I haven't been in this thread because I thought it would depress me - DS is not a high achiever, the best case scenario we are looking at is lots of Bs and maybe 2 or 3 As but that's an outside chance really, and not very realistic. Not because he isn't bright, and not because he doesn't work, but because his SpLDs are a huge handicap to him - he's come on in leaps and bounds in the last year or so and I reckon if he had another year of being basically able to function with approaching the same speed and efficiency as his peers, he'd be looking at getting a decent spread of results - but he doesn't. He has his first exam tomorrow - Biology. He got a C in his mock (his worst result) but has been getting As in recent tests - but I have a suspicion that those tests have been designed as confidence boosters rather than realistic evaluations. However, he is a confidence player so maybe the test success will have done the trick...his school certainly seems to approach the science of revision with a military precision. And his biology teacher actually noticed him and his issues after the mock, and has endeavoured to help him in a way that he can benefit from rather than expecting him to process in the same way as his non SpLD encumbered classmates do. So there's that. We may have isues this evening though since it's GOT day, also Fear the walking Dead. I might be able to persuade him that Fear can wait till tomorrow. But I can't see him not watching GOT as soon as he comes through the door after school (NOW TV is such a boon). It's slightly an AS thing - he gets antsy if he doesn't do things the way he always does them, changes to routine distress him disproportionately and his routine very firmly is through the door - GOT on days when there is GOT (obviously he doesn't expect to be watching new episodes every day). Still. I suppose 50 mins or so of relaxation isn't the worst thing in the world. It might de-stress him.