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DD's mocks results are a disaster - what can I do now?

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Earningsthread · 18/12/2013 23:44

Art target grade A* - mock grade - A/B
Biology target grade A* - mock grade - C
Chemistry target grade A* - mock grade - C
English Language target grade A* - mock grade - A
English Literature target grade A* - mock grade - A
French target grade A* - mock grade - D
History target grade A - mock grade - A
ICT target grade A - mock grade - A
Mathematics target grade A* - mock grade - A
Music target grade A* - mock grade - B
Physics target grade A* - mock grade - D

This girl is talented. So talented that her English teachers in every year have told me that she is the most gifted student they have ever seen. But just look at those mock results. They are APPALLING. She is underachieving in every subject bar 2. What should I do? What can I do? There are only six months between now and the exams. The school thought she was an Oxbridge banker. I know my rebellious DD and knew she would not work. But there is not working and not working. THose mock GCSE results are appalling.

What if anything, can I do to help at this late stage?

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christinarossetti · 19/12/2013 00:03

What does your dd want to do come the summer/autumn? Is she planning 'A' levels?

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 19/12/2013 00:02

If you think those mock results are "appalling" you really need to get a grip.

Maybe some tutoring would be useful in science & French - but, honestly, you are being extremely harsh on your DD.

I trust you haven't told her that you are "appalled" by her performance? Hmm.

joanofarchitrave · 19/12/2013 00:01

Ask her what she thinks, I guess.

She's done really well in her English exams. It is her English teachers who think she is the best. Sounds like they are right.

Is there anything she would like to drop so that she has a bit more time? 11 is a hell of a large number.

Terrifiedmum · 19/12/2013 00:01

The majority A's and B's I wouldn't call that appalling. Yes not as good as she could achieve but even so good grades.

Earningsthread · 19/12/2013 00:01

I acknowledge that she is not an annexe of me, FGS

Are these results appalling in terms of underachievement or not? What can I do to help?

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mermaidbutmytailfelloff · 18/12/2013 23:57

She's a person not an annex of you.

HyvaPaiva · 18/12/2013 23:56

Overall, the grades aren't appalling. They won't get her into Oxbridge, but they would certainly get her into other good universities (RG ones included).

PotteringAlong · 18/12/2013 23:53

You and I have a different idea of appalling. They are her mock results - you want people to peak in June, not the previous December! She's not done all her revision yet, not completed all the course yet. Chill out!

iwantavuvezela · 18/12/2013 23:53

Appalling? I think not. Have you asked your dd to reflect on these grades, did she think she would get these grades, does she feel they reflect they way she answered the papers/exams ......

FuckyNell · 18/12/2013 23:53

I wouldn't say they were 'appalling'

Earningsthread · 18/12/2013 23:52

Yes really

She has been predicted and fairly targetted with 11A* grades at GSCE. You have seen the mock results above. Yes it is fair to say that this degree of underachievement is appalling.

So what do I do now?

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WaitingForPeterWimsey · 18/12/2013 23:50

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NigellasDealer · 18/12/2013 23:46

"appalling" - really?