>And should calculus even be treated independently of classical mechanics? Thank you. The value of calculus didn't really click for me until the next year in p

>And should calculus even be treated independently of classical mechanics? Thank you. The value of calculus didn't really click for me until the next year in physics, at which point I wished I had paid more attention. It's really unfortunate that you first have to drill high-speed high-precision symbol manipulation, devoid of any meaning, for so long before getting any indication of why you'd want to be able to do it. I like Lockhart's analogy: mastering musical notation, transposition, etc. before being allowed to play your first note. https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/LockhartsLament....