Dd won’t tell us her GCSE results- anyone else experienced this?

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

And if so how did you approach it?

All I know is that they were good enough for her to do the A Level subjects she wanted, which is nice.

Is it just us? Has this ever happened to anyone else?

They’re not being ‘highlighted’. The pp simply listed the quals she didn’t tell her parents about.

Bit weird that people have a problem with that.

The whole thing is weird.

@TatianaBis

The reaction here to degree & masters. They’re standard qualifications.

Yes, indeed they are, but read the post by @JoborPlay and then you will understand why the comments were made!

The point has been well and truly missed if anyone thinks we have an issue with someone having a masters... 😂

@CheltenhamLady I understood perfectly well why the comments were made, I was talking to the posters who took issue with them.

@GreyhoundG1rl

You have an issue with it being mentioned.

[quote TatianaBis]@GreyhoundG1rl

You have an issue with it being mentioned.[/quote]
Sweet Jesus! The poster said "I don't like to blow my own trumpet" and then went on to (needlessly) list every qualification she had.
It was ironic, and as such I found it amusing.
No issue. You are so very literal, it must get boring never seeing the funny side of anything.
Stop telling people they have issues, you have no idea.

@JoborPlay
There must be more to it than that. You chose to punish your mother very harshly for being proud of you and telling other people your achievements. That’s what mothers usually do. Most of us get over it quite easily.

I think if you want to convince people you don't have an issue with people's qualifications then don't start squawk when they are mentioned.

@TatianaBis

I think if you want to convince people you don't have an issue with people's qualifications then don't start squawk when they are mentioned.

Do you usually miss the point and then labour it (quite spectacularly) to prove that you have done so?

We don't care what quals she has (many of us have them too!) but we do find it amusing that she was berating her mum for wanting to tell everyone about them and then doing the same thing herself, whilst stating she doesn't like to blow her own trumpet!!

Some children get very anxious and dislike being talked about by their parents.
Some parents brag about their children’s grades and others dislike being compared to XYZ in the same year group. I actually think that your daughter has taken a very mature approach especially in this day and age where everybody is expected to advertise their achievements and life on social media etc.
I was always an overachiever and positively hated when people asked me my grades and when my parents talked about my grades to other people.
I am now a lecturer at university and I always say that grades are not as important as acquiring knowledge and skills.

@ JoborPlay

Weird.

@TatianaBis

The reaction here to degree & masters. They’re standard qualifications.

I know I have both.

The reaction is the fact that poster felt need to mention all their qualifications while claiming they hated boasting.

Some children get very anxious and dislike being talked about by their parents.

Maybe it's that - though havng parents talk to the schools to find grades seem to be actions that would draw more attention not less.

Though I have left it to DD1 to tell people her grades - if she not been around to tell family/freinds herself I've left it with we're very pleased and that she got into college to do AS-levels she wanted and then gone on to talk about those subjects.

@TatianaBis

I think if you want to convince people you don't have an issue with people's qualifications then don't start squawk when they are mentioned.

You can think whatever you please about my "issues", I can't stop you, but stop sharing your analysis with me, ok? I couldn't be less interested. Bore off.

I know I have both.
Oh, and this... 😂. Issues my arse.

I dropped DD1 off at school and waited for her while she collected the results so it would have been difficult for her to hide them! Plus later on they were available on Edulink.

We don't care what quals she has (many of us have them too!) but we do find it amusing that she was berating her mum for wanting to tell everyone about them and then doing the same thing herself, whilst stating she doesn't like to blow her own trumpet!!

It's not me who's missed the point.

If you & other posters really didn't care (and why would you as everyone has them) then you wouldn't have leapt on it - because no-one would have given a shit or even thought about it.

My reaction to her post was that it was an odd thing to do and maybe she disliked her parents.

Not OMG she's blowing her own trumpet how AMUSING and outrageous!!!1!!

The reaction is the fact that poster felt need to mention all their qualifications while claiming they hated boasting.

Bizarre to regard bogstandard quals as boasting. It's a nothing. She may not have even done well in them for all we know.

Oh, you really have missed the point...
But thanks for the Ted talk on the "correct" response, it was educational not 🤦‍♀️

I thought you weren’t interested. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Your point has always been crystal clear: I just don’t buy it.

Don't buy what? I'm not interested, just curious 😂😂😂
Seriously, what are you trying to say?

@TatianaBis

I thought you weren’t interested. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Your point has always been crystal clear: I just don’t buy it.

And that is your prerogative....just as others may not buy that you didn't miss the point.

Not sure what there is to miss about the point: poster said she doesn't like blowing her own trumpet and then she blew her own trumpet!!!!!11!!

I just don't buy that anyone is really petty enough to care.

Clearly we have another, very nefarious agenda here, Cheltenham 🤔
Any idea what it could possibly be?