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Becky Bates is willing to do household chores and walk dogs in return for tuition. She says some of her teachers have predicted she will not achieve more than D and E grades in her GCSEs. But Becky is determined to do better. In a letter to her local newspaper, she wrote: “Will someone take me on in Norwich, perhaps a patient retired teacher or someone bright who has a lot of patience? I want help educationally. Becky, who wants to be an air stewardess, hopes a benefactor might come forward and