in wishing dh wouldn't begint the announcement of news of my 2:1 every time with 'well she just missed a first...'

[PeachyBAHons]

grrrrrr

I did bloody well considering

see if he can do so well on his defree (starts in 2009)

Comgrats, Peachy.
My dh just missed a first too...

YANBU. Congratulations on your excellent 2:1 What subject Peachy (BAHons )??

Congratulations,

congratulations

YAB just a tiny bit U

It's probably his way of saying just how well you did - a 2.1.1

Actually no, you're not BU at all. That would drive me bonkers too. But I bet he's just saying it because he's proud.

congratulations what subject?Are you well chuffed?

Ooh congratulations!

I think heis proud but i think he also has me on this pedastal and is genuinely shocked i didnt get a first, whereas i am genuinely shocked i didnt get a third!

subject- religion (world) and philosophy

Congratulations Peachy

I missed a First by a whisker as well. I rather wish my DP would constantly advertise the fact so that I wouldn't have to tell people about it myself

Well done you. Surely he's saying and she got really close to getting a first, bet he's really proud.

When I got my 2:1, I was really pleased with the way my DH slipped my grade into a convo with his parents (they hadn't asked how I did) It was after the graduation ceremony and he was telling them how good our Ds's had been because "WD got such a good degree there were still loads of people to go after she'd been up" We never did tell them what I got and I often wonder if they think I may have got a first

Congrats you should be very proud of yourself

I know why your DH wants to boast about it - a very high 2:1 takes alot more thought and work than a 2:1 that is actually borderline 2:2. I honestly think the band should be split in two.

Your DH is proud and wants to show you off. Its sweet!

bottom line is he is proud of his missus and just cant stop telling folk so put yer BA(hons) feet up and enjoy

iabu? damn

oh well once in a lifetime

yanbu. could be worse - one of my friend's got the highest 2:1 of his year!

Well done Peachy... So are you going to join us RS teachers next year???

elkat, hopefully start in 2009, year off with baby first

If its any consolation, i just missed a first too, i did go on about that for a bit I think your DH is just sooo proud of you - when he finally gets to do his degree, he will realise just how bloody difficult it is to get a 2:1, that is what employers are looking for anyway so what does it matter.

Well done you by the way what now?

Congratulations
YANBU
but
YAaBA(Hons)
which is what counts

(Just off now to study further for my degree in punning...)

"I know why your DH wants to boast about it - a very high 2:1 takes alot more thought and work than a 2:1 that is actually borderline 2:2. I honestly think the band should be split in two."

as said by Artichoke

I wasn't quite borderline, but I was at the very bottom of the band and I always thought it was pretty unfair I got the same result as a lot of very hard workers (including my sister who had a viva for a first I think but still ended up with a 2.1)

congrats! he is just v.proud of you I'm sure

congratulations!

i got a 2:1 too (many years ago) i never enquired about the actual scoring within that banding as i suspect i scraped it and ddin't want anything to bring me down

youtr DH sounds v proud and sounds as though he reckons you were robbed of a first.

hmm, my original thought on this was that YANBU because it is a bit backhanded - BUT having read what some of the others are saying, it does sound like he is pointing out how you nearly got a first.

My mum was one of those who always looked on the negative side - I swear if I had come home with 99% on an exam, she would have asked "what happened to the other 1% then?" - hence my initial reaction.

You could maybe suggest to your DH that perhaps just saying that you "nearly got a first" would be a more positive way of putting it?

congratulations peachy.

Congratulations....my Dad asked me why I didn't get a first when I got my 2:1 in 1990..grrrr.

Good on you, and a great choice of subject as well, mine is theology and philosophy!

They do a great MA in World Religions distance learning part time at Lampeter...I hope to start it in January...come and join me?