Caitlin Thurn

And I was really struck in those lessons going to students' houses how impactful it was to be able to help somebody not only understand their content better but just feel more comfortable and confident and supported in even the opportunity to learn.

And in that, I was also really struck by how inaccessible it was for disadvantaged students who arguably would have an even greater potential to be impacted there.

So I started the charity.

It's self-sufficient.

So we pull in paying tutoring clients and we use the profits from that to fund our tutors who are all university students themselves to support both those advantaged students as well as paying them to support as many disadvantaged students as possible as well.

Yes, it's really, it's increasingly systematic that there's just a pay to win in education because your school catchment zones informed by where you can afford to buy a house and then your ability to pay for supports if you need them.

They're very expensive.

And it's just these, I mean, it continues when it goes to university as well, because if you're having to stack shelves for 30 hours a week, then you're not engaging with your course material anywhere near as much as somebody who doesn't have to.

Yeah.

So it's just this cyclical thing and I really think that if we want to be space faring and such a wonderful potential in science and really in any kind of learning pursuit, well then it needs to start at the groundwork.

It needs to start at empowering anybody to access education no matter their circumstances.

So, yeah, that was the point of the company and we've got, you know, some clients going through it.

It's been really, really wonderful and fun.

Yeah, yeah.

It's certainly something that I worry about myself.

I mean, I've ridden bikes myself for years as well.

And it's essentially a preservation technique for your brain.

It's

something goes wrong, your heart starts going, everything starts pounding faster, you know, you get sweaty and your brain's at the back of your head.

And it's the adrenaline coming up from your brain having that stress response.