Thread 38 Covid Cohort, After Results Day

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ALL our children are heroes of their own stories, they have thrived through a once in a century catastrophe and they will succeed

This is a support thread for our young adults post GCSEs 2020, regardless of their educational setting, and their results (life updates for those who went into work or have had results earlier). 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. It's all relative!

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 continue down various pathways ( employment, apprenticeships, higher ed) We have decided for anyone interested they will find a thread within the Further Ed board.Possibly a move to Parent of Adult Children Board in future? Post Sept?

Previous thread

www.mumsnet.com/talk/further_education/4613457-thread-37-covid-cohort-2020-results-thread-heroes-of-their-own-stories

Listen to it under water??

@Piggywaspushed no, not a doorstop. We'd know what to do with that.

@KingscoteStaff nothing as exciting as that 😂

I think I would describe it as decorative and also pointless. But then I suppose most decorative things are ultimately pointless 🤔

I'm intrigued. I want a picture.

Hang on a mo..

My confusion comes from not knowing what to tie it to. DH told DS you tie it to your car aerial and they won't let you in without it

Is this the same as yours @mummyinbeds

What a waste of money, energy and resources!

My thoughts exactly - why not a pen, notebook, bag, t shirt, keyring, even just a sticker would be better. What would an 18yr old want with a small pennant. Although having said that DS left it lying around at first but has now squirrelled it away in his room.

@Knickerthief1 remark all given there’s only 1 mark to find I think the odds are good

That's very American!

Lincoln students get a hoodie which causes huge excitement . Amongst parents on FB, anyway.

Not decus et tutamen then, like the Scottish pound coin?

Nods intellectually.

What an odd thing to send out to everyone! DD got a nice waterbottle and tote bag at her Offer-Holder day, but hasn't received anything recently.

It also reminds me of when I start writing a word and then realise there isn't really enough space left on the line. A hoodie would be so much better!
I haven't joined a parents group on Facebook, is that worth doing?

There is something really unsettling about the (lack of) graphic design there.
Which reminds me of this page:
robin-cg.medium.com/a-totally-objective-ranking-of-every-uk-university-logo-84d831232e48

DD got a tote bag from Newcastle on her offer holder day which she has recently washed and ironed...

@singingstones yes that's what he got too.

A hoody would be nice. He got a coffee cup, notebook, pen, bottle opener/keyring/shopping trolley coin thing in a drawstring bag at the law department offer holders day. At least they might be useful. But a pendant?? It isn't going on my car ariel 🤣

Ds has had open day/offer holder gifts of pens, pencils, guitar picks, mini post it note thingies, notebook and tote bags and face masks (which dh pinched to wear at his rival institution!!!)

@crazycrofter our DDs really could be twins! will be interesting to see if they find each other naturally at Ruthland ;-)

Yes to Nottingham pendant in the post = DD underwhelmed.

Knickerthief, I’ve seen advice elsewhere that says NOT to get every paper reviewed at the same time, in case a mark gain is negated by a mark loss on another paper.
If you have time, perhaps go for the lowest scores paper first and work through them that way?

On the same subject, we requested a GCSE priority copy of script yesterday and it’s already back today. However, DS has had an email asking him to collect it, and it seems that teachers don’t automatically get to see it - the student has to give permission.
At this time of year, it’s a bit much to ask to arrange to go through each copy with teachers, which is what DS has been told to do; most of them aren’t responding to emails, given that it’s their holidays!

Poggy, have you seen the talk about the AQA examiners train wreck, particularly in English?
Very concerning and suggests it’s definitely worth asking for copies of scripts, as they’re free to get.

Yes, good if a teacher can look at the papers and make a call for any review for a paper (rather than the lot) as one can up and another down. Most stay unchanged, mind.

An English teacher friend told us AQA were still marking GCSE papers this Tuesday/Wednesday, so the chance of errors must be very high. A friend's son got all 9/8 and then a 3 in English Lang (predicted a 9). It was obviously wrong and the breakdown showed 79% on paper 1 and 0% on paper 2. Somehow paper 2 has been lost/not marked. But that sort of clerical error should have been spotted well before the poor lad had to see a printout of results with a 3 against English.

@crazycrofter There was Twitter storm at the time. Markers were not paid on time - reported in the TES. Many teachers/markers gave up (I know some Eng teachers who walked away as they get paid very little as it is) - then AQA scrambled about for markers after the deadline. I even saw markers tweeting AQA asking how they could have set grade boundaries when so many scripts were unmarked. English GCSE was the worst hit, but all subjects had issues. Eye watering stuff e.g.

www.reddit.com/r/TeachingUK/comments/w57xia/has_anyone_been_paid_yet_by_aqa/

DD has an 8 in English Lit which seems at odds with how she has performed in it - and seems to be down to one paper. Although 8 is obviously extremely good I think it is quite possibly not representative of her.

She is going around rather like a wet weekend today - two friends got all 9s whereas she got 3 8s as well as loads of 9s which I think has rather tarnished things for her.

I sometimes wish there weren’t any 9s….