺聖Paul度讀都予咗至少一半係咁,自己執生係一門必修課),最緊要係佢唔煩唔管小事。喼神口賤(尤其係sarcasm)嘅功力超深,我喺佢身上學到唔少。如果你能豁開要佢教econ嘅期望,俾佢教都幾頂癮。

我認為係聖Paul教書嘅先生,教得好唔好唔係最大嘅問題; 最重要嘅係識唔識得同學生相處,同埋醒唔醒目。聖Paul嘅學生一般都唔會因為你係學校教書嘅就尊重你,都係要靠自己嘅真才實料(人際技巧係其中之一)贏返嚟。好似龍捲風呢啲得把口講,同埋超叔呢啲無自知之明嘅低B動物,要贏得聖保羅學生嘅尊重起碼要等多十世。我承認間中有啲學生會去認同啲無料到但好努力嘅先生,但我唔會咁做。

總而言之,係聖Paul教書都咪話容易,好多時都要睇天份。好似Ms Wai呢啲遲到早退嘅,偏偏係有料之人。佢火爆嘅脾氣反而教曉我有時對人好口啲好多時會幫你逢凶化吉。仲有我F.1俾飛機張教Maths大考38分,F.2俾Ms Wai教Maths大考全級第二,你話呢。


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Holo Fans Club: Hologarithm

師弟們向何老致敬嘅作品 Hologarithm. 基本上係 2005 年聖保羅書院會考(中五)畢業屆筆錄上堂同何佬交流嘅回憶。

Download:

Hologarithm v7.0

最尾頁嘅特別鳴謝嘅 Holo Fans Club

http://dogbert.servehttp.com/holofansclub/index.htm

係我當年貪得意整出嚟嘅網頁。已經棄置好耐冇 update。内容已經重新整理到 WordPress:

http://wonghoi.humgar.com/blog/category/school/spc/holo-fans-club/

師弟嘅 Blog:

http://ringo503cw.blogspot.com/2008/04/hologarithm.html

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Holo Fans Club: 新世紀何老主義入門 (by 趙克倫) Introduction to Hololism - A New Philosophy for a New Century

Download: 新世紀何老主義入門

新 世 紀 何 老 主 義 入 門

INTRODUCTION TO HOLOLISM
A NEW PHILOSOPHY FOR A NEW CENTURY
ORIGINAL BY
THORIUM HOLMIUM (ThHo) SULPHATE
(B. SC, HKU; CERT ED., HKU)
(19XX-20XX)
EDITED BY: SMALL POTATOES (B. PH. SC, HORNS., HK(CEE)= 9U)

 

發憤啊!
CH 1 聖保羅冇希望啦! 你睇吓, 人哋寶翠園影名校影英皇, 聖類斯都唔影我哋呀!
CH 2 你哋俾啲心機啦!
CH 3 DON’T CRY OVER THE SPILT MILK
CH 4 A. MATHS 都係大家係度鬥背數
CH 5 你地自己搞掂啦
CH 6 YOU WILL HAVE 3 TESTS NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY
CH 7 冇人咁做㗎
CH 8 PEOPLE USUALLY DO IT LIKE THIS
CH 9 我趕住上堂㗎
CH 10 數學冇 MARKING 㗎
CH 11 攞到 A 都唔恭喜你
CH 12 最多俾多十分鐘你哋
結語 香港水平真係好差! (如果你會考 MATHS 同 A. MATHS 考到 A 返學校剝佢棚牙)

 

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Holo Fans Club: 何老銘句 – 字字剋骨瞑心,敢人廢苦,頂心頂肺 俾何老寸過的人有如天上的繁星. 「眺那星,原來係我師兄」

  • Pythagoras’s theorem 有成 300 幾個 Proof, 你地一個都證唔到
  • 神愛世人
  • 你睇下人地寶翠園影英皇,聖類斯都唔影我地呀
  • 攞到A都唔恭喜你
  • 你地好劣呀
  • 發憤呀
  • 就算俾你攞到個E又點丫
  • 阿彌陀佛
  • 愛因斯坦五歲個時被佢先生當眾鬧佢低能,教唔掂。所以我唔敢話你地。
  • Why don’t start like this?……. (你用一版紙黎做, 佢用三行)
  • Use them (formulae) only when they are useful!
  • [她們有 boy friend 在 spc 的…..(聽聞)] 何佬同[我]講…. 「不智,未入教堂乜野都未定… 有好野自己收埋嘛~ 而家show左出黎就冇架喇… 仲有…. 俾人知道個 bf 日日講粗口、唔交功課… 上堂又訓覺 … 乜都知道晒.. 有咩好?」
  • 人此終都要死ga……
  •  exam is coming/waiting for us…..
  •  Lots of St Pauls boys go to HKU……………………….for lunch

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Holo Fans Club: FAN 屎來信

From: “Anthony Mak” <anthomak@hotmail.com>
Subject: 何佬啊!快D更新呀!
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:16:19 +0800

以下兩宗乃真人真事!一定要登出!!!
或者只登他說的最後一句…

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二千零一年Easter, 何佬補D.
我有D悶, 便轉身向林屴汧問: “如果你老母是x五次,咁D你老母是乜?”
佢好快答: “五既x四次.”
佢隔離的問佢講乜,佢就較大聲地覆述一次.
豈料何佬聽到,便轉身說:”做敗類都要做斯文D既….”

同年, 何佬寫十條功課在黑板上.
一位叫魏炮灰(花名)的同學說: “唔係卦! 咁多!”
何佬同佢講: “(D功課)少你都唔做啦!”
??? 係唔係精警地講粗口??????

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可能何佬只是同我地班講過, 但我希望這兩件事人人(支持HOLOFANSCLUB的人)都知…
如果對上述事件有懷疑, 可以問沈宏基同李匡架… 睇我ICQinfo都得…

麥健熙(anthomak@hotmail.com) ICQ#: 160432281
4F (2001-2002) Maths, A. Maths
5F (2002-2003) Maths, A. Maths

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