My teaching experience began when I undertook work experience at a primary school in 2015. Upon watching the children swell with pride as they soared over hurdles, I learnt that a successful education is predicated upon more than just revision guides and textbooks. Therefore, my teaching ethos, especially for children who cannot easily cross those hurdles (such as those I tutored in Bancroft’s Tutoring Programme), is to resist an impersonal approach with my students but rather build rapport where the student understands that nothing they say in my ‘classroom’ is wrong, that curiosity naturally leads to a lot of failed attempts, and there is nothing wrong with starting from the beginning. My teaching style favours teaching in the specific learning style of each individual student. My teaching children with ADHD and special needs, and mentoring students throughout several university applications, has shown me first-hand that encouraging a growth mindset and a positive attitude engenders the best results. Having resilience in the face of new knowledge that one does not always grasp immediately is an ideology I aim for all of my students to internalise.