Goodness 5 pages on the new thread already!
Glad to hear that Impossiblegirl's dd is now back to full health, and sorry to hear of Teenmums sabotaging ex 
and Callit's dd's troubles with nasty undermining 'friends'. When will this ridiculousness among teenage girls come to an end? They do grow out of it eventually don't they? Teenmum - I imagine that your dd is well enough prepared that her dad's attempts to curtail her revising won't impact. Can't believe him though - he's being an idiot
So good luck to all doing exams today. I see a lot of you have dc who are dreading Chemistry in particular - so I feel like I am in good company. Drove dd to school whilst she sat glowering menacingly (anger is her 'go to' response to fear and dread). She then told me she is certainly going to fail - she hasn't managed to cover all topics thoroughly; just ran out of time and energy. Think I said all the right empathetic things about it not mattering as long as she does her best - make it up on the second paper and reflect upon how many exams to date have gone relatively well (i.e. focus on the positives). Still - she looked like she was going to the gallows when she got out of the car. Wish I had found tassomai earlier - it would have made the difference
Meh - its only one GCSE! [tries to persuade self]
And as the silver lining, Y9 ds is taking this all in and appreciating first hand just how much and how hard the prep for GCSEs are, and despite his inclination to laziness is resolving to get his head down early for revision when his time comes