When dd went into secondary, she was a very bright, conscientious, hard working academic child.
Now, in lower 6th, the Head has just told her she's lazy and will fail at life.
She still works hard. She's still clever. She is miserable and demoralized. She has officially dropped two subjects, and I'm considering just taking her out of school altogether and sending her elsewhere in September. I'm told I'm not allowed to.
She is so miserable.