proud

[mumeeee]

I just thought that there should be a proud thread on the teens thread. My dd1 got her GCSE results a couple of weeks ago. She got 3 A's, 6 B's and a D. She worked very hard all last year and we are very proud of her. She has also recently got herself a Saturday job and her Boss is v. pleased with her.
Come on everyone I'm sure their must be a lot more hardworking Teens outthere

Mumeeee, what a lovely idea. Congratulations to your dd.

My teenage daughter is simply an all round treasure and we are immensely proud of her. She isn't quite at the GCSE stage but she works hard at school, we alwys know she has done her best and she is an angel with her little brother. On Saturday night we had friends to dinner and so talented is she that she cooked the main course and it was delicious too.

Hear, hear for teenagers! I am always proud of my two, DD did her AS's and got 4 A's and Maths A level a year early.

DS did his GCSE's, predictions were the worst imagineable, all D's and a few C's if lucky, bright but idle, but surprised everyone, the school included, with an A and the rest B's ( DD got 9A*'s so I think he couldn't be bothered to think about competeing!)

DD passed her driving test 6 weeks from her 17th birthday and is featured in Woman magazine this week!!

How lovely.
Alibubbles - how exciting - what's the feature about, I'll buy it but how will we know which gorgeous girl she is?

I'm not a Mother of teens myself, but I have taught 60 of them today. Bless them, they worked their little socks off for me. The last lesson they worked very hard, and it was at the end of the first day back. I was well impressed, and told them so.

Thomcat, the article is about how the driving test has changed over the years. There are a few inaccuracies in the text, but that is probably journalists for you. She is the youngest in the feature, bottom right hand page, not a brilliant pic of her but a good one of the car!!

DD came home exhausted today, trying to write her personal statement for her UCAS form. I can't believe that this time next year she won't be at home anymore, where has my baby gone?

She hopes to study French in Paris, or Nottingham second choice, DS will go to Uni the year after.

DH and I will then move to France to live and be rich!!

ds did well in his A levels and has gone back for more he makes us very proud indeed - alays lets us know where he is, if he is to be home later than said always calls helps in house and is great with his sister who is 11 yrs younger than him

Alibubbles - I never did see that article, sorry I did mena to. Are you meeting up in Watford soonish with a few of us? Could you bring it along if you do?

oh mumeee huge congratulations to your dd
it is no nice to hear when kids are doing such great things.

Ooh, I missed this thread while on holiday in LA! My 16yr old did really well in her Standard Grades, getting four 1's, four 2's and an A, despite moving from a GCSE syllabus in Indonesia to Standard Grades in Scotland midway through the school year.

That's brill. Suedonim! I know how much it means to parents, it doesn't seem to bother the kids!

That really is great suedonim - its not easy to change schools mid year let alone during exam year. Many congratulations to dd1.

Suedonmim Thats really good,Congratulations to your DD1.
My DD2 has just moved up from set6 to set5 in maths. That may not seem much, but she struggles with maths and has tried very hard.

Thanks, everyone, and well done to all your children who make you proud. Mumeee, I think any progress, whatever size it is, is such a boost to their confidence - it really helps them to believe in themselves. What year is your dd2 in?

Suedonim dd2 is in year 9. Another thing I am proud about with both my older daughters. Is the that they have been helping their younger sister who has just moved up to high school.She has dyspraxia and has needed a bit of extra help finding her way asround school and getting the bus home. I am also proud of her ( the youngest ) as she caught the bus home all by herself yesterday and trys hard to overcome her problems.

I am also very proud of my dd she went to a secondary school we really didnt want her to go to at first , but in my town its very difficult as its a fairly new town and the schools are very similar with one out of i think 7 or 8 being the most popular.
Well we now feel that the school is trying very hard to improve and her yr 11 was the first where they took from a wider intake area (which caused outrage locally)and the results have improved greatly.
She came away with 2 A's and 8B's we were very happy and is staying on to do 4 A levels French, Phycology, Biology and Chemistry.
Still hasn't decided what she wants to do yet though!!!

My DD skied today and got through the Middle England Schools Championships Under 19's. ( She is just 17) She now goes through to the All England Schools Ski Competition in October.