Sorry if that sounds defeatist and lacking in ambition for DD. She's doing well, she's taking 11 GCSEs and she's on target to pass all of them at C or above, but last night the pressure was seriously on for her to achieve the As and As that are her predicted grades at the end of year 11.
This is more for the school isn't it? Their figures/data. DD doesn't want to go to uni, she's not sure what she wants to do really at this stage. She hates studying, we have to nag and bribe and confiscate to get her to do anything, and she's a fairly anxious teen, so I've been backing off a bit.
These As and As that are 'predicted' are solely from the results of her Year 6 SATS, it all seems madness to me.
Considering she is doing well, I feel that last night was depressing and disappointing from the teachers point of view, as she isn't doing as well as school believe she can.
I'm late 40s now and there was never any pressure like this when I was at school. And I'm sure there was far less anxiety, depression, self harm etc amongst teens.
Am I wrong to back off and let her find her own way.
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Year 10 parents evening - such pressure to get As and A*s, when a C is a pass
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BigSandyBalls2015 · 22/01/2016 09:23
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