Learning high school physics

Most of what you are going to read are based on my personal experience as a student of physics myself. But, I think you should have a look.

I am a student of engineering now and doesn't do much of fundamental physics these days. But back in high school I used to enjoy it. More than anything else, the class textbook from the NCERT was my primary guide as I put a lot of emphasis on understanding the concept more than drilling problems or memorizing formulae. However, I was lucky enough to have done even the testing types of questions of the IIT JEE decently well.

But, after gaining good exposure to a variety of smart students at college I now think I have found a better way of learning physics. This is what I wish to write about here. To put it in a nutshell,

The concepts are short and easy. Learn them quick and easy.

Work hard on solving problems, raising the difficulty level slowly but steadily.

As I said, I used to spend a lot of time reading the textbook. I did that out of a clear need - to bring clarity to my understanding. Frankly, it did pay off.

But, what I am proposing here is that, there might be an easier way of achieving the same clarity. That is to turn to the 'right' resources. Right would mean good teachers, for example. Even If you are not so lucky, the internet, in my opinion has content from amazing teachers. (Have a look at my post on physics resources)

I am not advocating for shortcuts here, instead just trying to make time to practice what that really matters - the problem solving skill.