Support group for GCSE traumatised mothers; how much moodiness are you sucking up right now?

DS prom photo made front page of county press today .Has everyone else had and enjoyed theirs?

Have finally (or rather child has) finished all GCSEs on Tuesday, having taken the plunge last year and reduced my hours so I could be at home to encourage (make sure) he actually did some revision, although it was hard to tell when on BBC Bitesize, if he was smiling it was likely he was on MSN - however, now feel at a lose end, not wanted or required anymore I think i'm getting empty nest syndrome before he's gone. Does anyone else feel like this?

well ds finished yesterday & was smiling all evening (especially when we had his favorite chocolate pud and strawberries for tea). Best wishes to all those finishing today.

ds won't be able to burn his uniform just yet - he's got 2 or 3 concerts, music lessons, a piano exam, sports day and is planning to go into school for sailing 3 afternoons a week before the end of term.

ds1 and his friends had a ritualistic burning of the poetry anthology. School uniform however still needed for speech day in 2 weeks.

Am I being a kill joy in not letting him bin all his work just in case he has re-sits?

It's all over !! - there are a pair of school trousers hanging over the pergola/rose bush in celebration chucked there by a laughing DS.

Just drama on tuesday for us too,he has just complained that he's bored with not enough to do now!!

Eatyourveg, she said it was OK and she managed to finish all questions. It was a similar study to one we had looked at.

Physics today then last one Drama on Tuesday which she isn't taking for A level so says she isn't bothered about.

I think they have all had enough now. Congrats to us all on getting through it . DD is looking forward to leavers ball, few days away with mates, then I've told her to have a few days dossing at home then look for a job and relax until dreaded results day. See you all on the results jitters thread.

Another music here, but no clashes with it fortunately. Then just two more latin papers on Monday & it's over. to those of you finishing today.

Music here too - clashing with citizenship so like eatyourveg's DC mine will have to do the two in row.

I'll be glad when it's all over - DD is quite calm going to the exams then has a meltdown afterwards -convinced that she's failed.

Ah well roll on August I suppose.

music here too, clashing with physics so they are being run one after the other. Then we can all relax - until results day at least.

abouteve - how was the geography? ds1 not talking at the moment, I assume it wasn't good

ramdams i am with you

dd is in a grammar school and very lazy - cannot be bothered to work at all

has a few gcse's this year followed closely by a few modules for another 4 or so

then in november maths gcse - wish they had left her until year 11 to 'mature' and realise that these things matter

right last exam today - music listening.hip hip hooray!!!!!

They will get motivated once they sit mocks or early modules and don't get predicted grades, hopefully.

We studied a couple of past papers for the Geography last night,together with the marking guidelines. DD said it's a paper you cannot revise for but I disagreed and we got some good pointers.

radams dunno but when you find out can you let me know

Have ds in year 10 in top set at grammar school but suddenly getting poor results and blames it on every thing but lack of revision. Has coasted so far on minimal revision how do I motivate him to put more effort in?

Geography topics will vary according to exam board & syllabus. Ds says mainly case studies for him (edexcel syllabus A).

Thanks, reckon I need to hand over the laptop pdq.

abouteve Its human geography, tourism/national parks, population/ overcrowding in LEDC, industry in LEDCs and MEDCs eg Ruhr and M4 corridor plus SE Asia, sheffield steel etc settlement, agriculture, managing resources and development in LEDCs

Do you know the exam board? try looking at a past paper to get an idea of which topics come up the most frequently.

Good luck to your DD

eatyourveg, can you ask your DS what the Geography paper 2 is on? DD sitting it tomorrow and doesn't know .

Music here on friday too. Think chemistry went badly. Ds1 was due to stay in school for geography revision class for tomorrows second paper and then a music revision class.

I got home from work at lunchtime and he was there and had set the table out for 2 with a glass of wine poured out in my place. he said it just all got progressively worse and he came back to our town and walked up to the house we lived in for the first 5 years of his life. He said he was looking through the windows and felt sad.

he missed Geography but has arranged to go in tomorrow and I took him back to school for his music. Did think it may have been mean of me as he was obviously a bit down.

Seems ok now and we are going to watch a dvd tonight and forget exams

ooooooops didn't make breakfast as DS was called/hauled into school by teacher who insisted he attend his last crammer - I thought they were optional.

he he veg know what you mean
we are off out for a lovely breakfast this morning as we only have 1 more exam to go Music on Friday.The American West History yesterday seemed to go ok.I would like a bit more info tbh.

Geography here too. DS1 missed out a question on how a delta is formed. Not sure how many marks it carried but hope it wasn't a major part

Chemistry tomorrow the big bad one, if he gets more than one word per question down on paper I shall be celebrating.

Geography yesterday, mine said yea it was ok if you knew the answers (hey sooooooo clever) really wasnt in the mood to discuss it any more than that, more geography, dt and RE later this week lets all hope that those are "ok as long as you know the answers" as well !!!!!!!!!!

Would like to think it would all be over then but we go straight into work experience for 2 weeks then working full time 8.30 -5.30 with just under an hours travelling, think i am dreading that more than the gcses, he has already decided he doesn't like it. Roll on the summer hols. I Think