GCSE 2019 support thread 6

BlewGoose ~ is there a college course he might be interested in, that would suit him instead? With DD1, we (including the teachers that advised us), all thought she'd be OK with A-levels but after slogging away for a year, it was decided it would be better if she left and she did a college course instead. We tend to 'write off' that A-level year but after going through it, I think it's perhaps better to do something else than 'slog away' at them, like DD1 did.

DSS gets his results tomorrow and I'm so nervous for him! I know he tried hard but his mocks weren't great and he has no back up plan. To be fair his secondary modern needs bums on seats so I do think they will take him regardless but I wish he had a back-up as I'm not sure A levels actually suit him.

I’ve settled on a slice of toast, we don’t have any bananas in!

at us all, looking for stuff to eat!

I’d definitely have to look!
I might try that peanut butter and banana trick. I’m really tired but wide awake at the same time!

Gloria you are making me want to get up and raid the kitchen too!

Oh gosh, Montysmam, I'd have to take a look!

Yes, that's the sort of thing!

(I've settled on a banana and a spoonful of peanut butter ~ my brother says they contain a certain 'chemical thing' that helps sleep.)

I’m here too! DS gets his results through the school portal at 6.01am. He was supposed to be home last night but couldn’t get a lift back so is with his uncle but he has left the log in for the portal ‘open’ - I’m not going to be able to resist a peek at 6.02am.....am I very naughty??? 🙈😬🤫

I know what you mean, I usually end up getting back to sleep half an hour before I need to get up!

It is indeed, 1stevernamechange

Trouble is, when I can't sleep, I usually get up for 2 hours and then go back to bed. But I need to be awake around 6.15am tomorrow to get everyone round for getting to school on time to get the results at 8. So the early start is going to leave me knackered tomorrow and I also need to drive DD1 to work (after getting the results) and collect her in the afternoon. I think I'll give it another 1/2 hour then go back to bed.

(I'm also hungry ~ think I might raid the biscuit tin!)

It’s feeling like a long night, isn’t it Gloria ?

Signing in at this early hour ~ another one who can't sleep.

I’ve been watching the thread but not posted before. Dd gets her results at 9, I can’t sleep, not heard a sound from her room so I think she must be able to! I’m lying here wide awake!

Is it true that the students who have done well get invited at 9am and rest at 9:30 for a press pic?

I can’t sleep :( . I know Dd is worried because DS has just sailed through his A levels without any fuss and she wants to do equally well. She has worked really hard this year but these new exams are really hard to gauge. Hoping my phone dies quickly to stop me scrolling.

Just checking in on the new thread !
Will catch up tomorrow..
Nite nite .

Wishing you all your DC luck to tomorrow...

I’ve done the double this year - can’t believe it’s only a week since a-level results - DS2 didn’t quite get what he needed but he’s got a place through clearing and is happy - DS3 doesn’t seem worried about tomorrow at all. My 4th child will be the only one left at school come September 😢

Dd has finally gone to bed. Hoping All our DC sleep well . Dd has been wanting company for the last few evenings so we’ve done a lot of series watching and I’ve been trying to keep her calm.
I’m pretty exhausted with it all tbh.

@lightlypoached I have no idea about marks and I think that is why I am so nervous. School has proved with my older DD that their predicted marks mean nothing so I can't use them as a guide. DD2 was very negative about the whole exam experience so I really don't know what we are walking into tomorrow morning.

Going to try and sleep now.

GOOD LUCK ALL!!!!!

Lovely to read all the thoughts and advice and help on this thread. It's good to know you're not alone. Despite having been through all this before, each time it's different as the DCs are different. Promised myself I wouldn't get as anxious for DS as I was just glad to still have him after his cancer diagnosis, treatment and ongoing issues. But I so want him to do well and get the results he deserves as I have seen him cope so brilliantly and work so hard to catch up and put aside what's happened to him. Anyway, probably too much information. I think it's the anxiety talking.
I hope they all get the results they deserve tomorrow and can move on to the next phase, whatever and wherever that may be.

Right, I'm off to bed. See you all tomorrow; fingers crossed for all the DCs on this thread. I hope everyone gets what they need.

Sweet dreams, people

No cash for grades here either, although I suppose in a way that is what it is going to be. DS decided last year that he desperately wanted out of his local comp, and so we applied for a highly selective independent sixth form. He has worked extremely hard, for the exams (in his A level subjects) at the sixth form and for the interview in order to get the conditional offer, and throughout the year. I really don't think he could have done any more (I saw one of the whatsapp groups from his school, and they were making fun of how hard he worked!). If he does make the grades (a minimum of six 8s and a minimum of 7 in English) , then there is going to be an eye watering amount of money going to that sixth form (why I have called it on this thread "the dreaded sixth form"). But he really, really does want to go there.
And I too am really worried that after throwing his all at it this year, what if he doesn't make it. Some part of me can really understand the DC who take the attitude that if they don't work, then they can always console themselves with the idea that if they had worked, they could have done better. When they really do work - then it feels like it will be even more devastating if it doesn't pay off.