Can I show off and be shameless here? I can't in real life

[proudmudda]

I have had a very tough time recently, dh has had a nervous breakdown, my dad who has always been abusive hit a new low and we're NC. My mum emigrated and it's just been so hard.
But ds got 11 level 9s and and A** in further maths yesterday and I am so so proud. He is severely dyspraxic and had oral dyspeptia which went undiagnosed until he was 4 which severely affected his speech. I was told he had SEN and he was put in a special group, I knew he was frustrated and moved his school then home schooled. He went to the local comp for secondary, it was on special
Measures, he was bullied but here we are.
I am so proud of my boy. I could burst.
As a working class northerner I will be ostracised for rl showing off, so can I be shameless here?
Sorry to anyone I annoy, I just need an outlet! Mn has helped me so much over the years with ds, dh and just life. Thank you all so much

woohoo. well done to him and you OP.

Jump up and down..

Wow
Be proud op

This thread has genuinely has made me tear up! Well done to you both - you both sound fucking brilliant!

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Congratulations to you both ..... genuinely delighted and wishing it continues to brings happiness forever.

Keep the celebrations going 🥂🍾👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Well done both of you, that is really amazing. Boast away, your DC has obviously worked hard to overcome some solid difficulties. As for Northern curmudgeonliness, it’s a very poor attitude but not confined to the north.

One of my DC passed her eleven plus so spectacularly that she was offered any one of nine grammars schools in the county she wanted to attend. Throughout her whole school career she never got less than the top grades. The reaction was awful.In the end we had to hide her light under a bushel as the jealousy and backbiting turned into outright bullying - and not just from other children either.

Amazing, OP. So happy for you & your brainiac son

Brilliant, well done to your son and well done to you for being a fantastic mum through such a difficult time.

Celebrate!

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Boast away - what a magnificent set of results!

That’s amazing!!!! You absolutely deserve bragging rights!!

Fabtastic thread. Congratulations @proudmudda what fantastic results. Huge congratulations to your DS and to you. He will have the brightest future and your heart will keep bursting

Omg, I'd be boasting all over the shop!
Seriously well-done to your son, and to you too for being an amazing mum

Bloody brilliant!!! Xxx

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Congratulations to your DS and to you for supporting and helping him

What a lovely thread! Congratulations to your ds (and you! Obviously all down to your fabulous parenting )

Wow that is brilliant, well done him and you !
He sounds like he is a superbrain.
Good luck to him fantastic x

Fantastic news , so lovely to hear.

Absolutely be as shameless and brag as much as you like that's a phenomenal achievement from both of you, you both have every right to be very very proud!

That's brilliant 😍

Well, done to him, fantastic result.

Yes you are right he has to follow his own dream, not yours. Oxford is great for the right student, it’s cheaper than many other unis and no, he won’t be posh - he will just be himself. Contrary to what you might think from reading MN, it’s not all posh kids from Eton, there are students from all over the world.

If his school is in special measures he might be able to get some support with his application from the Sutton Trust ,also they run great summer schools.

summerschools.suttontrust.com/

Oxford run the UNIQ summer school

www.ox.ac.uk/about/oxford-access/outreach

Other outreach events here

www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/increasing-access

Proper chuffed for you and you DS. Hope the head isn't too sore this morning