My strong belief in individual attention was reinforced yet again today. Even short durations with individual attention goes a long way. I have been working with one specific learner who seemed very interested in learning maths the last couple of days.  When I started working with her she had initially told me that she knew how to multiply. I realised very soon that she still had some trouble adding itself. It seems that learners when ask are a little afraid to say I don’t know. This is one of the reasons why it is important that the learners are treated as individuals rather than just as a part of a class or larger group. At the same time we need to figure out how to break this culture and make them more comfortable asking for help.  Yesterday we had done some addition and we worked on forward counting and subtraction. The learner was very quick to grasp and today she was able to work through any kind of subtraction and also problems that involved a combination of addition and subtraction. It was amazing to see how she powered through and learned despite her siblings trying to disturb and trouble her. What was even more incredible was that she was able to work through these problems with my friend with whom she had a language barrier.  One of the biggest takeaways for me at the center has been that in the current context of how our system works, even a few minutes with an adult makes a huge difference in the learning of the children. Of course this learner was almost ideal and came in with a mindset to want to learn. Considering two children with the same learning mindset this is the disadvantage that a first generation learner suffers from. This is one of the important gaps we’re trying to bridge at the center.