Thread 30 Covid Cohort, Mad March Hareing Towards Exams

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This is a thread for supporting all young people post GCSEs 2020, regardless of their educational setting. It is respectfully requested that all are supportive and helpful to each other. If you want to start a debate, e.g state vs private, please don't within this thread. Please also be sensitive when responding to threads about grades.

Some of us have been here since first thread back in yr10, some will be new. Everyone has been friendly and helpful in the past. Everyone is welcome. It is hoped this will continue.

Our DS/DD may go down various paths (such as employment, apprenticeships, higher ed) We have decided for anyone interested they will most likely find us within the Further Ed board.

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I've made this one a little bit earlier as things are so busy, at home and on thread, so please feel free to use up previous thread first

Oh yes, I use that when I teach sociology! Shocking.

The hand sanitisers/'smart' soap dispenser was a plot on Doctors a while back, believe it or not.

I saw it! so cheesy as a series but on point. I love it when I get to watch it

Agree to the ‘default male’ issue. All very terminator.
Well DH now has Covid and is quite ill, DD on the mend which is good but obviously we missed Swansea open day so feeling a bit sad about that.

Oh beach, that's all a bit crap.

Apologies for the lack of engagement. I have had a tremendous week away alone with 15 random strangers in Yorkshire. So lovely to visit the likes of Harrogate and local areas again.

Totally empathise with the ups and downs of teenage moods. All a little calmer here since my return. Decision finally made today to withdraw from McGill completely, and focus on Durham and TCD (if an offer is secured post A levels), both fabulous options for her.

Singing, I forgot to say Durham offer was AAA for next update, you are doing an amazing job keeping it going! Still not decided on UK insurance.

So much covid still amongst you all, wishing family members still suffering speedy recoveries.

That AI article is soul destroying! How are ordinary people going to earn a living? What jobs for those with no interest/abilities in computer science?
Where is the joy in human interaction?
What future for subjects like history, geography, languages and arts?
And scarily close.
And we all know technology fails - frequently
Hope most of it is pie in the sky....

Sorry you missed the Swansea open day @Onthebeach a d j hope your DH feels better soon. No one was wearing masks yesterday at Surrey, in complete contrast with Wales, so I'm hoping we haven't picked anything up.
My sister has Covid for the third time and sounds like a 100 a day smoker. She says her hospital is full of it at the moment.

The AI article is a bit depressing but I believe human roles will prevail in areas such as nursing, leisure/sport (teaching & safety) and hairdressing/beauty where the social interaction is a key element for some.

@ealingwestmum Glad you had a lovely week. Tempted to move this way? Shorter travel to Durham!

Good to know the recent offer holder days all seem to have been positive experiences. Sorry so many more being struck by covid though.

It was rather tempting Eww! I could quite happily dunk my head in the lush food at The Craven Arms in Appletreewick whilst walking the dog, but you can keep the cliff drop roads, it was the wrong time to not have a 4 wheel drive car

DD would be horrified at us creeping closer; 4 hours is plenty distance!

We are going to Northumberland tomorrow. Meant to be meeting my dad for lunch Tuesday. Have discovered pubs in Northumberland are still in 'winter' and not open on Tuesdays...

@ealingwestmum Distance does feature in their list of requirements doesn't it? Has your DD ranked colleges? DS would prefer on the hill SC.

@Piggywaspushed Tuesdays not Mondays seems odd.

It's Mondays AND Tuesdays!

@Piggywaspushed Ah. You need the classic MN answer of a National Trust tea shop .

I know.... but there aren't any of those either, if you can believe it!!

I should have listened to someone on the radio the other week who said she cycled the length of Hadrian's Wall, thinking there would be loads of pubs to stop off at and she couldn't' find any....

Are you all on Easter holidays now then? Ours still have a week to go. I was surprised that almost every one of those future jobs seem to require Psychology! Dd has made the right choice obviously

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Are you all on Easter holidays now then? Ours still have a week to go. I was surprised that almost every one of those future jobs seem to require Psychology! Dd has made the right choice obviously

Forgot about Easter hols. They from 9th for us.

Apparently if Dd gets into Southampton there is a four week break over April .

Yes, broke up on Friday!

UCAS is back up and running and DD has firmed Warwick (ABB - I might have said AAB before; I keep getting mixed up ) with Bristol (BBC) as insurance. Exciting but slightly surreal!

Checking in after a week away with work. I too now have Covid. Distinctly unimpressed.

Easter hols for schools here too: going to grab a few days away in devon the week before Easter but assuming it’s mostly a revision fest in our house.

Mini 2nd mocks this week. One short paper per subject and no study leave.

We've got one more week of school before we break up. So ready for a break!

We broke up on Friday. Was trying to encourage the creation of a revision time table today but DD not keen. She gets very stressed if she cannot keep to a timetable eg if perhaps a topic takes longer than scheduled etc. I get very stressed without some sort of plan, so it's not going well 😆
I think we've agreed to spend some time on each subject on each day....
Also got driving theory just before Easter so need to do some work on that too.