The tall tower of logic…
No matter how much you know, you can always find something beautiful hidden just barely out of sight. I think that’s what makes mathematics so special to me, as well as many others who pursue it in further education. For others it’s a chore, a requirement to be fulfilled. Why?
A constant in my life has been trying to show my peers that there’s more to this stuff than what they teach in high school. I think the way maths should be taught is through an internal drive to learn more, not an external pressure to meet a certain threshold. A big part of my teaching style is trying to prompt the curiosity of my students. If they aren’t asking questions then I’m probably doing something wrong, and there are no stupid questions!
Rowan Kodratoff
MMaths, University of Warwick
I completed my studies in 2020 with a focus on abstract algebra, though I enjoy a bit of topology too. Maths can be really interesting and fun, if done right.
I’m based in Caerphilly and currently offer online or in-person tutoring. I have lots of experience tutoring university students up to year 2, and a little tutoring for GCSEs.
What You’ll Learn:
- A deeper understanding of logic
- Shapes (geometry)
- How to do numbers properly
Worth the climb?
I think the hardest part of learning mathematics is the tall tower that you must climb. Each subsequent topic builds upon the previous ones, and so it’s important to make sure you’ve got the basics down before you can move on with confidence.
I like to think of the topics as the floors of a tower. You can climb up the tower as you wish, but occasionally you may get a bit lost! That’s when you have to go back down to some of the lower levels, before you can make your way up to the top.
I won’t say it’s not hard, but it’s a lot easier if you have someone to guide you when you’re not sure where to go. It’s gonna be a different path for everybody but at the end of the day, it’s worth it for the climb.
And what a view!
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