Finishing year 13 in 2017

I've told him I reckon that this one will be utterly brutal, purely on the grounds that the exam boards have dished up some a horror for both Biology and Physics and Chemistry hasn't had a horror of that order quite yet.

DD's 2 physics so far weren't horrific (unlike AS) - maybe hard but not weird or unfair or plain wrong as some of the biology exams have been.

Teta - oh, your poor DD, hope she can concentrate. The passport thing sounds like a total nightmare too.

I hope not too.
Please let it be a good paper 🙏.
Dingit you and your family have had enough to cope with.
Did the school manage to gather everyone up in time?

Sorry dingit, and very sorry to hear about your father. I was only vaguely wondering because of all the talk around leaked papers. I've no idea what happens. If the school hasn't said anything then presumably it's ok. What inefficiency on the school's part though. Did they manage to get everyone in pretty sharpish?

Oh god I hope not goodbyestranger. It will just about finish dd off

Yes good luck to all doing chemistry today, including Dd.She has really bad period pain and inbuprofen wasn't hitting it this morning.
Dh also jumping up and down about the Aussie Passport so it looks as though she will have to miss the big end of exams party to make a fruitless trip to the Aussie High Comission, even though we won't have an appointment due to a 4 week wait. Where dh will predictably have a. bust up with them and dd will come home in tears. Ancient bloody Chinese relatives are being proposed to put her up in Singapore if she is stuck.Given that my kids are very English and she has a school friend she can stay with ?!

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Tilly DS has just gone off to Chemistry. I've told him I reckon that this one will be utterly brutal, purely on the grounds that the exam boards have dished up some a horror for both Biology and Physics and Chemistry hasn't had a horror of that order quite yet.

I'm curious about the wrong timetabling. If the students weren't all marshalled at school before the morning exam ended at other schools (it was a short exam) then wouldn't that invalidate their papers?

I've decided to settle in for lots of low grades - seems sensible in the context :)

Good luck to all those doing Chemistry today, hang on in there physicists.

DS realised at the weekend that the leavers' dinner was 'an actual thing' and that he needed a suit so I managed to persuade him to go shopping (lies down in a faint...). He also has a boat party on the Thames on Friday but isn't sure what to wear (raincoat by the looks of the forecast) and then a festival in Finsbury Park on Saturday, all of which are interspersed with a few days work also at a scout camp. Yes, the social whirl begins.

Chemistry today and Physics on Thursday then DS is all done too.
He is off on holiday with his mates next week then helping out at a scout campsite for most of the summer holiday.

Good Luck to your DD for Chemistry today ollie.

I've been waiting for this day for a long time , finally here ,DD1 off to school for her last exam AQA Chem.Now the social whirl begins and I start worrying about August 17 th. I know I only joined the chat recently but thanks for being here all of you.

Good Luck to anyone with an exam (Chemistry?) today.

DD has bought the most strappy 4" stiletto sandals for her leavers do. She can barely stand in them for the photos, but is taking her trainers in her bag. I predict she will wear them for 15mins at the most

Hi everyone, glad you are getting through these last exams ok, although I bet there was a mad panic at the school where they timetabled it wrong

DS still checking out accommodation and getting ready for his holiday next week.

We got his suit yesterday for the Leavers' Ball

I was trying to force encourage DS to look for a job today, easier said than done though as he is only available for 2-3 weeks. He said he will be ashamed to put his A level grades on his CV in the future so I had to do lots of encouragement and say that they don't really matter once you have a degree.

Teta, did the gas turn up, lol?

I think I have more idea what your dc are going to get on results day than my own daughter. Absolutely no clue what to expect.

One more to go on Thursday. Light glimmers at the end of the tunnel.

Biology done, not as bad as the others and finished now. Results day is going to be shocker I think, the new A levels seemed to have caused so much angst and my dd's friends all feel that they won't achieve their anticipated grades. It's seems so unfair when they've worked so hard, it will be interesting to see how the universities react but I've been warned that the the predicted grades /offer of A* AA won't happen so we'll have to wait and see.

Moved dd to London this afternoon where she will be working all summer. It will be great for her to get her evenings back and just chill a bit. She looks exhausted.

DD said stats was hard but good (apparently some thought it was just hard) but a little while ago said she'd made a stupid mistake on something - she looked embarrassed about it.

I've just mentioned Swansea in passing. Thanks for the idea - I think it sounds wonderful. Tbh I'm not sure how taken he was with Warwick anyway.

It's the waiting that's going to be awful. And his crap dad sticking his oar in.

And still physics to come on Thursday ...

Thanks Liney, I think DD said some ants had over-run her bean plant recently - so should be easy enough to collect a few!

Glad you like the idea of Swansea for your DS if he's looking for some new ideas. I'm thinking beaches, mountains, forests, and a little Welsh town by the sea immortalised by Dylan Thomas, plus affordable student housing and cost of living, and in the top few for student satisfaction generally ..... what's not to like!

Roller coaster here too. AQA Bio done ,hard, ok ish ,not my best ,was the description. Can't do any more , is it enough , only time will tell.

DS's dad is my ExH, he's serially been through more OW than any of us can keep up with. Left us when DS was only 3. He's never around for anything important.

Juggling, I'd put ants in his pants. It's the only way.

I'm cross with DH too Liney (not sure if yours is a DH?) as he created some ridiculous family tension by pissing me off with stupid behaviour yesterday afternoon. Then he later said " Oh, does DD have Biology tomorrow, I thought it was on Tuesday" Hint, you could try looking on family calendar sometimes, or just generally not be an arsehole.

Drives you nuts doesn't it? You put so much in and sometimes they put so little.

Anyway (as Ellen would say) DD has virtually finished now, just one general studies to go tomorrow afternoon. So we're getting into a better summer mood. Skates and ice-creams have made an appearance already!

DS did OCR biology and he does not believe he has been able to achieve an A on these papers. So bye bye university place.

His useless dad's fucked off again, not even in the bloody country.

Juggling, Swansea sounds great, tbh. I'll get DS to look at courses there. He'll likely have BBC or BCC in biology, maths and physics. He has lab work experience.

Sorry, I didn't specify it was the Aqa board.
Was the OCR exam ok?
They reckon that the gradings are low in Biology normally compared to Maths and other Sciences and will be lower than most years this year.

Yes DS was OCR too, thanks Juggling. Good, I'd prefer that he hadn't forgotten to do a 40 minute essay!