Math is overrated. Start with the concept!
Do your teachers love math? Does it seem like pure bliss for them to crank through dozens of equations at breakneck speed? Well, I’m not a fan of that approach! Math is a tool and all tools have their best applications. If carpenters ONLY used their hammers, after all, we’d all be out in the cold! While we often need to know the math and comfortable with calculations, we don’t have to start there.
Most of my students are very good at knowing HOW to “math”. It’s the WHEN and WHY to “math” that’s the trouble. Start with the foundation: the concepts. Ask WHY something happens before you calculate anything. Ask what would happen if a change were made and vice versa. Tutoring and study are great places to build those skills, away from the gleeful abandon of the math-lovers. When you can tell me, in words, what you’re about to do, this tutor says you’re ready to dive in with your teacher and join the math-topia they so dearly love.
Physics and Math are hard! Ask your teacher for help if you need it. Ask me if you need more.