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Why every single child needs extra maths tuition!

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Why every single child needs extra maths tuition!

My son is in one of the top performing schools in England. Certainly number 1 for Lancashire, just look it up if you really want to know. There are only 40 places each year.

He took an entrance exam in maths and English. I knew he would pass, because I moved for that particular school. So we worked for it.

He sits in one of my maths online classes. The foundation class. We cover basic algebra, fractions, percentages, decimals etc.

He is super fine with fractions, percentages and decimals. Because we worked our butt off for it remember!

But for some reason algebra seems to be another language. Foreign.

Now remember the point I tried to make at the beginning…he’s a clever shit and still, in year 7, new school, top school, clever lad, algebra was hard. Even lesson after lesson with us.

8 months into year 7, 8 months of extra tuition, 8 months of like terms, substitution, expanding brackets, factorising, making x the subject of the formula….and so on..the Penny has finally dropped!

It took 8 months (minus the school holidays) of theses topics week after week.

So is it any surprising that your kid in year 8, 9 or 10 just doesn’t get it? This is not your kids school by the way, that only does one lesson of each topic an academic year.

This is every single kid in the country does 1 (maybe 2) lesson on like terms in year 7. Then they will see it again In year 8…but just the once.

Then they do 1 lesson on substitution (maybe 2 if they are lucky), the next time they see it is in year 8.

And the same for expanding brackets, and factorising and… get my drift!

By the time they get to year 10, 11, they work their butt off …exam time!

You know I’m not telling you anything new, because you all went to school. You know this is fact!

Moral of the story 1: This is exactly how we get an A*. We start off early.

Moral of the story 2: It’s not schools fault. They have a curriculum to cover and they never get a chance to finnish it.

Moral of the story 3: If you want to point the finger, Probably is schools fault!

Number 1 school in England

Who do you know, who wants an A* in GCSE maths? Pass this on, you could be someone’s saving grace 🙏.

“Finally! How to get an A* in GCSE maths without working too hard!” (…in exactly 4 steps and 36 days, with The A* GCSE Math’s program ™️)

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Students Range From Astronaut to Brain Surgeons…

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One of our students on the A* GCSE Maths Program is a wannabe brain surgeon.

His mother took me to the side and said to me, “Help him find another job, one that maybe he can achieve.”

We certainly have a section where we encourage other job options (plan A, B and C) but the end goal is to find that job that makes them super happy and fulfilled.

But we never discourage anything, no matter how big. Or small.

A few years back I had a student who wanted to be an astronaut. I told him as long as your mum can afford the funding (about 200K last time I heard) you just get cracking with the studies.

I think he is trying to fund it himself as he has a bank job. The other week I sent him a link to apply to be a space astronaut.

Moral of the story 1: The sky’s the limit and nothing is impossible.

Moral of the story 2: But for this guy, outer space is the limit and it’s still possible.

Sky’s the limit

Who do you know, who wants an A* in GCSE maths? Pass this on, you could be someone’s saving grace 🙏.

“Finally! How to get an A* in GCSE maths without working too hard!” (…in exactly 4 steps and 36 days, with The A* GCSE Math’s program ™️)

To book a free trial session, http://www.mathproblemsolvinguk.com

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Cash Back Only for My Online Maths Students, Afrikana Dalston London

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My students are the most pampered ever, with cash back incentives! AND whoever heard of a tutor pampering their students! There is always a first.

At the end of a hard, gruelling year of A* GCSE maths, some attending 3, 4 even 5 lessons a week. At the end of the year, we treated them to a restaurant meal, Afrikana Dalston in London.

And to anyone who couldn’t make it, £50 cash back to a restaurant of their choice.

Its a new place opened up in town, (Dalston, London), nicely decorated with hip, lively music. The staff were cool and helpful. But most importantly, the food was something out of this world.

An experience from Africa, I would definitely recommend this place for a day out with the kids or your loved ones. For me, a day out with my students, a well deserved treat!

