Any parents of Y12 DCs up for a support thread?

[cardibach]

to get us through AS and university Open Days etc.?

Anyone else's doing English this afternoon?

Ds said the Stats paper was a tough one but it "went well".
BlueString at overnight in college. Do you live on a Scottish Island perhaps?

No in Surrey! but they have to be kept in supervised isolation and away from the internet/phone calls etc, as the exam is supposed to be sat today, but because it clashes with their others they can't.

Just had a text from DD who has just finished Economics 2 and apparently "it was really good!!" so that's a relief..

4 completely different ones in a day sounds a nightmare

DD has done core 2 today - she was pleased with that, and then this afternoon English lit. She was glad there was a choice for the Frankenstein question as one of them she thought was awful, but didn't mind the other.
Some people at her school have had clashes today, but they did the extra exam yesterday and have then be kept away from all and sundry!

Hi Seeker ds did English this afternoon. He thinks it didn't go well. He said "he froze".... not really what I'd hoped to hear... that's not the subject he was wanting to drop

I don't know if I am supposed to be pleased others thought the English wasn't great - in the hope that it was a difficult paper and not just him freaking out - or just sad for all our dc.

Did he do Brighton Rock and Clockwork Orange and poetry? Dd said she thought the unseen was very hard because it was such a dull poem!

Ds did economics yesterday and said it was 'good'. Followed by philosophy which was excellent. So fingers crossed better than before.
Bluestring good news for your dd with the economics. One of d's friends wants to be an economist and he found the first paper hard!

DS did English too and found it hard. Said everyone found it hard which is reassuring, not just him!! Didn't do same texts as others posting on here though.

I hope everything's ok with her notfluffy.
DD's poetry was Yeats, but was ok I think.
Physics and geography skills this week for DD.

Sorry Seeker - missed your question. No, my ds did Great Gatsby and Cloud 9 (is it?). Maybe the same as themottledcat's dd ?? He's also been doing The Taming of the Shrew but said that wasn't for this exam, but for coursework I think.

BackforGood, yes DS did the Great Gatsby and Shakespeare for his coursework. Even the hardworking girls found it challenging! It is his best subject and was is on course for an A. I have two older DCs, so have been through endless exams so I do know that it's better if everyone finds it hard....:)

Oh - perhaps I can take comfort from that then. It wasn't the one ds was hoping to drop! Thanks Mottled

DD has had a crap day today. It started well with an A on a past Bio paper, then she did both a Bio and Chem paper and got Us on both :( How is that even possible? Then she stubbed her toe really badly. She has spent most of the day in tears. I just want to cry with her. She is working so hard and can't take much more. Neither can I. And we though GCSEs were stressful...

Oh cardibach and dd, how awful. I hope her toe feels better today. Could she go through the past papers with her tutor? Our tutors still go to the lesson in case students turn up. Ds goes in everyday but doesn't always need help but he likes the feeling there is always someone to ask. It maybe that she is working so hard she needs a bit of a break, a good few hours off doing something completely unrelated. Last Friday ds had 2 exams and come home to just veg with a takeaway and watch a movie and not do any revision at all. He slept in the next morning till he woke and then started back on the all day everyday routine. He certainly looks better more of a spring in his step. This might be the time for dd to just take a short break and feel better. After sorting the past papers of course. Good luck.

Anyone else's DC being subjected to critical thinking today? It's compulsory for DD (much to hers and most of her friends' disgust) and I don't think she's done more than a couple of hours work in preparation for it.

I really hope universities ignore it completely when making offers as she is predicted an E in it ...........

legallady all the courses DS1 has looked at exclude Critical Thinking. He was conned into signed up for it at the start of 6th form but dropped out within a couple of weeks as he decided his efforts were better spent on Maths. He is not good at essays.
DS2 is looking at a 6th form where it is compulsory, I think it might be a deal breaker.

legallady my DD is doing CT this morning and ws not looking forward to it - no real way to revise for it.

But I understand that they can choose not to certificate it if they don't like the result - so its like pretending it never happened.

As a subject, I think both my girls have found the subject valuable, tbh. Is helped their thinking and their approach to their arguments. And one is all sceiecnes and the other all social sciences. But it must depend on the quality of teaching, I guess.

Ooh, I like the idea of not having to put it on your certificate

Interestingly, DD has just texted me to ask me to transfer money onto her food account. Absolutely no mention of the exam. Obviously went well then