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Christian
Christian
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Bath, Somerset
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Member Since: 21/01/2019
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My Qualifications

BSc
University of Bath
Physics
2.1  (2018)
A Level
St George`s College
Maths
A*  (2014)
A Level
St George`s College
Physics
A*  (2014)
A Level
St George`s College
Physical Education
A  (2014)
AS LEVEL
St George`s College
Chemistry
B  (2013)

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I am a lively, upbeat, enthusiastic and happy person that makes learning an enjoyable experience.
I have many different interests/hobbies (ranging from Music, to Art, to Weightlfiting, Snowboarding, Basketball, and so on), I love learning new things and telling awful dad jokes.
I have found that almost nothing is worth not enjoying life for and helping people realise a passion/ability for something they never thought they would enjoy (typically academia) is one thing I get great satisfaction out of. I guarantee to ignite a spark of appreciation for the sciences that was waiting to be lit.

I am also very happy to provide contact details of my previous tutees to testify to my abilities and personality. Being a scientist - you should always require proof!

Availability: I am currently working towards opening my own coffee shop and so being self employed enables me to generally be very flexible to suit your availability.

Willing to travel: 3 miles

Experience: I have been tutoring since late 2012. I have had ~12 private tutees (one-on-one tutoring) over the years whom I have helped through their GCSE`s/A-Levels in many subjects but focusing mainly on Maths, Physics and PE (which I achieved A*, A*, A respectively at A-Level). Whilst in 6th form I also worked at Explore Learning in Walton which became the most improved branch in the UK whilst I was there. This type of tutoring was very different (usually 6 to 1) with minimal personal interaction as there was no separation by ability/requirement. I left after a year and a half as I could offer so much more value to my tutees than was possible in this environment and the company was not willing to adapt even though it was in the best interest of their customers.

I have had only a few personal tutees up until now as I have worked closely with each of them leading up to their exams and really focused on personalising their tuition to what is most important for them to achieve the best result.

I noticed during my own time passing through the education system that the tests are generally algorithmic in nature. GCSE`s & A-Levels are highly predictable and it is possible to achieve the highest grade with minimal understanding/ability - there are patterns that can be learnt and applied to complete the questions if the past papers are analysed effectively.
For some this is exactly what is required, if they have no interest in the subject and will not be taking it further, so I aim to give them the tools to achieve the best grade.
For those looking to take these subjects further I do the same but also go considerably deeper into the topic to develop an understanding that will overall change the way they approach a question/challenge. I`m sure your children will be able to testify to this: at school, students are told the titles of the topics and they are treated as seperate entities when more often that not they are separate branches of the same type of mathematics that drastically overlap. Developing this type of understanding is what really will take my tutee`s academic knowledge to the next level.

I have BSc Hons degree in Physics from the University of Bath. The biggest thing I learned from my time there (and my year long working placement in London as a technology consultant for Deloitte) was how to break down a question/problem to `first-principles` (as my fellow physicist would say) and attempt the question from the ground up. This is a unique method in problem solving as it strips down the question to one`s fundamental understanding of the topic and enables you to solve complex problems with simple assumptions and logical methodical thinking. This is inevitably what I aim to teach those who look to take the sciences further.
It is very much possible to teach this type of thinking and problem solving which can be used in all aspects of life, contrary to popular assumption that academic results are "talent based" - hard (& smart) work is very underrated

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We have a total of 3 review(s) for Christian.

Zahida (Miss)
26/05/2019

3/5 Rating

Christian is a friendly tutor who ensures that his lessons are fun and easy to understand. My daughter felt that she didn’t benefit for the entire one hour as majority of the lesson was unrelated to what she needed help with. He showed videos on Physics experiments although useful but not when she has GCSEs topics to cover. The lessons were expensive and it’s a shame we didn’t get our monies worth. Now my daughter is studying and learning without a tutor using her own resources.

Tutors Response :

I apologise you felt this way. If you had said at the time I would have happily refunded you the lesson and really focused down on what was believed to be required.
Given your daughters fascination in the subject and ease at which she grasped the concepts I believed it was in her best interest to look beyond the scope of the course whilst also ensuring she knew exactly where the marks were coming from in the GCSE paper(key wording for specific topics, as previously mentioned her understanding was excellent but a few marks would have been lost from incorrect wording - which was addressed).
We had 2 fantastic sessions together which we both enjoyed greatly, we swiftly covered any topic for which she had misunderstandings or gaps (which were few) and after the desired topics were exhausted, then pushed beyond the bare minimum info required to correctly answer the questions and started looking into the mechanisms of these topics to really start understanding the concepts. This extra understanding will be showcased in the detailed 6 mark questions as her general mathematical ability and short answer questions were already well above par.

She will do well amazingly with or without a tutor and will go on to do great things.


Deborah (Mr)
16/03/2019

5/5 Rating

A young and enthusiastic tutor who gets on well with my 15 year old son. And thinks through his tutoring to adapt what is needed.


Emma (Mrs)
10/03/2019

5/5 Rating

Christian is an excellent teacher, he is able to make physics more interesting and understandable, he is very knowledgable and has been very thorough in preparing work ahead of the next lesson. I would not hesitate in recommending Christian as a tutor, my daughter has benefitted immensely in her extra lessons with him.


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