Category: General
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Episode 30 – Interview preparation
So you wrote an epic personal statement with classical rhetoric (Episode 29) to convince them that you are worth their time for an interview. The King’s Scholarship has an interview; at 13 years old, it might be one of the earliest interview opportunities. The importance of each subsequent interview may increase, such as for a…
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Episode 28 – Consolidation outline, start again?
Ideas, after ideas, and more ideas. I spent 2 months working on this blog, and the content is fragmented after so many ideas. This site needs a “defragment” process, Windows 95 users would know how long these can take. An outline (as I advocated in Episode 26) will provide a structure for my key ideas…
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Episode 27 – Checkpoint 4: Writing
The Road Map The approach is based on motivation and interests. The free WordPress account will enable the student to create a portfolio to show progress and demonstrate as evidence in future personal statements and interviews. The generic road-map is shown in Figure 1 below. Introduction to writing The General papers and the English creative…
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Episode 25 – Everyone knows something, no-one knows everything. But…
AI knows everything (on the internet) The story of “Anansi and the Bag of Wisdom” Retold by Lesley Sims, Usborne books, was about a Spider King who tried to hide a bag with all the wisdom in the world. He dropped the bag and the bag burst open. Wisdom travelled all over the world so…
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Episode 23 – Checkpoint 3: Start the investigation
The Road Map The approach is based on motivation and interests. The free WordPress account will enable the student to create a portfolio to show progress and demonstrate as evidence in future personal statements and interviews. The generic road-map is shown in Figure 1 below. Introduction to the investigation Now imagine your role as a…
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Episode 22 – Preview for the next Month (Feb 2023 to March 2023)
Introduction Writing forms a key part of the BE a Scholar Tuition approach. We encourage lots and lots of practice to improve the effectiveness of communication. Let’s write about topics that are passionate about, which will in turn make the writing interesting. This Episode will present the key topics we feel will help to increase…
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Episode 20 – Checkpoint 2: The Personalisation
The Road Map The approach is based on motivation and interests. The free WordPress account will enable the student to create a portfolio to show progress and demonstrate as evidence in future personal statements and interviews. The generic road-map is shown in Figure 1 below. Introduction to the Personalisation Personalisation can be adapted by yourself…
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Episode 19 – What should an 11-year-old know?
The answer depends on where you live in the United Kingdom. My AI friend told me the following after a few seconds. Should location defined what one should know? I highlighted the key AI points below. AI said, “The Scottish National Curriculum and the English National Curriculum have many similarities but also some key differences.…
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Episode 18 – Checkpoint 1: The Starting Point
The Road Map The approach is based on motivation and interests. The free WordPress account will enable the student to create a portfolio to show progress and demonstrate as evidence in future personal statements and interviews. The generic road-map is shown in Figure 1 below. The Starting point The starting point is to create a…
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Episode 17 – How does my approach differ from other tuition methods?
In summary, my approach is What are the deliverables? That does depend on how much effort the child put in. My role is to multiply that effort to be as efficient in learning and as effective as possible. Grade improvement from additional effort. We can discuss these further, if you are interested, email be.a.scholar.tuition@gmail.com for…
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