Marlon Dias

Hello,

My name is Marlon Dias and I have just finished my 1st year in University studying Biomedical Science. I completed my A-Levels just over a year ago and I want to pass on my knowledge to the next generation. I am also a stutterer and I will talk more about this later.

Are you a Year 12 student looking to get some extra A-Level Biology revision done over the summer to get ahead of your peers before the next academic year? Are you a Year 11 student who is concerned about the jump between GCSE content and A-Level content? Or are you just eager to get stuck into your A-Levels? If your answer is yes to any of the above then you have come to the right place.

I offer 1-to-1 A-Level Biology classes tailored to the AQA A-Level Biology specification for those students who feel that they want the upper hand in their A-Level exams. My sessions are 1 hour and 30 minutes long and I take lessons once a week. I primarily use PowerPoint to create and present all my lessons.

Each of my lessons are structured as follows:
- 1 hour - Learn the content and answer quiz questions in line with the exam specification.
- 30 minutes - Exam questions.

I also mentioned earlier that I am a stutterer. My stutter has been with me from a very young age and as I have grown I have become more anxious about it, especially when I became a young adult. I have heard that it is during a persons teenage years that they come to terms with themselves and try and find out who they are. During this process teenagers tend to compare themselves to others more often than they should. This trend is becoming increasingly common these days due to the developments in social media.

As a teenager myself I too began to compare the way I spoke to the way that others spoke and I soon became very anxious about talking in public. I even became nervous at the thought of putting my hand up in class. I was fortunate to have a friend group that did not judge me for my stuttering and rather supported me. However, I am aware that there are many young people in the world today that are not privileged to have friends like mine.

This is why I want my tutoring sessions to be a form of respite for stutterers where they can show up each week knowing that there is a person they can talk to who will not judge them and who will not laugh at them. As my classes are also 1-to-1 this also takes away to added stress of talking in front of a group of people. I am a stutter myself and as a result I will be in a good position to understand your feelings as I have probably felt them before to some degree.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.