I never said that those questions were significantly hard. I stated quite explicitly that they are significantly harder than the VCAA 2017 exam questions. In lay man's term, VCAA 2017 mentioned 7th grade question, 1977 HSC (the real physics days), year 12 standard.
Sure the poster makes it somewhat interesting. I agree with you on a common denominator, however, as the broad scope of the course and study design, this is really an unrealistic expectation.
Sure the wave-particle duality was interesting. But if you want to make it really interesting talk about the real physics (when an observer 'views' the electrons and how they react). Also, explore delayed choice QM. To get a real feel for physics you really do need calculus, how the hell is counting the squares considered physics. It provides a range of values that practically destroys the whole accuracy of the physics investigation.
So you're saying, you would rather sacrifice the accessibility of a course just for your selfish needs of calculus and your biased views of "investigation"?
Honestly. I'm actually quite elitist about these things myself behind the scenes. I don't like how physics lacks the flavour of calculus and many of the perspectives true physicists use. But just because this was considered the norm four or so decades ago certainly has no implication at all about why this should be the case right now.
Seriously. All I can see in your rant is your insistence on favouring what
you want to see in your physics course, whilst ignoring the fact that there are heaps of other students out there that just want to enjoy a course and gain insight to a field of study that has traditionally been near-inaccessible in many people's viewpoints. All I see is you bashing out certain forms of assessment that you deem "unworthy" of a true physics course, which may be a reasonable argument at tertiary level studies but for the sake of secondary, where you've only been given a taste of things for the first time, is just absurd.
Not to mention that traditional teaching methods involving textbook grind and 100% theory have been statistically shown to produce lesser results in the long run. I have friends that are all in for the theory, and I too love theory, but that is not going to impact much at all in contrast to thousands of people who literally
want AND need other elements to facilitate their studies, and understandings of various concepts.
If you can't handle the fact that the current physics curricula across the country has been too dumbed down for your needs, just like I have occasionally with mathematics, then please do yourself a service and go self-learn the content and explore more deeply into it like I used to. Fact just is, everyone learns at different paces, and all I can see is you rubbing off your's.