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GCSE’s if mums got GCSEs what grades would you get?

30 replies

GreenTulips · 22/08/2019 10:26

Whilst the teens are celebrating their success or crying over their failure ..... what would you get as a parent?

I’m going for a
C in cookery
B in taxi driving
D in homework help
A* in patience

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formerbabe · 22/08/2019 10:31

A in cooking
A in chauffeuring
B in homework help...would be an A if they actually listened to me!
B in patience normally but it's the school holidays so I think I'm failing that! Grin

Whatusernamecanihave · 22/08/2019 10:36

F in everything :/

GreenTulips · 22/08/2019 10:37

Whatusernamecanihave

Could try harder!

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Lindormilk · 22/08/2019 11:59

A cleaning
A taxi
B cookery
U sewing
C homework help
A football mum

BelulahBlanca · 22/08/2019 12:02

What about with the number system? Grin

JoxerGoesToStuttgart · 22/08/2019 12:03

B in cleaning
D in cooking
A* in chauffeuring
A* in patience
A* in feigning interest in dan TDM
A in uniform laundering and organisation
A* in funding fucking everything Grin

Lindormilk · 22/08/2019 12:20

No numbers on my DDs paper today. Still letters!

Cocolapew · 22/08/2019 12:24

A* in taxi services
B- cleaning
C cookery
F in listening to Marvel nonsense

GreenTulips · 22/08/2019 12:25

A* in feigning interest Grin
F in keeping up with who’s dating who
D in loading lunch cards

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Sparklingbrook · 22/08/2019 12:27

D in Cookery and probably an E for 'Attitude to learning' in that subject.

A* in cleaning, ferrying teenagers about, and eye rolling at them.

A** in being the cat's Mum.

Aebj · 22/08/2019 12:31

A in keeping them alive

D in cooking ( how dare I make them eat veg😂 it would be an A if they could eat chicken burgers and ice cream every day😂)

A* in driving and not hitting the kangaroo on the way home this evening

D as it’s so unfair they have to have lights out on school nights by 9:30pm ( apart from Wednesday, as it’s cadet night) they are 13 and 15. I would be given an A if they could go to bed later and wake after 9am!!!

Witchend · 22/08/2019 12:39

1 in tidying
7 in pairing socks
9 in finding something that is exactly where I said it was but they have apparently looked and "isn't there"
9 in eating junk food secretly.

MargoLovebutter · 22/08/2019 12:42

Great thread - love it!!!!!

A** in organisation and efficiency
A** for problem solving
A* in being in two places at the same time
A* for diplomatic responses to outfits / haircuts (for both sexes)
A* for absorbing anxiety, misery, upset
A* for constantly running multiple diaries in my head

C for chauffeuring. Used to be A but I make them get Ubers more these days.

D for feigning interest at 10.30pm on a week night in some perceived tricky teenage social interaction, probably from Snapchat, that could have been discussed when I was still semi-conscious over dinner.

E for enthusiasm for providing meals and packed fucking lunches. 20 years of catering has absolutely numbed my enthusiasm in the kitchen.

00Sassy · 22/08/2019 12:45

I shall award myself a 9 in holding back the relieved tears when my beautiful boy managed to get all 5’s and 6’s!

Doesn’t sound much but he’s had to work so very hard to achieve that after pretty devastating mock results and the expectation that he would probably have to retake.

He’s a superstar!

I’m now crying typing this but he can’t see me so it’s okay

stayathomer · 22/08/2019 12:49

Fail in cooking
Fail in putting things eg tables, toys together
A for perseverance
A for being there
A for being enthusiastic and happy
A for hugs and stories
Fail for cleaning

stayathomer · 22/08/2019 12:50

00Sassy CakeBrewFlowers hope ye all have a great day

GreenTulips · 22/08/2019 13:00

E for enthusiasm for providing meals and packed fucking lunches

Love it!

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FrangipaniBlue · 22/08/2019 13:09

Homework Assisting A

PE A

General Studies B (DS thinks I'm the font of all knowledge)

Cooking B (only not an A because of the mess I leave behind)

Home Economics F

Dljlr · 22/08/2019 13:14

D for cooking
C for tidying
C for laundry (gets done, then the cat sleeps on it)
A* for love and affection
E for interest in Fortnite and Minecraft and whatever else is making him yell at the TV
A** for teaching him the value of hard work, hence the
U for quality time spent together because I'm frequently at fucking work.

Zenithbear · 22/08/2019 13:17

A* in travel and tourism - we had the best holidays ever apparently.
Scraped a D at teenage dramas really struggled with the middle teen years.

Cocolapew · 22/08/2019 13:36

Well done to your DS 00Sassy Star!

icarriedawatermelon81 · 22/08/2019 13:42

Lol!

I'd get

D- homework helping
D- patience
D- imaginative play
B/C - dinner making
B- home making
A* - organisation and planning
A*- emotional support

GreenTulips · 22/08/2019 13:42

B in hair dressing with A* in nit detection
A* in housework avoidance and cutting corners

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PurpleWithRed · 22/08/2019 13:47

i would have got

9 in problem solving (especially where throwing £ helped)
8 in delegation
5 in nutrition
8 in papering over marital cracks so children weren't affected
9 in fun
9 in mess tolerance
4 in being the boss

Atlasta · 22/08/2019 13:50

A - Organization/Control freakiness
A - logistics
A- Homework help/ taking over the whole assignment.
A- Bribery

U- Relaxation/Laidback- nessGrin

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