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...family. Perhaps there’s something that you’re already very interested in and you want to take a bit further. It might be that you want to develop skills that will be useful to you at university, such as studying independently, understanding how research works and communicating well. Perhaps it’s as simple as you’d like something to put on your UCAS statement, to...

...family group? Do you expect teachers to teach everything they know or just something they know lots about? Can teachers spend all day teaching something they find interesting? Should you expect students to study things they already have some understanding of, or of which they have no understanding? Can students spend all day studying something they find interesting? And...

...family think about mathematics: “My mum doesn’t really like me asking her because she thinks she doesn’t have a maths brain. She thinks that she’s got more of an English brain than anything else.” Not surprisingly, Molly was not the only child who made that kind of comment. Parents’ negative attitudes or beliefs do have the potential to negatively influence...