IB SEN Tuition Diary -- Adieu
- Ellie Reading
- Jan 28
- 2 min read
IB School Students with ADHD
Private Tutoring for Neurodiverse Students on English Language and Literature
I’m going to tell you a story where identity is intentionally anonymous.
The name, the details—altered, blurred, reshaped.
But the essence of it? That stays.
Let’s call her Adieu.
A name that sounds like parting, like a quiet farewell. But this isn’t a story about endings—it’s about discovery, about finding a way through the noise, about a student who once thought focus was impossible, only to learn that passion could anchor her in ways she never imagined. #IBSEN #ADHDTutoring #NeurodiverseEducation #IBEnglish #PrivateTutoring #SENSupport
She had always struggled to sit still, to sustain attention, to hold onto the words long enough for them to take shape. She couldn't write—not a word. Couldn’t memorise a single quotation, not even the ones teachers insisted were essential. The two-hour GCSE exam might as well have been a locked door, a challenge she believed she was never meant to overcome. #IBSEN #ADHDTutoring #NeurodiverseEducation #IBEnglish #PrivateTutoring #SENSupport
But then, literature happened. Not as a subject, not as a list of texts to get through, but as an invitation—to think, to question, to argue. Analysis was not repetition; it was movement, it was momentum. And for someone whose mind refused to be still, that made all the difference. #IBSEN #ADHDTutoring #NeurodiverseEducation #IBEnglish #PrivateTutoring #SENSupport
She wasn’t asked to memorise; she was asked to engage. Not to recite, but to interpret. In literature, boredom had no place—there were always patterns to uncover, contradictions to untangle, ideas waiting to be challenged. It became a kind of intellectual adrenaline, something that didn’t just keep her focused, but made her want to stay.
And so, she wrote. First hesitantly, then urgently. She learned to wield words like tools, crafting arguments, shaping ideas, building something that was entirely her own. And by the time the exams came, she didn’t just sit through them—she conquered them. Level 6 in Literature. Level 7 in English Language. #IBSEN #ADHDTutoring #NeurodiverseEducation #IBEnglish #PrivateTutoring #SENSupport
She once thought she couldn’t finish an exam. Now she knows she can finish anything. #IBSEN #ADHDTutoring #NeurodiverseEducation #IBEnglish #PrivateTutoring #SENSupport
