GCSEs 2018 (15) The Reckoning

sandy I've not been about much either, I'm off to catch up now.

DS has been for a taster day at his potential 6th form, and decided that Accounting A level is not for him. He is thinking of Maths, Physics and Business Studies now, but will wait for his results - history or government and politics are outside runners.

He has been helping in the garden = lots of digging! and playing cricket/football/refereeing. Some of his friends are doing NCS, but he wasn't keen.

sos hope you continue to recover well.

Just to put a spanner in the works dd's course is 3 year one so she will be Class of 2021!

adrinkofwater DD1 has done the UKLO linguistics Olympiad a couple of times and loves it. It's a perfect mix of language, puzzles and problem solving which really appeals to her mathematical side. Also her very, very lovely MFL teacher is in the habit of running evening sessions with lots of pizza while they practise for it!

Apologies for being AWOL. Work, heat etc have been rather distracting. Plus am training for the Great North Run - which has meant early morning runs to avoid the heat.

Getting ready to go on holiday at the weekend - can't believe when we get back it will be 4 days to results.

Good to hear @Sostenueto is getting back on her feet and best wishes to @AlexanderHamilton and her DH.

DS1 enjoyed his physics course and has been playing lots of cricket - including a game with DH's first XI from university (they have a reunion game every year) - he got 3 wickets and they took him to the pub. There was much reminiscing about how he was the first team baby and went to his first game aged 8 weeks. I remember BF-ing on a windy cricket pitch...

On name changes, I probably won't but have changed a couple of times previously. This one is my porn star name and I rather like it!

Well if you did I think I would definitely remember who you were with that name

Good to see you back on the thread sost

No name change for me, although judging what I’m wearing I could change to holeinmyknickers

Bluebelle no, all hypothetical and I really would get confused! had to get up very early this morning to catch a train to Kent and I'm just relieved I got on the right one! I could barely keep my eyes open!

Loose I get confused enough as I thought you were name changing

DS is definitely not missing school, he's far to fond of doing what he wants when he wants

I suggested he might want to do some of the A level work that has been set especially as he signed up for 4, apparently that's not a good idea

Sost really glad to see you back on the thread and on the road to recovery! I like your dgd's interest in languages. DS is still plugging away at Japanese. Interesting that she seems to be missing school. DS seems happy enough to be on holiday but he also seems to be looking forward to sixth form.
Not planning to change my username at the moment - I'd probably confuse myself.

Sost its good to hear from you and for a speedy recovery.

Are people name changing to help with anonymity or just fancy a change, as so many of you appear to be about to change?

sost and anyone else whose DC likes languages. Get them to check out uklo and the linguistics Olympiad. It's like the maths challenge (ukmat) but for linguistics. It's not about knowing lots of languages, but kind of problem solving and linguistics. DS discovered it last year and really enjoyed the problems and asked his school to enter him.

Great to hear you are recovering sostenuto.

I promise no name change until at least after results.

Evening all! I see you are still all buzzing! alexanders dh and hopes and wishes in getting better soon!
Don't change names yet films as I have masses to catch up with and I will get even more confused!
All OK this end jogging along and results day getting g close. Glad weather cooled down and managed to go out today if a bit windswept!
Dgd been learning mandarin with her bestie whose now off to Sri Lanka visiting friends. Dgd does love languages and is quire proud with her progress. She has started to think about the extended whatsit and what to do it on. Also looked at several unis for courses. Secretly I think she misses school a lot and the other day she was reminiscing about primary.
Hope all are well and enjoying holidays. I promise to come on regularly now I'm recovering!

mmzz that's good that he has reached that decision. One less thing to worry about...

do you think your name changes are sufficent to throw people off the scent

Those who recognise my name (e.g. from long-running threads like this) will hopefully be able to put two and two together and still recognise me.

Those people trying to advance search my current username will hopefully be limited in what they can find.

Before this series, Is had a different theme which I kept to through several namechanges.

Nooo name changes as the tagging notification thingy still doesn’t work for me

Back from Mamma Mia 2, enjoyed the film although DD stomped off after the film. Not sure why, I refrained from singing like the people sat behind us

That would gave been quite uncanny!

Stickerrocks...I work more in a financial/commercial environment hence my travel.

Mmzz - I am so so glad that your DS has opted for the 6th form place he has been offered ....I somehow know he will thrive there :-)

I knew it teen. That explains the travelling. Did you visit somewhere with a fetching multi-coloured cone last time you crossed the sea for work? Many years ago I was the audit manager there, if you can work out what I'm talking about.

My username is based on two places of enormous significance to me. I rarely change it.

Phew mmzz I'm pleased he's finally decided. That grade 7 is easily within reach.

mmzz I'm so pleased to hear that and I'm sure he will get the results he needs.
My username is a Bagpuss reference. If I ever change it I would definitely continue with a Postgate/Firman reference but I'm not going to change it before results are out! If it all goes to pot I know you lovely people will be kind!
Bluebelle my DS feels the same way about his school. It's been very positive.

theThird do you think your name changes are sufficent to throw people off the scent?

Juggling glad your DD clearly got so much from NCS, even if it wasn't all what she would of liked......DS goes to a diverse school and in a recent conversation he said its one of the reasons he likes it!

mmzz if you do name change I think you will be outed by your spreadsheets, I'm sure they will make an appearance at A level.......good news about the school.