To recoil from social media pics of students holding up cut outs saying '9' and 'we did it' in their pics

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I just feel it all looks a bit naff. Does the 9 mean ' I got 9 gcse' or does it mean ' I got grade 9s?'. What's wrong with just having a nice, smiley group pic? Why do they need these silly props ?

Why on earth do you care?

Because I do! I could go into psychoanalysis to work it out but I obviously don't care quite that much!

YABU. Let them celebrate academic success if they want...

I salute them and would congratulate them hugely. Why are being such a misery guts? Some of them have worked their arses off to get those grades.

If they were winning medals for athletics, would you object to those photos? Academic achievement isn't recognised with anything like the same excitement as sports but still requires the same amount of effort (and probably more pressure...)

Try to rein in your inner curmudgeon.

Let people celebrate their successes. Be happy for them.

The problem with our society is someone always being ready to piss on someone else's bonfire.

No, I think they must have worked really had to get a 9. It makes a nice change to see pictures of them celebrating their achievements rather than endless pictures that seem to base their self worth on how beautiful they are.

Meh.

Also what does grade 9 mean? Bring back the old GCSE of A-F.

How awful, being proud of success, the little swines.

Bring back the old GCSE of A-F. actually it was A-G

Go lie down op. You must be feverish.

How dare people celebrate hard work and success?!

Stop being miserable. It's lovely to see.

This was never going to be received well, OP

Did you fail your GCSEs this week by any chance op?

Bless them! Let them enjoy their success. Not everyone can be good at everything but that doesn't mean we should celebrate success, no matter what it looks like! Good on them, I say!

Hey ho. Received well, not received well I'm non pluses. Just hate naff placards.

Also what does grade 9 mean?

Did you fail your GSCEs? It's hardly difficult to understand that 9 is the best grade and each number below that is slightly less good than the one above

I think they've worked bloody hard and earned the right to post whatever the hell they want. Good on them!

No doubt there's a whole host of people that are offended.
Not fair on the ones that didn't do so well blah blah blah (yawn)

No I meant - does it mean they got a grade 9 or they got 9 GCSEs? They are holding up the number 9.

Recoil is a bit of an overreaction.

You recoil from young people celebrating their achievements? How very misanthropic.

Either way they did well. If you care enough, ask them, otherwise just say well done

9 is the top grade under the new mark scheme. So you don't understand it, that's fair enough. Some of these kids will have bust a gut to get that grade. Allow them one day to celebrate.

Where are you seeing all these people , OP ? are the y in the high street? in your front room? dancing through your bedroom?

Well done to them!