Thread 33 - Lovely Jubbly Jubilee Break, then back to 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. Possibly a move to Parent of Adult Children Board in future?
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@ealingwestmum I'm so sorry for your loss. Hard for you all when you'd been told there would be more time together.

@Decorhate Another utter tragedy.

Sorry to hear all the bad news.

@Decorhate that is tragic.

@ealingwestmum that is really tough timing, but MND is awful and I think if I had that condition I would be grateful to be spared the drawn out suffering. But however you can rationalise these things, it still hurts. Hope your DD is able to thinking supporting your MIL to take focus off any misplaced guilt.

I’m so sorry to hear about your loss @ealingwestmum . I hope your dd is able to come to terms with not visiting; she wasn’t to know he had so little time but I know my dd would be feeling the same. 💐

How awful @Decorhate 😢

So sorry to read all the sad news, it certainly puts things into prospective (I was feeling sorry for myself because I have a chesty cough and not slept for days).

@Monkey2001 DD watched it at school apparently, but thanks for the heads up.

DDs is definitely feeling the strain re this coming week - her mood changed over the weekend and we are walking on egg shells. She is off to the library to revise in a bit. Going into school tomorrow for an extra Core Maths lessons before her exam on Wednesday afternoon which is just after her Psy 2 in the morning).

Good luck to all taking exams this week - seems like it's a tough one - lets get it out of the way :-)

Oh ealing, such sad news.

From a practical pov, you must tell the school. Recent bereavement is taken into account for any exams sat.

Stomach bug = doctor's note. There is a real spike in gastro stuff atm : it's a covid symptom so testing might be wise.

Decor was that the poor boy in Stevenage? That was such a dreadful thing.

Everything feels crap for too many people at the moment.

@Piggywaspushed Yes it was. I hadn’t seen it in the news so only heard today. They had counsellors in all last week to support the students & staff.

So sorry to hear your news @ealingwestmum.

@Decorhate Yes, I heard about that one as it's not too far from us, it is such a tragedy.

Hope your daughter is better soon @handmademitlove

Good luck to those with exams today.

Hope today’s exams go well. Dd has Psychology, RS, History on Wed/Thursday/Fri. She’s pretty relaxed now; American history was the only one she was a bit worried about, so glad she got that out the way before half term. No one in this house asks me to get involved in revision/flash card testing etc; my only role appears to be lifts to school and the university library! Oh and telling ds what exam is coming next. I wrote them on his calendar but he seems incapable of checking that!

@ealingwestmum thoughts and prayers with you and your family. Hope DD manages to get through things.
@Decorhate tragic.

DD just seems exhausted, even after half term. She has Psych on Wed, with Business and Bio on Thursday so no let up.

@ealingwestmum my condolences and a big hug to lovely DD

@decorhate - no words. Too, too frequent.

How utterly awful and shocking Decorhate.

Ealing sorry to read your update, sending hugs, these things are so hard.

Best wishes to everyone sitting exams this week. DD still not feeling great, but I think its stress rather than a bug.

Thank you all for being, as ever, so lovely. DH is taking the burden as the rest of his siblings have been NC with his mum for many years; but there is slight hope on reconciliation now. And sandwich generation that we all are on here, there are challenging times but we try to get our heads around them.

Such sad, sad news hearing the tragic outcomes of young people right now.
Really hope all the illness is short lived.

Thanks Piggy and all saying to notify school. She’s not looking for any extenuating circumstances but in case she has a major emotional wobble this week, then exam officer being aware is very helpful.

Crumbs...just read an article on the BBC about kids missing their exams as their flights were cancelled. How bloody awful.

So sorry for your loss, ealing. What a shock for your family.
I hope your DD manages to push through this week’s exams.

This week is the hardest week for us - 6 GCSE papers and 3 A level papers, starting tomorrow.
Both DCs have worked without a day off all half term; we’re all tired and a bit flat, from being stuck at home all week.

@Alsoplayspiccolo feeling flat is a good way to describe it - I totally agree. No days off here for dd and 3 exams over the next two days. It's very much treading on eggshells here, although then you hear about news like dechorate says and you feel very lucky.

Sorry to hear of kids feeling a bit fed up. Hopefully getting this week out the way will help. Dd is managing to mix social with study by working with friends and taking breaks to get food together, which has helped I think.

@ealingwestmum So sorry to hear your news. Condolences to you all

@handmademitlove Hope your DD feels much better soon.

@Decorhate My heart always sinks when I hear about these awful senseless deaths, it's also horribly close to us. I cannot even begin to imagine how his parents must feel right now, just shattered.

Good luck to all those sitting exams today. DS is sitting Economics paper 2, hope its better than the last one. He's also got Core Maths on Wednesday.. nail biting! I'm praying so hard he smashes it.

DS was quite pleased with economics paper. Says there was a sociology question it it...

@Piggywaspushed Good to hear from someone who thought the paper was good, I'm hoping the same for DS. He has said the first paper was really hard and he also ran out of time on an essay question.

Might be a different board mind, shimy...

@Piggywaspushed AQA?

Sad news for your family@ealingwestmum , I do agree that dying suddenly may be a kinder outcome with that dreadful disease, but it’s hard to process for those left behind. My thoughts are also with the bereaved people in Stevenage, so senseless.
We saw no evidence of any revision at all over half term, she feels she is perfectly prepared for Psychology and History so what do I know?
Adult DS has Covid, but he has kept largely to his room. He’s living here for free and supposedly saving to buy a house, so when I see constant food and stuff delivered, I cant help but feel I’m subsidising that by making 1 teabag do for 2 cups etc, it is making me cross.
Psychology and History expert has had a dreadful cold with a hacking cough, but is testing negative.She has asthma. I’ve told her I need to wash her curtains, soft toys and the tonne of hoodies on the back of her door, and then vacuum thoroughly, but just got that look you will all be familiar with. It’s like she thinks I want to spend hours cleaning her room! Apparently she has to tidy first and then I can do it. She clearly thinks I have invented the link between dust and asthma in order to snoop.
Meanwhile, I have , with minimal help completed a total renovation of my summerhouse. Asked DH to do one tiny thing today, but he can’t perform DIY without a handmaiden, so when I got called away to the phone, he just bloody left it.
I know I would be lonely if I lived on my own, but sometimes it seems so appealing and so far away.

Think DS is Edexcel.

So sorry to hear the sad news @ealingwestmum.