GCSEs 2018 (16) - The Final Countdown

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www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/3304925-gcses-2018-15-the-reckoning?

Ask for erasure, not all for erasure!

At our towns six form college ( my dgds second choice) a boy got 5, yes 5 A levels at A*! Physics, chemistry, maths, additional maths and further maths! That is really gob smacking! He is going to Cambridge. There is another girl who achieved 4 distinctions in her btecs with 4 100% marks for coursework despite suffering from cancer and having chemo in the last year. What awesome youngsters both of them a shining example of dedication, determination and talent

Dgd getting more stressed as results day gets nearer. In fact, she has been really foul this last few days. I have acquired the strength ( lord knows from where) to actually tick her off when she gets stroppy or get ' too much'. I told her in no uncertain terms that what is done is done and that nothing is unsolvable. If worst is worst and she ends up at towns 6th form college she may have a better chance of an unconditional offer for Cambridge. So i told her to think positive as I am having to do. Lots of hugs given to her but ashamedly I find my patience a and tolerance very thin at the moment.

I've just looked at the article too mmmz and it is qualifying its wording a lot, as Cherryburn says. I can't see high grade boundaries happening for many of the new-for-this-year subjects either tbh but if anyone is prepared to leak....

Wow! Go minisprout!!
That was so brave of her, and so the perfect way to deal with them!

Third I'm really sorry this has started up again for your DS, and frankly shocked that Instagram don't feel they need to deal with it.
I would absolutely second the advice to report it to CEOP - I don't think they'd take it lightly.

https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

Eagle - That's great that your DD isnt under any pressure especially with her health....I am sure she will have done really well - Maths results was brilliant.

Third - So sorry to hear this. I think that is shocking behavior by Instragram ..I would threaten to have the police involved too. I think mmmz may have a point with GDPR.

Sost, I think you are allowed to be a less than perfect grandma. Hopefully you have got through to dgd and she is managing her anxiety about the results and staying as positive as possible. My dd is fine at the moment but I expect she will be toxic by Tuesday / Wednesday - she is always vile and takes it out on the rest of us when she's stressed.

Soursprout - so impressed by how your dd handled that

Thethird this happened to my DN a few years ago with some fairly vile things on it. My brother intervened and the account was removed. Escalate it, focusing on GDPR and the fact that he is under 18.

I've been pottering around my home town and stopped for a funeral going into the cathedral. It was for an 18 year old, about start uni, whose friends were carrying his wicker coffin wearing brightly coloured shirts and that look that teenage boys have when they are trying to be brave. I don't know him, but I shed a tear. It puts Thursda into perspective.

It absolutely does Stickerrocks. Many years ago, when I was doing my A levels, a lad I knew from school (but had gone to local private for sixth form) applied to Cambridge, got an offer, then committed suicide as he didn't think he would make the offer, long before he had even sat the exams. It was so, so sad. His self belief was so low, yet he was an extremely able young man. Exams are not the be all and end all. If DD doesn't get what she needs for plan a, we will have to find a plan b.

Stickerrocks .

It's just so sad that on Thursday they would all have been getting excited about there futures and one of them was missing. The inquest was held this week for the DC from our school who passed away a few weeks before the exams, so I guess he was on my mind as well.

Distraction stickerrocks, distraction is the way to go. Get busy and try not to dwell on it. Its all too painful when you stop to reflect on all the sad things that are happening around us

so very sad.

Oneteen not sure where the message I posted went.

Indeed we are very conscious of anything that might be triggering for DD. And whilst I am being open here in real life we are spending the whole time diffusing the pressure and being laid back. The pressure is all self imposed by her.

These stories are just so so sad.

I'm sure that putting a lot of effort into diffusing the pressure and being laid back will help your dd to some extent eaglefly. Certainly, if she doesn't achieve her self imposed high standards, at least she doesn't have to worry about her family being disappointed in her and she knows that you've got her back

Back to my reality with a bump.DH rarely sends text messages, but received this one from him earlier from 200 miles away: "Mum in hospital. Bathroom door in bits in garden. Fire brigade just left." Answers on a postcard to that one please!

Similar things happened to me DS TheThird. My advice is to post on the account in a very formal manner stating that you are aware of the account, it is a fake account set up with the intention to be offensive and that you reserve the right to pass on details of posts on the account to the Police. That will shit up the little twats. Lots of love to your DS.

Now that is a good idea Larlarland.

Thanks hmc

Blimey stick hope DMIL is ok. Clearly door was broken down to get to her. Really hope nothing too serious.

Hmm I guess locked in the bathroom - I hope it’s nothing too serious.

Oh Stickerocks. That sounds very worrying and I know from experience how hard it is being so far away. Sounds like she may have slipped in the bath or something? Hope she is getting good care.