GCSEs 2018 (11) Big week coming up

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I'm upset now as dgd knew how crucial English language is and refused to do much revision for it last week. I feel sick now but must get over it before I see her tonight. Might as well bite my tongue off now and my feet!

Oh dear, dc just sent me a text.
English not gone well apparently.
Couldn't think of anything to write regarding the environment being ruined or if having hobbies was a good thing.

My current decaf coffee of choice is "Grumpy Mule". Care to join me?

How could you not think of loads to say about those topics.

Is it too early for 🍷

Hi puppy seems we both need a stiff or two! So bottoms up!

puppywithattitude what exam board was that?

sostenueto I'm sure your DGD did her best sometimes knowing how important something is and putting a huge amount of pressure on yourself can have a paralyzing effect.......I'm sure she's done better than she thinks

I do now feel physically sick oh dear!

Thanks bluebelle for reassurance hope your DC does well.

It is all relative though. None of them know how well they did in comparison to the rest of the country and what they think was dire was probably more than competent. The people they know are just like them and they are forgetting that there is a whole host of DC who just didn't bother because they think the exams are pointless. If our DC compare ourselves to them, things suddenly start to look a lot better.

Remember, they are all having the adrenalin rush they get on coming out of the exam room at the same time as the panic hits for geography this afternoon. they are bound to be full of doom & gloom.

Edexcel igcsejufus

I'm not even asking about the comprehension piece.

They will have been working on the skills for English language for years, I'm sure they've done fine.

sostenueto to you too.
Let's try and be positive, it's done now i suppose.

Oh well no good crying over spilt milk. Must think positive, must think positive.......
On a lighter note project for dgd and myself to complete is garden furniture made out of wooden pallets (9 euro sized) marine plywood, old tiles smashed up to form mosaic. Tile adhesive, 2 second hand 2'6" mattresses covered with waterproof mattress covers and duvet covers. Plenty of scatter cushions, nails 12 caster wheels and hey presto a gaudi inspired sofa!

Oh and coffee table! All removable too!

sticker i do love your positivity, only trouble is my dc always thinks it's gone better than it has, so coming out and saying it didn't go well means it was a total disaster

Puppy my Ds did that one. He said the unseen piece was about dead penguins
Luckily had done an environmental piece for a past paper so was OK on that one. He said hobbies was just weird

Ooh lovely

There you go puppy! thanks stickerrocks for your positiveness!

Are you sure you're not my next door neighbour? She build a beach hut (not using a kit) in her back garden, furnished it with benches, cushions and bunting, then went even further and added a wood burner for the winter.

For those DC who thought it went badly, add 20% as they can't remember what they really did. For those DC who thought it went well, deduct 20% because they are equally clueless. None of them know how their answers will be interpreted, so their own assessments are a degree biased.

Well I'm all for outdoor living Sticker!

I'm practising my speech for tomorrow. I have some students who are sitting the last ever sitting of an exam paper. They have already passed half, but if they fail the second half tomorrow they will need to sit an entirely new 10 day course at vast expense to themselves and potentially delay qualifying until next year. The typical pass rate is 30% for the exam. I'm paid to be perky!

DS3 said the extract for the AQA English exam was a short story about an English teacher marking exams! That'll be a treat for the examiners.

As always, the exam 'went well!' He wrote a story about something unexpected happening. No more detail, this is by text.

I like the garden furniture plan, sost. Looks very relaxing.