Ian - Physics tutor - Oakville
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Ian - Physics tutor - Oakville

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Ian

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Ian - Physics tutor - Oakville
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Top-scoring International Baccalaureate (IB) student teaching Grade 11/12 Ontario University-level and IB Standard Level (SL) Physics

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About Ian

At school, you can find me eager to learn more about how our world works (especially when it comes to mathematics and physics); tutoring other students in relevant subjects as a volunteer; and operating under the role of Executive at our school's Physics Club. Outside of school, I am a competitive swimmer with the Milton Marlins Swim Team, aiming to compete at a provincial level by the end of my age group career; competing in Maths and Physics contests for fun; and investing my time into a summer research project on fluid sloshing dynamics. From all my activities, I have harboured a strong sense of discipline and resilience, as well as developing time management and organizational skills that will benefit me in years to come.

When I was first introduced to Physics, I instantly fell in love with it because of how strongly it integrated with math (another favourite subject of mine). I put in a lot of effort to achieve my goals in the subject, and as a consequence learned to value the process of learning far more than just achieving goals. I think that a life lesson that I will continually learn time and time again is that successful outcomes occur more often when you enjoy and love the process, rather than treating the process as a means to an end (i.e. outcomes). In other words, I learn for the sake of learning, not for the sake of a high mark.

I also learned that teaching others *how* and *why* physics works is far more rewarding than just *what* the physics is (or worse, not at all). This love of teaching led me to be a volunteer tutor at my school since 2024, and to create an open-source document for SL (and soon, HL, too) Physics notes for all my peers to use.

My past marks:
Level **7** SL Physics Final IB Grade

**99%** in Grade 11 SL Physics

**100%** in Grade 12 SL Physics

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The main part of my methodology as a tutor, especially for physics, is that I always emphasize learning *how* and *why* concepts and equations are the way they are. I don't just show you what the kinematics equations are, I take you step-by-step through the process of deriving all the equations so that you understand where all the variables come from. I also prioritize solving problems generally; that is, I teach students how to solve all similar variations of a single problem rather than teaching them how to just solve a single one.

Physics is a *very* difficult subject; as such, I curate individual lesson plans for each student and give plenty of practice problems--after all, no one can get better at what they do without practicing! Given the nature of the subject difficulty, I also provide study tips and advice on dealing with the pressure of the course on its own (and for IBDP students, coping with the pressure as a whole).

These lessons are for students in Grades 11-12 (or taking the relevant course) or for SL Physics students who are able to just pass the expectations of the course (i.e. 70% minimum Ontario U-level Physics, 40% raw minimum for SL Physics); for those under this, the best advice I can possibly recommend for you is to consider whether you are putting in the effort required of you to achieve the grades you want to get (a good rule of thumb is that to achieve high 90s or level 7s in this course, you need to be spending a MINIMUM of 2-3 hours per day learning--these are *really* tough courses, so putting in the effort is a key part of success, here), and if you are not at that level of effort you should work to get there.

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  • S$32

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  • 5h: S$160
  • 10h: S$312

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