Meet the Yipiyaps

We asked the Yipiyaps:

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Which subject do you tutor?

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What's your favourite other subject?

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What are your other likes?

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What aren't you a fan of?

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What's your favourite bit of your subject?

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...and what didn't you find so easy?

Alex N

lightbulb  English

class  Drama. It’s great to practically study a subject that gets you working in a team…and analysing plays and literature at the same time.

thumb_up  I love getting outdoors. I am a big fan of hillwalking and have climbed the tallest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales!

thumb_down  Of big city life. It’s too busy and loud for me. Would much rather be surrounded by nature!

star  Discussions about characters or themes. I enjoy hearing others perspectives, no one is wrong provided that their answers are justified.

star_half  The time pressure of exams.



Aminah A

lightbulb  Maths

class  Maths and Chemistry

thumb_up  There are several things that I like to do which include baking, playing badminton and travelling with family (because who doesn’t like to go abroad!).

thumb_down  Onions (I can’t stand them), and extreme winters (now who likes wearing 20 layers of clothing?).

star  For maths it has to be algebra - As long as you know the basics and follow the rules you are able to solve very complicated equations. For chemistry it has to be the practical side as seeing reactions happen rather than just reading about them in a textbook and believing what they say will be observed, is very interesting

star_half  For maths it has to be the really complicated integration and differentiation you do at the end of year 13. For chemistry it would be memorising the reactants, products and catalysts for different organic reactions as they all seem so alike.



Angela J

lightbulb  English

class  I love science in general, so long as we go easy on the physics

thumb_up  You’ll usually find me either with my head stuck in a book, binging my favourite shows, or playing badminton

thumb_down  Flying in aeroplanes (I blame it on my travel sickness)

star  I think it's so interesting to see all the possible different interpretations you can pull out from a piece of writing, there's never one answer!

star_half  Creative writing under timed conditions!



Ashly J

lightbulb  Maths

class  English Lit because I like to analyse things and Psychology because I can judge people and how their behaviour could be linked to certain experiences.

thumb_up  Anime and reading.

thumb_down  People smoking near me because I have to hold my breath every time.

star  Ratio and statistics.

star_half  When maths questions require you to draw things.



Ayesha K

lightbulb  Maths

class  Biology

thumb_up  Binge watching shows, listening music and cooking

thumb_down  People who give spoilers

star  Learning about living organisms and natural processes.

star_half  Biochemical equations



Ben J

lightbulb  English

class  Drama

thumb_up  Film/TV (mostly animated stuff, so Disney, Pixar etc.) and video games (things like A Short Hike or Celeste)

thumb_down  Earphone wires tangling, or shoelaces untangling!!

star  Getting to write your own stories, and learning about the structure of an average story

star_half  Remembering all the different word classes, or knowing quite where to start with an analysis answer (takes a second or several sometimes!)



Centime B

lightbulb  English

class  Chemistry, because you get to take part in some interesting experiments.

thumb_up  I enjoy reading (particularly fiction), listening to most genres of music and cooking (especially when something is unexpectedly delicious).

thumb_down  I’m not a fan of jazz music or marshmallows (although marshmallows that are toasted around a campfire can be quite tasty)

star  That there is no definite right answer and that it can be a very creative subject where you have to use your imagination at times.

star_half  : I used to struggle with my timing in English as it was hard to think of content to write about under pressure. However, after practicing and timing myself with past papers I improved a lot.



Dani H

lightbulb  English

class  Geography, a subject I’m going to pursue at university – its versatility interests me the most – one day you could be learning about how a wave forms, and the next you could be learning about what a specific place means to various demographics.

thumb_up  Athletics, Dance and drama

thumb_down  Being underestimated (but I guess proving yourself and succeeding in the end is highly satisfying) & Melted cheese – sorry pizza lovers!

star  The chance to have freedom of speech (to an extent). No one is stopping you from writing down your opinion on a particular piece of writing, and you can delve so deep into even the smallest paragraph in regards to its meaning.

star_half  Poetry. We’ll just leave that there 



Deandra P

lightbulb  Maths

class  Economics - it isn’t all about money and can be applied to pretty much anything you can think of (Economics of Cinderella??)

thumb_up  Binge watching sitcoms, playing piano, going on walks and cooking

thumb_down  When people say ‘’yes’’ when you ask them a question which has two options

star  Algebra and Calculus - the proofs are pretty interesting

star_half  Science-y applications of maths - mechanics etc.



