Can You Get Grade 9 Without Practice Essays?
Hi Sir, don’t know whether you’ll see this but I just wanted to thank you so much for your help with my GCSEs. For the whole two years I had been stuck on a 7, even in my mocks and getting a 9 in English literature GCSE seemed nearly impossible for me.
After my mocks, I decided to start watching your vids more in depth and read your revision guides and that made such a difference for me.
Although I never really wrote anymore essays in the months building up to my GCSEs, I was still able to get a 9 in English literature, scoring 146/160 (could’ve been higher if I had more time to answer the 8 marker on paper 2😢😢).
Even with reading all your guides and watching your vids, I still didn’t believe that I could get a 9, despite the fact you boast about all your students getting at least one grade higher. To be honest I didn’t really believe you lol.
But seeing that nine in English lit and knowing I got the highest in my year was more than I ever dreamed of, so I just want to thank you again.
Because of this, I have decided to take English lit for a level and I know you don’t make a level content which is really sad but if you could recommend any YouTubers that are even close to as good as you are I’d really appreciate it.
I just wanted to let you know to never stop making these vids because they do truly help and you do truly help people more than you’ll ever know.
If you have a postbox in which I could send you anything please let me know as I would love to do that.
Thanks once again sir,
Ada
My Thoughts
So, my daughter has moved to New Zealand, where she is teaching English. They do loads of coursework. She’s been in the school for 5 weeks. One of her classes is the bottom set year 13 (who have to do English). She was told, ‘None of them will pass.’
Anyway, she’s just taught them an assessment, and quite a few of them have got merits – better than a pass. But, she looked at their previous assessment, with their previous teacher. 100% fail. Which means they fail the whole year.
How is this possible?
I think it comes down to this – show students how to do well, and they will. My daughter knows that. The previous teacher? Not so much. Yet, knowing that they were still going to fail the year, loads of the class still chose to believe in themselves this time round.
It’s why I started my YouTube channel and why I write my guides. A student who is shown will find it easy to improve.
For many years this paid me nothing, and for a few more years, next to nothing. That’s not why I did it. It’s for students like Ada.
Few things beat an email like this. I would definitely recommend writing practice essays! But, I just love that Ada read my guides and watched my videos, and that was enough to get the highest marks in his year.
Even better, he is going to take A level.
It could be you next year.
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