I had a lucky experience taking HS calculus the semester before as physics. I saw other students torturing themselves memorizing the formulae from the physics t

I had a lucky experience taking HS calculus the semester before as physics. I saw other students torturing themselves memorizing the formulae from the physics text and even then struggling to apply it to novel problems. For the most part, knowing basic calc, it was possible to just draw a free body diagram and either integrate or take a derivative to get the answer. Didn't memorize much beyond f=ma and v=IR, for better or worse. I still firmly believe that physics and calculus should be introduced together to provide a tangible and practical base to understand the mathematical theory.