Donya A

lightbulb  Maths

class  Biology

thumb_up  Music, Poetry and Puzzles

thumb_down  Disorganisation, Loud noise and Violence

star  Problem solving and finding the solutions

star_half  How tedious maths can be. For example, I struggled with Probability but it did get easier with practice. However, the process of learning and practicing the questions over and over was tedious but once mastering it, it is satisfactory and worth it in my perspective.



Grace H

lightbulb  English

class  Definitely languages! I’ve completed A level Spanish and GCSE Japanese, and I’m looking for my next language to self-study. I also loved studying Music at GCSE.

thumb_up  Foreign languages, K-dramas, plants, stationery, and music!

thumb_down  Days when it’s neither rainy nor sunny, just cold, gloomy weather ☹

star  Creative writing! I feel like there’s so many possibilities with this part of the exam.

star_half  Hmm…probably structuring questions and keeping time? Not necessarily an assessed part of the course, but I used to find it difficult to not run out of time and keep answers concise!



Grace B

lightbulb  English

class  Favourite subject apart from English Probably History or Sociology. Find them the most interesting.

thumb_up  Listening and playing music all around, getting creative and pop culture.

thumb_down  Selective listeners, weather over 26°, and farm animals especially pigs. Fun fact pigs are cannibals!

star  The satisfaction of understanding a bizarre poem and reading novels.

star_half  Not a fan of writing essays under time conditions. Could never do it well and always disliked planning them.



Habiba K

lightbulb  English

class  Physics! - It’s a world that’s imaginative and logical!

thumb_up  Swimming, Writing and Movies (action, thrillers…)

thumb_down  Parties- forgive me but I don’t understand how they’re fun

star  Creative writing- Being able to express creativity is rare outside of the art subjects

star_half  Timed conditions! Its frustrating to rush your answers and not be able to enjoy the problem solving or texts you’re reading.



Japnbir K

lightbulb  Maths

class  I enjoy learning about biology and being creative in art

thumb_up  I enjoy playing netball and painting in watercolour and oil paints

thumb_down  Watermelons and Lockdowns

star  Algebra and Trigonometry

star_half  Indices



Jasper T

lightbulb  Maths

class  Biology- There wasn’t a single topic I didn’t enjoy studying.

thumb_up  I spend most of my free time drawing or playing video games.

thumb_down  Sponges

star  Statistics, I find data analysis quite interesting, and it’s important in a range of industries.

star_half  Geometry. There’s a lot of rules to remember.



Joe J

lightbulb  Maths

class  Physics

thumb_up  I enjoy cooking (despite not being particularly proficient so far), listening to a wide range of music (with classic rock being my favourite genre) and going to the gym

thumb_down  I dislike sprouts, gardening and Sunderland FC (I am a Newcastle fan).

star  unexpecting and unique

star_half  how abstract some of the concepts are



Josh G

lightbulb  Maths

class  I find science really interesting and it is what I hope to do at university

thumb_up  Sport, especially football. If I'm not watching a game I like a good walk in the Yorkshire countryside to relax.

thumb_down  I cycle to work so cars that drive dangerously always annoy me! I'm not a fan of the winter as I always seem to have a cold

star  It's just really interesting!

star_half  It can be slow-going to get some concepts at first!



Josh B

lightbulb  English

class  Politics, with Economics and history a close joint second

thumb_up  Football (Norwich City in particular), Musicals, Politics and crime dramas (Especially Poirot and Vera)

thumb_down  Baked beans & people who talk loudly on their phone in public

star  Persuasive writing without a doubt

star_half  Extract analysis was a real struggle for me until, after attempting a lot of past papers and trying many different acronyms, it finally clicked in the last few months of year 11.



