What Do Physics Teachers Want?

To paraphrase Sigmund Freud,
What do physicists want?

It takes no psychoanalysis to figure out what teachers of the introductory course in physics want. They want students with experience and skills in quantitative methods. These skills are generally not taught in mathematics classes, for most of the topics and methods of mathematics have no need for quantitative analysis. Indeed, college mathematics majors in physics courses tend to experience particular trouble with laboratory work and with problems that involve numerical solution.