Although elementary mathematics was still my best subject, it was like hell for me learning Additional Mathematics, constantly being behind everyone else and understanding concepts after we have already gone on to the subsequent new ones. As expected, I failed my Additional Mathematics for Mid-Year Examinations. I was downhearted. I had never felt so demoralised and discouraged for any subject before. Hence, this led to my efforts in Additional Mathematics being half-hearted and my confidence in the subject to drop. 

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I started putting in effort in Additional Mathematics, but it was not enough. When my End-of-Year examination results were released, I felt utterly disappointed and astonished to see that I had failed once again. I told myself that this could not continue any longer, hence I sought for a tuition teacher for Additional Mathematics, and got to know Ms Chua from a friend.

After going through Ms Chua’s lessons, I felt that the extra practice done really helped me to get the hang of new concepts. As such, I went into Secondary 4 feeling prepared for Additional Mathematics. I started to find doing A-Math questions fun as I could understand what I was doing for once, hence doing more practice during my free time. This helped me to improve drastically and I had achieved A1 for Mid-Year Examinations. Receiving my results, I was overjoyed and felt the tears forming in my eyes. I could finally say I have a chance in scoring well for my A-math during O-Levels! 

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In the end, I received A1 for my O-levels!

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Toh Shee Theng, Sec 4

Yishun Town Secondary

One of the challenges I faced when doing Math is not used to new information, thus it is hard to accept the info as it is (e.g. log, binomial), to me they seem so foreign and therefore I feel uncomfortable when learning them, I got help from Miss Chua and her explanations made me understand the topics that I was weak in better.

When I was unable to solve certain problems, I often feel frustrated and irritated, especially after many failed attempts. However after attending Miss Chua’s lesson and when I could solve the questions given to me, I feel a great sense of accomplishment and i become more confident.

My advice to students facing difficulties in Math is one should never give up and have the will to persist. Miss Chua is encouraging and I am grateful for that as it helped me to carry on when I faced difficulties.

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He Ningxin, Sec 4

Yishun Town Secondary

"I was not doing well for my Math from Sec 1 to 3. I had quite a few math tuition before I joined Math Note Learning Centre. It didn't work out very well and I kept quitting my tuition because I really couldn't understand. When I received my test result in Sec 4 Term 1, I was very depressed and I thought I needed to do something. 

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I joined Math Note at the beginning of Term 2 and my results started to improve gradually. I got a B4 for my Mid-year Examination and and A2 for my prelims. I couldn't believe myself that time. At the same time, I was very happy and my confidence in Math increased.

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I got an A1 for my actual O-levels! Thank you Miss Chua for your help and guidance!

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Keryn Teo, Sec 4 

Punggol Secondary School