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Montreal, secondary, AEFE, CEGEP

Catching up in maths and science: regaining footing without starting over

When a student comes off the rails, the problem is rarely the current chapter: it is an older foundation that is missing. I run catch-up work in mathematics, physics and chemistry in Montreal, tracing back to the real cause and rebuilding only what is necessary, as a mathematics tutor in Montreal with more than 10 years of experience.

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The situations where catching up genuinely helps

The marks have been sliding for months

Not one bad test, but a slope: 78, then 70, then 61. That is the classic sign of a foundation giving way under the new chapters. The longer it is left, the higher the stack of material resting on the crack.

A change of curriculum or of school

Moving from the Quebec system to the French curriculum or the reverse, arriving from France, entering CEGEP: the curricula do not lay the same bricks at the same moment. There are structural gaps to fill, and they are known and predictable.

Moving between systems → Entering CEGEP →

A pivotal year is coming

Before Premiere and its specialities, before Secondary 4 and its sequences, before an examination year: it is far better to enter the heavy year with clean foundations than to drag a weight through it.

A long interruption: illness, a move, disengagement

After a break, the student comes back to a syllabus that kept going without them. We cover the missing segment at speed, in dependency order, without making them carry shame about it: this is a logistics problem, not an intelligence one.

How catching up works

  1. 1

    Diagnosis: finding the crack, not the symptom

    A student stuck on functions usually has an algebra problem; a student failing physics usually has a mathematics problem. The first session traces the chain back to the real cause, idea by idea.

  2. 2

    Prioritising: the minimum that unblocks the maximum

    We do not redo three years of syllabus. We list the ideas the rest genuinely depends on, order them, and ignore the rest. That sorting is what separates a two month catch-up from a demoralising year of remediation.

  3. 3

    Rebuilding with progressive problems

    Each brick is laid with problems rising to the real level of the assessments, drawing on my bank of more than 6 300 corrected exercises. The student sees for themselves the moment it starts working again.

  4. 4

    Measuring, and finishing

    Regular checkpoints, a clear report for parents, and an explicit end: a successful catch-up is a piece of work that finishes, not a lifetime subscription.

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Catching up over the summer

Summer is the ideal window: no syllabus moving forward in parallel.

Free corrected exercises, in French

More than 6 300 corrected exercises to consolidate each idea as it is rebuilt.

Quebec secondary school

Secondary 1 to 5, the CST, TS and SN sequences, and the Ministry examinations.

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Formats, subjects, curricula and the working method.

Foundations to rebuild?

Tell me the student's year, the subject and how long it has been going wrong. After a diagnostic session I will tell you precisely what is missing and how long it realistically takes to fix. Quick reply by WhatsApp or email.

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