When l was in Year 7 l went to a very bad school and the maths teacher l had taught us our 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7 times tables. Oh and we also learned to identify shapes like circle, triangle, rectangle and square.
When l came to my new school (Mamre) l was put into the advanced class. Never having used a textbook before, the instant l walked into the class l was lost. I had to look onto the persons work next to me to understand what was going on.
We first did percentages, fractions and decimals. I had no idea what these were so my mum took me to tutoring after getting 10-20% on my first test.
My tutor taught me fractions, percentages and decimals and l am so happy she helped me, other wise l would have "drowned" in maths.
I started tutoring again at the start of Year 11 (l am now in year 12) and l don't regret it one bit. Its just revision for me and l have one step ahead of everyone else in my class.