Mariam M

lightbulb  English

class  Psychology - it’s so interesting learning about why everyone thinks differently

thumb_up  I love binge watching tv shows - I honestly end up wasting hours

thumb_down  The ocean - something about it just creeps me out. The way only 20% has been discovered is kind of freaky.

star  There’s not just one answer, usually everyone has a different interpretation. It can be very personal.

star_half  Personally I struggled with poetry and understanding the meaning behind poems



Matthew M

lightbulb  Maths

class  History- I love the essay writing and debating- really I love arguments!

thumb_up  I love Musical Theatre, playing games on my Xbox with my friends and at heart I’m a massive Star Wars fan!

thumb_down  Walking (thank goodness I’m working from home!) and mushrooms (who likes eating rubber?)

star  Complex numbers- they sound so difficult and are always fun to impress people with

star_half  Angles, shapes and graphs- anything to do with drawing really isn’t my cup of tea!



Noah R

lightbulb  English

class  Definitely English, but always liked Biology as well.

thumb_up  Lots of different sports (including running, cycling and others) and reading.

thumb_down  Being bored.

star  Anything involving creative writing.

star_half  The grammar, I struggled with that for such a long time!



Orla T

lightbulb  English

class  Drama

thumb_up  Binge watching American Horror Story and reading Vogue

thumb_down  Football (though I do love women’s football, I might be biased)

star  Creative writing, one day I want to write a book

star_half  Managing my time, I usually have about ten blisters on my hands after finishing a paper



Rachel H

lightbulb  English

class  Fine Art. I’m going to be studying it at University and I’m so excited.

thumb_up  I am a massive fan of music, especially Hip-Hop and old R&B. I just got Little Simz’s new album on vinyl and have had it spinning since!

thumb_down  Controversially… the summer. I cannot stand hot weather and Hay fever is my worst enemy.

star  I especially like finding historical context in a piece of writing or spotting an intertextual reference that adds to the storyline.

star_half  I find it hard concluding a piece of writing. Story endings and essay conclusions very difficult, especially under exam conditions.



Rackael L

lightbulb  English

class  My favourite subject in secondary school was English but in college it was psychology.

thumb_up  I think this is a rather difficult question because they are many things which I do like but to name a few I would say sunsets, food, late night drives and luxury.

thumb_down  I’m not a fan of alcohol.

star  My favourite bit in English is creative writing and in psychology it’s the content especially aggression and attachment.

star_half  For both subjects the difficulty lied in writing in timed conditions.



Rosie B

lightbulb  Maths

class  I loved the sciences, especially Biology, but my favourite subject has got to be History

thumb_up  Playing my flute, reading, and watching tv

thumb_down  Marzipan and loud eating noises

star  I love algebra because solving a tricky equation is very satisfying.

star_half  I found surds complicated and confusing, but with practice they started making more sense.



Sahima B

lightbulb  Maths

class  Easily Chemistry. Thoroughly enjoyed it through both secondary school and sixth form.

thumb_up  Watching anime. One of my favourite things to do in my spare time and I can binge multiple series in a day! :D

thumb_down  Dogs. I absolutely love cats <3.

star  Algebra, when it clicks, is a dream.

star_half  Ratios. Just could not understand them, but with the right revision and resources, they DEFINITELY got easier.



Sam S

lightbulb  English

class  I enjoy languages, especially German, it’s fun to learn but not the nicest sounding language when spoken.

thumb_up  I like drama, I’ve done it since I was a kid, I also like reading crime novels and listening to chilled music

thumb_down  Anything flavoured with coriander

star  Learning about how different writing techniques can give a different feel to a piece of writing and help get a message across.

star_half  Poetry



Semire A

lightbulb  Maths

class  Art and design, especially painting

thumb_up  Playing basketball and physical activities, listening to music, and being creative

thumb_down  Going out to very busy places, I prefer something more quite and relaxing

star  Simultaneous equations and proofs

star_half  Bearings



Sian W

lightbulb  English

class  between P.E, Drama and History but I can’t choose just one.

thumb_up  I enjoy listening to music and spending time in nature.

thumb_down  Spiders.

star  Descriptive writing

star_half  Writing under time pressure!



Sumaiya I

lightbulb  English

class  This would definitely be Chemistry as there are many experiments you can do and it is more logical.

thumb_up  Films/TV (Marvel in particular !). I also enjoy listening to music, watching football and cooking.

thumb_down  Olives, I am never having one again.

star  Immersing yourself in different stories and thoughts. It also doesn’t have just one specific answer, you are able to express your own opinions.

star_half  I struggled with staying within the time limit, it can be hard when you have many ideas but little time to explore them.