GCSE '18s (20) - half term beckons!

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AH she is being very brave.

@Stickerrocks and @EllenJanesthickerknickers - I missed both the Year 10 and Year 12 introduction evenings. One because of work and one because I was too exhausted after doing a half marathon. Do I get prize for in-helicopter parenting and pushups g my own interests in preparation for empty nest syndrome

@AlexanderHamilton - your poor DD. You and your family so deserve a bit of good luck.

Limit sorry your DD has had such a hard time. I think some people have no idea how exhausting school can be if you are dyslexic.

All the extra effort needed with the attention and processing and then made so much worse by test conditions plus adding in anxiety by giving no notice then shame by making students read results out in public.

The mind boggles

My older dyslexic kids are doing well in work despite my continued over involvement/ support . One is just telling me about the great bonus system and the other was talent spotted by another company but declined the kind offer. In the workplace they can now play to their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They just needed to get through bloody school first.

Sticker extra time is usually only 25% more. My school gets students who might qualify to change the colour of their pens after normal time so we have record of their need for extra time and it being their normal way of working etc. They only get the 25%. They take it during break or lunch.

Oh no AH. Hope it’s nothing too serious.

Sticker that sounds spot on. The difficulty for DS is when he’s faced with new material, has to take notes, and then has to do calculations all at once. He just can’t process it all quickly enough.

One of his teachers uses a ‘flipped classroom’ approach (for everyone) and it’s working brilliantly for DS.

AH

Ha! Typical! Ive had a stressful day and was just wondering if I've done the right thing by going back to work and now apparently I'm a helicopter parent "A mother's place is in the wrong" as some wise old bird once said.

Y12 evening was quite dull but at least we met the tutor who seems lovely. Also found out about all the stuff available to students in case of them struggling. DS is good at masking that so I shall be on the look out for a good few weeks.

Got home to find that DS2 has eaten the week's supply of cold meats (ie my lunches), I got cross, and he called me all the rude words he could think of. So I'm in bed with gin.

Sorry to hear about DD's ankle alexander, that's just what you needed
Night night all you wonderful supportive and kind parents! Too right I'm invested - I gave up a career and a lot of dosh and a lot of time to get them this far and I will not apologise for ensuring they leave education with what they want for the future!

She’s just been called after 3.5 hours. Her teacher says she needs to push for a scan & to emphasise what she does (comparing it to an elite athlete).

We have an online system which supplements what I do. The students can access video tuition which goes over everything I cover in the classroom at their own pace, topped up with knowledge checks and quizzes. Unfortunately we just don't have the time to slow the pace in the classroom. I have 5 days over the next couple of weeks to cover all the material in a 1086 page text book for one paper.

I have always thought that anyone with dyspraxia or dyscalcula must be incredibly determined (or crazy in the nicest possible sense of the word) to put themself through 3 years of professional exams and then build a career where precision is crucial. However, there are a significant number determined to take the risk each year.

Stickerrocks sounds to me like you’ve got it right - the only thing I’d watch out for is that poor organisational skills can go with the dyslexia but at the level your students are working at I think it’s less of an issue!
The red flag in Limit’s Post for me was for a dyslexic student to take an impromptu test and then having the result read out. It’s not a level playing field and that isn’t fair. But the teacher may not realise and it’s only fair to explain.

Alexander poor dd, ankle injuries are horrid and I hope it’s sorted soon. [ flowers]

alexander for your little
Gosh glad the pious parent has gone phew!!!! I might have started on her otherwise with my sparkling g wit as for being a helicopter grandparent I wish I had a helicopter so I could fly away!
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Hope your luck changes soon alexander I know what it is to have a run of bad luck. Think positive and all will be well.

Honestly, it’s one thing after another. I swear anyone reading just my posts on the threads since Easter would say I’m a troll as it’s all so unbelievable.

Anyway. Dd had an x ray which says no lasting damage. RICE & no dance for the next few weeks are the advice.

But I’m going to get her investigated Further. This weakness keeps happening & we either need to find out any underlying cause & get it sorted or re-evaluate whether she is physically strong enough for a professional career.

That must be so worrying for her, and you, Alexander. Would a weakness show up on an X-ray or ultrasound or some of diagnostic test?

AH and to you and dd. Hope it's a minor blip.

I can't believe it's page 5 already and I missed all the fun with the perfect parent. It reminded me why I rarely venture out into the rest of mumsnet any more.

I do agree with her though that I will struggle with the empty nest in 2 years. Not because I'm too involved in her schoolwork (I'm not any more since English is done) but because as a lone parent with one child my life will be very different when I live alone.

Dd now stays at her dad's two nights a week so I am getting a bit of practise. I don't mind my own company but I do tend to just do more work if I've got nothing else to do and my job can become all-consuming if I'm not careful.

Tonight I'm starting a beginners Spanish course.

It was quite spiteful the way Ophelia launched her opinions yesterday. I had a look at her recent posts and she seems to spend 99% of her time in AIBU, so I guess rudeness will have been normalised for her.

Imagine trying to helicopter parent a teenager?! DS2 would simply reach up and snap off my blades in mid-air if I came within a country mile of him! He's in full throttle independence mode.

I think the only one who needed to get a life was ophelia! What do they get out of it really? Its so sad that all you do is try and stir people up. I always feel sorry for those type of people mainly because its such a waste of a brain. Think she needs a dose of my life experiences lately to giver her thoughts and opinions a bit of true perspective.

Kick I'm going to miss my DC too. In 4 years, they will both be gone. I'm married, and DH and I have a good relationship, but the boys leaving will leave a gap. I think most (loving) parents feel the same. How could they not?

I'll get used to the new norm eventually though, just like I've got used to all the other changes. DH plans for us to do a lot more travelling again, like we used to do before it was so rudely interrupted when I got pregnant with DS1! It will be strange going back to being oblivious to when the school holidays are.

Ah but you ll need to know when the school holidays are as that’s when you ll want to book your hols !! And will also be the time when I’m sure you two boys will return and dump their washing and empty the fridge !!

My dd feels the same way kick being a single parent too. She is going to find it difficult when dgd leaves home for uni. I too will be at a lose as my dgd is everything I am not. She has worked so hard and continues to do so and is determined to better herself and not be in a spiral of poverty that her mum and I are stuck in. She is so brave as she is a real ' homebird' at heart and often says she knows she will be homesick but is comforted that wherever she may be we are but a phonecall away and will be at her side if she needs us. We look forward to see her venturing out into the world and beginning her own life and we will be so proud of her as she succeeds in all she does safe in the knowledge that the grounding, nurturing and love we gave her from her birth will make her the human being we know she is, kind, caring and loving.

AH really sorry to hear you have suffered more bad news.........is it just the one ankle or does she have weakness in both, if one could it be the result of an old injury. DD who is not a dancer suffered with weak ankles we saw a physio and the exercises he gave sorted it out, according to him it was due to the fact she didn't start walking until she was 18 months.

I had an MRI scan a couple of years ago on my foot & ankle as I lost sensation in part of my foot after surgery shortly after DD was born and they weren't sure how much damage there was. I was shocked to discover when I saw a physio that I couldn't stand on one leg. Certainly not AH's DD's problem.

Sorry to hear about DD Alex. X