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Year 12 preparing for AS levels

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HSMMaCM · 15/03/2016 14:22

Here we are everyone.

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TeenAndTween · 18/03/2016 19:33

Oh Draylon Sad

CamboricumMinor · 18/03/2016 19:16

Oh dear Draylon, that doesn't sound so good. However, maybe it's not all bad, I mean if he's struggling with it then maybe no grade because he didn't take it is better than a bad grade that has to be shared with universities?

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HSMMaCM · 18/03/2016 18:33

Without telling you Draylon?

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CamboricumMinor · 18/03/2016 16:02

Ewww at the thought of a shared toothbrush!

EricNorthmanSucks · 18/03/2016 13:43

Well I've arrived in Cambridge, toothbrush aloft and DD has text to say she has borrowed someone else's Shock.

Please God let than mean a spare!

Apparently they are all having a ball, shame that they have recite their poems this afternoon Hmm.

Dad says she wants to make a good fist of it but not win.

bigTillyMint · 18/03/2016 13:17

It sounds like he's a naturalSmile

BackforGood · 18/03/2016 13:03 

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In all honesty, catering for masses at Scout camps over the years have also fostered a lot of his catering skills, I can't take credit for that Blush

bigTillyMint · 18/03/2016 12:47

Back, that's great re your DS!

BackforGood · 18/03/2016 11:43

My dc have all had to take a turn at cooking the evening meal once a week for years now. I tell them it's so they can learn life skills and be ready to look after themselves as sdult, or at univesity and of course it's nothing to do with the fact I hate the drudge of getting the evening meal once I get in from work.
To be fair, when ds went to university he was stunned how many of his flatmates didn't have a clue, and his popularity went through the roof when he cooked a full Christmas dinner for all 7 of them in the flat Grin He also cooks cheaply which leaves more money for booze.

bigTillyMint · 18/03/2016 11:27

Ha, my DD does not like wasting her money! Hence why she would rather cook with/for friends at home using stuff from our fridge/freezer/cupboardWink

LineyReborn · 18/03/2016 11:14

I'm such a tightarse!

LineyReborn · 18/03/2016 11:13

You're streets ahead of us then, Tilly.

I don't want him wasting money at university by eating in cafés every day when he could make his own chicken wrap for 60p or whatever.

bigTillyMint · 18/03/2016 11:05

Liney, DD does cook (with her bf/she cooked for DH and DS recently when I was away), but I am hoping to get her to try some more adventurous stuff after the AS levels, when she has timeWink

LineyReborn · 18/03/2016 11:02

I've got DS to agree to cook us dinner once a week. Even its just soup and rolls, it's a start...

bigTillyMint · 18/03/2016 10:52

Haha dingit, catered halls sounds a good plan!

dingit · 18/03/2016 09:00

I fear my Dd will come back malnourished from university. I pack her lunch each day, and physically put breakfast in her hand as she goes out the door.

ono40 · 18/03/2016 08:30

Lol Eric if your DD and my DS were representative of all teens then the human race would be doomed!

EricNorthmanSucks · 18/03/2016 07:55

Well I've had a text saying she's up. Presumably she was allowed to eat dinner last night in her jeans!

She's taking part in a poetry reading competition.

Heats took place in schools. Then there were county/regional heats.

I think there are around 40 teens now, all staying in Cambridge for the finals. They looked a nice mixed bunch as they were turning upSmile.

DD's room was a typical halls of residence room/jail cell. Although hilariously she wondered where the fridge might beHmm. No darling, university rooms do not have a mini bar! In her defence someone had tried to tart it up by adding a kettle and stuff a la premier inn.

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HSMMaCM · 18/03/2016 07:42

Eric that reminds me of my DD. She knows it all and can do it all and doesn't need my help ... Until she's forgotten something Grin

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CamboricumMinor · 18/03/2016 07:09

Eric Ooops! What is she doing in Cambridge?

dingit · 17/03/2016 21:42

Eric Grin

EricNorthmanSucks · 17/03/2016 21:38

Well I dropped DD in Cambridge.

Initially I was impressed by her aplomb on arrival; all white teeth and sense of humour.

However I got a call half an hour later saying the dinner tonight is 'formal'. Only jeans etc have been packed.

An hour later I got a text stating she didn't have a toothbrush!!!!!!

CamboricumMinor · 17/03/2016 17:01

ono they get a priority for places, yes.
We've applied as we get the bursary, they asked about uni - I graduated last year drat with the OU but as they ask for graduation date and name of university I am hoping that makes a difference as I didn't go after school and only graduated at the grand old age of 50.

bigTillyMint · 17/03/2016 15:45

Yep. I know I was so lucky. I have suffered in other ways at other times though!

Totally agree dingit!

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