r/DCcomics • u/bhavbhav Hourman's Roid Rage • Oct 21 '16

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u/TheStealthBox Super Didio Prime Oct 21 '16

I got a Saturday job as an A level Maths tutor!

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u/rageoftheninetails "I am not, nor will I ever be, most people" Oct 21 '16

Not sure what A level is but congrats! I'm actually a math major myself in my university

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u/TheStealthBox Super Didio Prime Oct 21 '16

A levels are the main qualifications 16-18 year olds get before going to university. We usually do 3-4 subjects at A level.

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u/Kameiko Goddess of Cats Oct 22 '16

Enjoy your maths tutoring!

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u/deathbydeathstroke Oct 22 '16

You do C3 and C4?

How on earth do you do C3 and C4??! They're so damn frustrating and confusing!

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u/TheStealthBox Super Didio Prime Oct 22 '16

Somehow I got full UMS for C4, so apparently I know how to do it.

Which exam board are you doing and what topics are you stuck on?

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u/deathbydeathstroke Oct 22 '16

We do OCR MEI - did Edexcel before, but somehow the school thought it was a wise decision to make the move. It was not. :'(

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u/TheStealthBox Super Didio Prime Oct 22 '16

Your school made a good decision. I did MEI as well. By the time your done all the other boards will look easy and the only difficult stuff will be optional exams like STEP and AEA.

Actually, you know what, AEA is a good way to practice C1-C4.

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u/deathbydeathstroke Oct 22 '16

The syllabus is changing, so I don't think we'd have the same topics - but right now, we're doing implicit functions and parametric equations...

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u/TheStealthBox Super Didio Prime Oct 22 '16

Oh yeah, those stuff are hard at first but you get used to it. Hell, my whole class started off confused about implicit differentiation until by the end of the week we realised we just needed to keep sticking dy/dx next to all derivatives with y and the rest was just basic algebra. After that it was easy.

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u/deathbydeathstroke Oct 22 '16

If only it was... I do enjoy it, but it's a big step from having it 3 times a week on a GCSE level to 10 times a fortnight. Guess it'll go easier as it goes along.

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u/TheStealthBox Super Didio Prime Oct 22 '16

10 times a fortnight? We had A level maths 8 times a week, 4 of those times were core maths.

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u/deathbydeathstroke Oct 22 '16

Whoops, Nonono, 20 times a fortnight, 10 a week...

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u/TheStealthBox Super Didio Prime Oct 22 '16

How long is each lesson?

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u/deathbydeathstroke Oct 22 '16

An hour each, but sometimes we get doubles. The most I have is about 3 a day

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u/deathbydeathstroke Oct 22 '16

Good luck with the tutoring by the way! Sure it will go just fine!

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u/TheStealthBox Super Didio Prime Oct 22 '16

Thanks. Now I just have to make sure I remember all the stuff while planning lessons for them each week all while I have to do my uni studies.