"I
am currently at College doing an IT/programming course, although I am
still unsure on the whole what I want to
do for my future.
Ron’s
mentoring was great, each mentoring session we would choose a section of
Maths that I knew that I was struggling on, such as algebra, working out
the mean, mode and range, fractions etc…
For
example, we would work on fractions, and Ron would then teach me and
tell me how to do fractions in his own way, and, if that failed, we
would work out a strategy together that helped us both work easier for
me and him.
Additionally
Ron would give me a target for the next mentoring session such as
learning multiplication for that week, then he would test me on what
ever he asked me to learn. Also, if I had any problem with what I was
learning in my Maths’ lesson, we would go over it and figure out a way
to learn about it, which helped me during my Maths’ lesson.
Ron
also liked to have a 5 minute talk before each session, asking how I was
doing, what I had planned for the future, places I had been etc… just
general conversation. I think talking to each other just for that few
minutes before going straight into the work helps the student’s
relationship with the mentor grow therefore making it easier to work
together, without problems.
I
thought working with Ron was great for my Maths’ skills. He taught me
a lot more about Maths in a better way for me to understand it than my
Math’s teacher would do. His strategies for working around problems
were always successful.
Ron’s
mentoring really did help me, he teaches using both visual and hearing
methods which I find is a lot better than just talking about it.
Ron
was great, he was always on time, he choose to mentor me when it was
best time for me, he liked to have a laugh now and again to make
learning more comfortable learning for me.
I am pleased to have had the opportunity to meet Ron,
and I found the whole mentoring experience at Rhyddings, invaluable to
my future success."
(Updated
02/01/07
)
