GCSEs 2012 support thread

"Cardibach" I just read your post.. So sorry about your DD. Emotional injuries of that type are sooo painful, especially when you are that age. The so called friend and the boy deserve a good kicking. Horrible little creep, she is out of his league and at least she knows what a slimeball he is and not waste any more time. I hope your DD is the type who can immerse herself in revision and not think about anything else, best revenge is to do really well; sure she will be getting lots of hugs and treats from you. On a personal note, my parents divorced the week I did my O' levels, it was stressful but I think you get carried away with all the talk of exams and revision at school and elsewhere, so have less time to think about personal stuff however upsetting.

Cardibach Your poor DD. I'm not sure who I'd be more angry with the boy or the Friend who just had to tell her before an exam.

English was good DD tells me. Rest day tomorrow.

cardibach, that's horrible.

Chemistry and Eng Lit today. He knows he dropped marks in Chemistry. Eng lit Jekyll & Hyde went ok, although not his favourite book.

I taught conflict. Any one know.

Thank you for place examples

my ds also has a night off after 3 exams today. He's very maths/science based but has found chemistry a chore as teacher, very kind was also very boring and had poor discipline- despite all the 'good' kids doing triple science. Anyway, retake for Chem since Jan and he thinks he got high marks - so let's hope he is right.
We are so proud , he has a crop of good grades already and at 5 we had to get him a statement and he has almost completly overcome his difficulties. It is all the more sweet when they've had to struggle a bit!

He hates English and he has revision sessions in school all day tomorrow - and it is sweltering - told him , got to be done.

DS who did the place cluster had Neighbours and Hard Water.

chemistry today and As Stats - went okay I think

Anyone know which poems were mentioned in AQA poetry exam? I'm an English teacher and not shown paper yet.

cardibach, your poor dd , it's just abysmal timing for that sort of thing. One of dd's teachers told them all sternly about a month ago that none of them were to start any new relationships or finish existing ones until after the exams were over, which I thought was good advice, although obviously not always inside your control.

Dd thought today's English was OK, but hasn't really got much idea if what she wrote was any good or not. She didn't recognise the passage from Jekyl and Hyde at all and nearly wrote on Lord of the Flies or Animal Farm instead (which she hasn't studied, but has read) but fortunately common sense prevailed and she chose a general question.

DS had second English lit today - Pride and Prejudice and Macbeth. He said P&P was "fine" and Macbeth "hard." Then he went back to his TV programme and I've been unable to get any more than that! From someone who normally talks the hind leg off a donkey. Must be knackered.

Oh dear Cardibach. Let's just hope she managed on autopilot in spite of broken heart.
DS is always getting his heart broken. I have had fingers and toes crossed that nothing happens to rock the boat until after 21st June.
He says Chemistry went well, thinks he dropped four marks. The unseen poem was good but the anthology poems (the bulk of the marks) was no better than ok.
A big gap now until next Wednesday.
Good luck to all your DCs with exams tomorrow.

DD found the poetry paper hard- she said it was really hard to find a suitable poem to compare with the ones they gave. (She is usually quite good at English Lit)

She is on a high B for English lit so hopefully that will stand her in good stead if she hasn't done so well on this one. (Last year 50% on the unit 2 paper got a B so I am hoping it will be similar this year- she said half of the paper was fine.)

I think these papers are more to do with giving opinions eloquently and backing them up with evidence. Not sure there is a right and wrong answer perse.

Latin tomorrow in our house too. I say that as me, DH and DD have all been roped in to test his vocab, of which he knows very little

He's not too confident about it but doesn't seem too stressed at the moment!

Oh no cardibach .

No more exams until Tuesday here too. DD is having a rest day tomorrow.

DD had two Chemistry papers and said both went well. In English she wrote 4 pages on Lord of the Flies and 2 on Carol Ann Duffy and has no idea how she did . Very hot here today and public transport has broken down so nearly late this morning (I got a call from the school) and took ages to get home. First Latin paper tomorrow!

Excuse me, but I just have to say this.
Fuck, fuck, buggery fuck.
Sorry.
Only a 'friend' of DDs chose last night to enlighten her about her friend-who-is-a-boy/boyfriend has been snogging other girls. She was devastated (I felt like Ross in Friends 'But you were on a break!) and didn't sleep well. She looked really sad this morning, and then had to do Physics (her worst subject) and then ENglish Lit (which she wants to do feo A level). On top of that, I was on a course so couldn't be around.
Bloody boys! (Your DSs excepted, obviously)
She seems OK tonight, but said the Physics was horrible. Don't know how much of that was because it was hard and how much because her head wasn't in the game.

DS had chemistry and eng lit today. Sent both went well. Questions on Benedict in Much Ado About Nothing and Snowball in Animal Farm. Said he could get his teeth into both of those characters so fingers crossed. Night off from revising as has revision lessons at school tomorrow and no more exams till Tuesday.

Volunteer information? DD doesn't bloody shut up!

She did Science Ideas too today. One she missed through illness last year. I've had a blow by blow account of every single answer she gave. To the point that she said, 'hold on, I'll just go and get the text we given to look at last week!'

Relationships English Lit, seems to be OK too.

And the best bit, my colleague at school said she saw her at the bus stop this morning, with her head in a revision book!

Dd had science ideas today. She said it went really well. English Lang re-sit and another science next week.

You mean your children volunteer something beyond 's'awright, s'pose' when you ask them about exams?

How did everyone's DC find todays exams? DS thought the chemistry was very hard, as did his friends. English he found good which is a pleasant surprise as he's normally very negative about poetry!

IdontknowwhyIcare we are in Singapore which is 7 hours ahead of the UK. So the morning sessions are in the late afternoon and the afternoon sessions are in the evening. Luckily DD only had one day with two exams and most of the rest are in the afternoon.

DD has woken up with a bad cold . She has an English Lit poetry exam this afternoon- she is good at English so hope she is up to it (wants to take it for A level.) Then nothing till next Tuesday when she has her final English exam and Graphics Theory paper.