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

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Isaidheyhoney · 18/05/2010 22:59

Personally I'm finding it very hard on me. I keep taking an emotional hit every time I ask about revision. What has helped has been to get dh on board, but he is a bit work-obsessed himself at the moment.

Anyone else?

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sarah293 · 20/05/2010 10:32

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NoahAndTheWhale · 20/05/2010 10:31

I am invigilating a GCSE Biology paper tomorrow - I hope everyone doing it has an all right paper

snorkie · 20/05/2010 10:29

ds very calm & laid back, he only gets grumpy if I nag him about doing some revision. I have gone from worrying he's not doing enough work to being quite more laid back too, but that has been helped by the fact he finally moved into the study & started revising at the weekend.

He had his last ever geography & English lessons yesterday & today is his last day of lessons. Exam leave and exams start tomorrow (gulp!).

Good luck to them all. I like the idea of some ceremony/special celebratory meal to mark the end of each subject - that would make tomorrow the first - as Biology will be finished for ever then - better go shopping...

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Isaidheyhoney · 20/05/2010 09:34

It is just so emotionally taxing, isn't it? And you have to try so hard not to just lose it, because that won't help.

I'm going to try to book a massage for tomorrow (after Biology!) to see if that helps. (Me.)

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PositiveAttitude · 19/05/2010 17:50

Definite nightmare. Here DD2 is doing AS levels. Last year she did GCSEs. She began getting mega stressed out about them, so I took her for a coffee and gave her the "we will be proud of you whatever you get" talk. In response she said, "Do you mean you dont care?" then after being reassured, she did very little revision because "We would be proud of her anyway!" When she got her results (very good, by the way) she said "not bad for someone who didnt do any work" Grrrr!!

Anyway, really grumpy teenager now with AS levels. I cant do anything right. I can ask her what she wants for tea, cook it, then she moans about it. I cant get onto my laptop hardly at all - she does not have her own. She mopes around saying she cant settle to revise, but can miraculously settle to it when I need the dishwasher emptied, or some help around the house.

Roll on end of June.

Jopeg · 19/05/2010 17:26

Nightmare actually...apparently I am smothering her!

GypsyMoth · 19/05/2010 13:52

Dd has stuff pinned up on her Walls. She has her dance gcse today. I have pringles waiting here as it's all she requests she's ok, mega organised and no attitude yet really!

marcsalmond · 19/05/2010 13:43

my son is completely calm about the whole think, which is worrying in itself!

bourboncreme · 19/05/2010 13:42

I know what you mean about a hit when you ask about revision ,followed by "can you test me "only an hour later as if nothing has happened .I shall be glad when the sciences are aout of the way(next Friday)as that is where most of the stress is .

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Isaidheyhoney · 18/05/2010 23:50

Also, I'm thinking we should have some kind of ceremony when each subject is out of the way, done and dusted - certainly involving getting rid of all the study books - but I think we'll have to retain them somewhere just in case re-sits are necessary!

Maybe I should buy a special dustbin?

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