DS, first year sixth form, is really and truly stuggling with AS Maths. Upcoming January exam, likely, in his own words, to fail badly. Was deaf to our suggestions/pleas for a tutor - has found it so hard to grasp basic concepts that he'd kind of frozen up and finding it hard to get started. Now, on the eve of the exam, he knows he should have worked a lot harder, accepted help and he's reconciled to re-taking it, along with the second unit, in May. But highly unlikely to proceed to A2.
Also doing biology - going better - and physics - doing better and had been told that maths was a real boon to physics. True but doesn't stop DS from having had great difficult with maths. Such a huge change from GCSE.
He's also doing a non science subject.
Talking of medical science as a career - but would have to rule out anything that required, at A Level, maths or chemistry. I've done some looking around and I think that, especially as he'd have to mention all his AS grades, medicine (which he'd like) might be tricky.
Questions: Anyone had/has a DC who's made strides in something as (I think) fiendishly difficult as maths after getting good 1:1 support?
Anyone's DC's held back, as far as they know, by having to enter poor (including U) grades on an UCAS application?
And, do you know of any higher ed courses in a field of medicine science (medicine itself - one of the longer programmes?) with perhaps a more flexible approach to entry requirements? He's likely to have an AS maths (maybe not a high grade and which will include a re-sit of the January unit); biology, physics and history.
This is a turning point for DS - knows he's got to ask for help, to accept it and to stop using the computer as a prop - I think it's become something of a safety net - an excuse not to knuckle down to past papers, notes and text books.
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CerysBore · 13/01/2013 18:59
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