Nancy Punia Physics Tutor

A 100 on Test 1 is not luck.
It is six weeks of work nobody saw.

Most schools run Test 1 in the next three weeks. Let us bring the same result to your kid's first test.

12 slots this week. 20 minutes. No charge.
Comment "100" and I will send you the booking link.

She got every question right. Then I asked her what acceleration means.

Silence.

Not "um, let me think" silence. Point-blank. She had just solved three motion problems correctly and could not tell me, in her own words, what the thing she solved for was.

That is not a bad student. That is a very good pattern-matcher.

Here is the strategy from the inside: read the problem, spot the variables, scan the formula sheet for the equation with those variables, plug in, solve. It works. It works on homework, it works on practice sets, and it works right up until someone asks her to explain.

Homework is built to hide this. Ten problems from one unit, notes open, no clock. She never has to decide what kind of problem it is, because the worksheet already told her.

The test makes her decide. Mixed units, closed notes, 50 minutes.

Then the AP exam does it again, harder. Half that exam is free response, and one of the four question types is qualitative/quantitative translation: explain in words why the math does what it does. You cannot pattern-match "justify your reasoning."

So we stopped. Definitions before problems.

An explanation means you are fine. A recital, or silence, means you found it in August. That is the good version of this.

I have 12 slots this week to talk to families. 20 minutes, no charge, no pitch. Bring me one graded assignment or one test, and I will tell you which of three things you are looking at: a pattern-matching habit, a real foundation gap, or a kid who is genuinely fine and does not need me.

Comment "Pattern" or DM me, and I will send you the link to the book.

You don't need to grind all summer, but walking in on Day 1 already comfortable with the basics is the difference between a kid who feels lost by Unit 2 and one who's ahead of the class all year.

So here's the end-of-summer checklist I give my students 👇

✅ Make a list of all the quantitative graphs
✅ Do one experiment-based question
✅ Explain Newton's 2nd Law to your parents : out loud (if you can teach it, you know it)
✅ Learn to justify Newton's 3rd Law
✅ Play around with PhET simulations
✅ …and yes... try a new food and get out to Yosemite before summer's gone. The physics ones build confidence. The last two keep them human. Both matter.

Save this and tick one off each week. 📌

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Parents, you asked for an AP Physics tutor who gets real results: here's proof.

This is a student I worked with. AP Physics 1 score: a 5.

A year ago, she couldn't even finish her school worksheets. That's the plan I built for her: weekly classes plus homework help, structured around exactly what she needed going into the exam.

If you want that kind of result for your teen this year, DM me "Year Plan". I'm happy to build a personalized structure around your child's learning needs for the school year.

Parents, this is the kind of result we're chasing this year. 🎯

A 5 on AP Physics 1: one of the toughest AP exams out there, where only about 1 in 5 students nationally hit that score.

This student couldn't even finish her school worksheets when we started. A year later: "I got a 5! Your classes and homework help sessions helped me out a lot." Her mom: "Beyond grateful: couldn't have done it without your help."

That's not luck. That's a full school-year plan: weekly classes, homework support, and consistent adjustments based on what she actually needed to hit this goal.

If you want this kind of result for your child this year, DM me "PLAN," and I'll build your child's whole school-year plan.