Well done to my students! I am super happy and proud of you all. For working hard and being diligent in coming online week after week.

Afrikana

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It Looks and Feels Better Than it Tastes, Maths Online Tutor Drinks Concoction of…

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Maths Online Tutor drinks a concoction of raw ginger, spinach, lemon, mint, lettuce, celery, cucumber, carrot and lots of squash.

It looks better than it tastes, AND it feels better than it tastes too. It just tastes…

As my doctor slowly eases me of predisolone after 3 long years of pain, I look for alternatives. Some legal, some illegal.

This drink is legal, but tastes illegal! It’s that bad. I thought I would dress it up with strawberries 🍓 but honestly who am I kidding?

Tastes like medicine! But Feels so good after.

But I’m also kidding myself if I don’t realise that deep down at a molecular cell level, something amazing, extraordinary is happening. 

Even though I wake up in pain, and it does nothing for my bone disease, my iron levels are up, my mood is up, my bulge has gone, energy up, and lots more positivity enough to make you sick of me.

I tell all my studentss on the A* GCSE maths program,  “Don’t tell anyone you get extra tuition, not your teachers, your friends, your family, nada!”

Why? It’s so good, it’s so amazing, they see it…and it makes them sick of you with jealousy! 

They will notice a confidence sprouted from nowhere. They will notice you are helping then in class. They will notice your homework is top’s.  They will notice your grades are better. They will notice you move up sets. They will notice that other people are noticing. 

Moral of the story 1: The teaching is better than the platform (I write on a school white board, school style platform)

Moral of the story 2: The feeling your child will feel after is better than the platform too.

Moral of the story 3: Its not the platform that counts, its what you feel and gain afterwards that matters.

Its how you feel that matters!

Who do you know, who wants an A* in GCSE maths? Pass this on, you could be someone’s saving grace 🙏.

“Finally! How to get an A* in GCSE maths without working too hard!” (…in exactly 4 steps and 36 days, with The A* GCSE Math’s program ™️)

#hatemaths #gcsemathshelp #passgcsemaths #mathtutoronline

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She got A* in Maths GCSE in 2020 Lock-down, Maths Online Tuition

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She got an A* all while being a carer 🫂 and looking after a new born, in 2020…in Lock-down.

Who? My daughter!

 How? Read on…

A* MATHS GRADE IN LOCK-DOWN 2020!!

Some of us are panicking right now. 😢. Lock-down again! No exams for GCSEer’s and A’Leveler’s. But rest assured. We have been through it once, we will get through it again. 🤗 

Don’t worry, stay calm

2018, I had a baby, caught MRSA from the hospital, thought I was going to die, 2 weeks later developed arthritis from my jaw to my little toe. Who looked after me and a new born? My other little girl, she was in year 9.

Did she get extra tuition because her mums a tutor? Not really. Once a week maybe, if that. 

How did she get an A* in 2020 lockdown?🤔

To start with, that one a week tuition she got:

🔴 Ahead of her class. 

🔴 Did 1 exam paper a week. 

🔴 Showed her teachers enthusiasm.

🔴 Did all the assessments to perfection. 

🤩 She was confident and happy. 

🤩 Exubed positivity. 

🤩 Whatever her grade she knew she did everything before, during and after. 

🤩 There was nothing more she could do and nothing less. 

My online students have got a head start this year. They get 4 lessons a week of tuition. More than what I normally recommend. 

They know what to expect in this lockdown. Extra exam practise, extra supplementary work, extra mindset work to make things happen. 

➡️ Your teacher will notice a shift in energy and enthusiasm.  

➡️ Your teachers assessments will also improve as a result… 

➡️ Your teachers expected grade will go up for you. 

➡️ There are more than no excuses this time.

Don’t worry (I know, I know, its easier said than done), but we have been there once before, we will do it again. 😄

She got an A* in 2020 Lock-down

Who do you know who wants an A* in GCSE Math’s, pass this on, you could be someone’s saving grace.