I am very proud of my Son...

[Teaonthelawn]

My DS passed his GCSE's at grade 4/5/6. He is going to study BTEC level 3 at a Further Education College. If he works hard this will mean he can progress to University (if this is what he wants to do). He is a kind,
caring person - we are proud of him.
There must be lots of other DC's just like my son who are rarely mentioned on Mums Net because they do not achieve 7/8/9. All those young people going onto level 2/BTEC/A level with what Mums Net would consider very 'average' grades but with the potential of a very bright future.

That's brilliant. You're right to be proud.

@Teaonthelawn I completely agree! My DS is not academic and unfortunately didn't get back into his schools 6th form. But I am so proud of him. He's bright, articulate, kind and has achieved so much. He's adamant he doesn't want to join any school or college though, just an apprenticeship.

Definitely a from this corner, too.

Well done to your ds. my dd came out with 4,5 and 6s and i honestly couldn't be prouder, she worked so hard for those grades and being dyslexic she has really done herself proud.

Well done your DS and others. You and he should be rightly proud and it shows maturity to know that sometimes it's better to take a different path. Good luck to those who do!

That is brilliant news! Congratulations to your son, he's done well.

Well done to your DS. I’m a teacher rather than a parent but last Thursday a lot of the kids I was proudest of got 3s, 4s and 5s. Those grades represented a huge achievement for them and they have lots of attributes that make them very employable that the school system doesn’t give grades for. They are diligent, kind, they respond well to feedback and are resilient and respectful.

He sounds like a lovely lad - you must be very proud. Well done to your DS!

You've every reason to be extremely proud of your DS, well done him!

And so you should be! Well done to your ds, I’ve got a similar thread going that we must have posted at the same time. All credit to him for doing well and being happy

Congratulations. My dd did a level 3 Btec and got into a RG uni - much to the disgruntlement of my SIL who poo pooed the idea of a Btec and whose DCs went to grammar school.

Well done teas ds!!! Congratulations on an excellent result xx

You are absolutely right to be proud of him. And the most important thing is that he’s kind!

That’s great, a big well done to him and to you for supporting him !!

I'm proud of mine, too. He got a merit and a pass in his BTECs, and a D in his A Level. Whilst you may think he's not exactly going to set the world on fire, we have had the worst year, with DH being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer right at the start of the school year, and DS hasn't been able to focus throughout the various tests, hospitalizations and times when he's had to stay home to care for DH when I had to work away - as I'm the only one bringing in any money, I couldn't take time off easily. Even with all that going on, he has done better than expected and I am so pleased for him.

OP those are great grades - you should be proud of him. I'm just as proud of one of my students who got a 4 in GCSE English - she has processing difficulties and had spent a long time getting through level 2 Functional Skills. This year she took GCSE and got it first go! She is a funny, warm and creative student and seeing her result made my day!

Well done OP's son and Loose's student. And good luck to everyone else finding their way through the system.

Well Done to your son! And I wish him all the best going forwards. I would be proud of him too.

Gosh, I was just as proud of my DS2 who got mostly C grades in his GCSEs as I was of my DS1 who got mostly A grades. DS2 then did a level 3 BTEC and has passed all his modules (with a handful of merits and distinctions but mostly passes.) He really struggles with workload but he got there. He's not going to uni, but he's staying at college to do an HNC.

I don't begrudge my friends with high flying DC, I'm happy for them because they also worked hard and we need doctors and scientists as much as plumbers and hairdressers. Life shouldn't be a competition, we all hope our DC will succeed in life and be happy and fulfilled. I try to support my DC to do the best they can, or at least the best they can cope with.

Well done your DS.

It was really refreshing to read your post. I think the 'average' students often get overlooked. When you see how hard some kids have to work to get the pass then it is absoltely a big deal when they hit their target grade or higher. I often think about the kids who really struggle and it's such a shame when they work so hard but don't manage to get the pass. Congrats to your Son!

Be proud. My eldest was the same. He went the vocational route (BTec) and at 18 gained a three year apprenticeship with a great company with a worldwide reputation. He was taken off his apprenticeship after only two years and given a full time position. At 22 he's earning £28,000 (we're in the North!) and has no student loans. Being academic isn't everything.

Well done to your DS OP, you should be proud of him! I will be bloody over the moon in a few years time if my DS manages the same (will be a very tall order in English!!) but being kind and caring is, in my opinion, much more important than academic ability.

Andnonefor that is such an achievement for your DS too at what must be an exceptionally challenging time

Well done your DS. Those are great results and most importantly he's got what he needed to do what he wants to do next. Good for him!

You should absolutely be proud!
Last year when DD1 did her GCSEs we were also informally fostering a friend of hers who would have had to move schools for Yr 11 had we not done so. Her aspiration was to go into the RAF and she knew what grades she had to get. She worked her socks off just like my DD did and passed everything at 4/5 B/C with an A* in Catering, which is her chosen career path. She got a 5 in maths, which was completely stunning as she found maths very hard - but she took on every additional teaching session and every revision session. I don't think of students like that as 'average' at all, because their work ethic is exceptional.