To be annoyed by "they are all in the ssme boat"

[Northernsoulgirl45]

I am referring to students who should have been taking exams this year.
They are still likely to miss out on all the rites of passage such as prom and celebrations assemblies compared to previous year groups.
More importantly if as some suggested thye sit their exams in September some students will have continued to receive face to face tuition whilst others won't.
It seems like any option will fail some students. Using mock results will penalise kids who underperformed in mocks. Using predicted grades is also fraught with issues.
Just feeling so gutted for year 11 and year 13 right now especially but also feel for all kids, parents,teachers etc right now.
AIBU

yes, this can really cause problems for all the kids who are supposed to do exams. A lot of them are not capable to study by themselves.

It seems like any option will fail some students.

The system as it was fails some students. There is no perfect way of assessing students as they are all different.

I agree that this is terrible for those children who do not have the support or resources at home - which is why I think they are looking at teacher assessment so that these children won't be further disadvantaged. Looks like we'll have more news about what will happen tomorrow.

Re. celebration assemblies and proms. I'd rather their grandparents alive.

These are exceptional times and circumstances. The decisions have been made. Work on acceptance.

People are dying and you’re worried about students missing their prom?

Yes it's crap and yes I have a child directly affected. But the situation isn't going to change, and you have to come to terms with it and help your child move forward.

While I sympathise, I think worrying about prom is a bit silly - we had a leavers ball - and I don't think it was a rite of passage for me or my friends.

There is actually something called the common good. Ask anyone in Italy if exams and proms are their main worry at the moment. Another 500 of their relatives will die today. Of course it is shitty for them. The whole situation is shitty and loads of people are going to face significant challenges but it's how we deal with it as a collective that is important.

They are still likely to miss out on all the rites of passage such as prom and celebrations

YANBU re exams, but YABU about them missing out on a prom or piss up.

YANBU about exams. And while all kids in the same cohort will have the same issues, in the future will there be an attitude of “GCSEs in 2020, oh can’t trust those results, teachers made them up” which could affect them when they’re competing for uni courses or jobs

YABU about prom. They can have a prom when this is all over. There a massively bigger things going on in the country and the world that take priority over prom.

It looks likely that they'll base "results" on kicks and coursework (NB I dont know this for sure, just speculating). I feel sorry for the kids who flunked their mocks (like I did)

Kicks = mocks

But hopefully they will all be alive. Including the vulnerable ones with conditions that put them in a higher risk category... Hopefully.

Obviously know cancellaton of prom etc is necessary for the greater good as the physical health of everyone is more important but surely I can feel sad that her cohort will miss out. Also I am concerned for their mental health.

in the future will there be an attitude of “GCSEs in 2020, oh can’t trust those results, teachers made them up” which could affect them when they’re competing for uni courses or jobs

I'm fairly sure there will have to be robust evidence for grades. Even for Foundation Stage goals in Reception we had to have 3 pieces of recorded evidence for each target.

There is always the alternative of back yearing everyone, that is, getting them to do the entire year again. It would raise the school leaving and starting age, but is an option perhaps which addresses the young age UK children start formal education.

Well obviously it's going to be hard for them ,but in the great scheme of things students missing exams is not that important when you consider the impact of the virus ,I'm more concerned about my elderly parents getting this as the outcome could be fatal.

I'm fairly sure there will have to be robust evidence for grades.

It depends what they do. You don't have to produce any evidence at all for predicted grades. If they just go with mock marks, there is no regulation of what is set for mocks or how they are marked, and Michael Gove did away with a lot of coursework.

but surely I can feel sad that her cohort will miss out. Of course you can. But another way to look at it is that they've missed a party. My son has just taking a phone call laying him off without pay. Others will lose their lives.

YANBU to feel sad for them but in the grand scheme of things it's insignificant if a teenager goes to their prom or not.

I'm forced to miss my lovely grandads funeral today... gutted doesn't begin to describe it.

Kids now have a greater responsibility to study at home to ensure their own success. They have to take on the responsibility for themselves. Parents can whine less about it and support their kids.

I think that proms etc are not important in the scheme of things, but there are always kids who do a mediocre job in coursework and mocks and then get their act together for the real thing. It’s completely unfair that anyone should be denied the opportunity to sit public exams- it could affect the course of their whole lives. Kids should be given the option to sit the exams later in the year or retake the year if they wish.

Of course it's sad that they won't have their prom. I don't know why everyone seems to think that it doesn't.

Of course it has to be cancelled. Of course it's not that important. Of course they'll be okay without. But if course they'll be gutted.

Obviously know cancellaton of prom etc is necessary for the greater good as the physical health of everyone is more important but surely I can feel sad that her cohort will miss out.
Sad enough and have nothing better to do than raise a thread about it? YABU. Nobody would get anything done if everyone wrote threads about being sad about trivial things.

I'm sad (massive understatement) that it was my Mum's funeral last week - not starting a thread about it though.

Also I am concerned for their mental health.
Do they suffer mental ill- health? If so, it would perhaps be useful to make sure they stay in contact with friends and fellow students regularly by phone/facetime/Skype to support each other. They do need to realise though that this is an unprecedented situation and not focus on themselves.

Kids now have a greater responsibility to study at home to ensure their own success.

Unless they are just going to be given their mock grades. In that case anything they do now will be utterly pointless. Let's hope that becomes clearer soon for everyone.