higher maths today

[glasgowmary]

well it was the scottish higher today , it is my sons best subject and he said it was so hard[msnsad][msnsad] spent the night telling him life is not over. so good luck to all of your children this exam period...wish them all well

[ncmurray]

Hi,

My eldest daughter is doing her GCSE's at the moment, and the most I can get from her it "Fine"!! It is SO frustrating talking to a teenager!

She has been so laid back about it all...... I swear I have been more uptight about it than she has!!!

I just hope that she gets what she needs in order to get into A Level college. I always believed that kids need to find their own level, and that they shouldn't be pushed, but now, when I see her laid back attitude.....[msnscared]

August will tell, and best of luck to all doing their exams at this time.... and their parents[stupid1]

Nuala

[Sally D]

Lots of tension in our house at the moment, one doing A levels, one doing GCSE's and one just finished SATS.

English Lit GCSE yesterday and biology today.

All I ask of them is that they do their best.

Good luck to everyone[msnsmile2]

[LiesaAnna]

hope all the young peeps doing any exams do well, good luck to them all xxx

[CERICROWLEY]

Sally

Same here, English yesterday, and after she was talking to the other kids, she said it seems everyone had some sort of different answers, but thats english for you, I told her as long as she explained how she got her answers, the marks will count. Biology this afternoon. she has gone into school this morning as they have revision classes as well.

[berrysmiles]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ncmurray
Hi,

My eldest daughter is doing her GCSE's at the moment, and the most I can get from her it "Fine"!! It is SO frustrating talking to a teenager!

She has been so laid back about it all...... I swear I have been more uptight about it than she has!!!

I just hope that she gets what she needs in order to get into A Level college. I always believed that kids need to find their own level, and that they shouldn't be pushed, but now, when I see her laid back attitude.....[msnscared]

August will tell, and best of luck to all doing their exams at this time.... and their parents[stupid1]

Nuala
[/quote]

Hi Nuala

My son is also so doing his GCSE's and I quite understand how you feel. If it wasn't for me yellig 'back to your books' I don't think anyone - even him! - would know he was doing exams at the moment. And then after every exam all I get is OK. And if its any consolation, I've tried to push to keep him at thingsbut its like banging your head off a brick wall. We have had a long year, 11 plus in November, then mocks, then 11plus results,thank goodness an A, now GCSEs, next is school allocation letter next weekend. Roll on 28th June and Orlando.
I think we need a forum to support parent of exam pupils!!![msnwink]

Any way, Rant over. Good luck to everyone , both teenagers and parents, people have survived this before

Judy

[caroline]

Our youngest is doing his AS's at the moment - I've tried blackmail. bribery, threats, promises, I even considered locking him in his room with only his books for company[msnwink] - he's doing some revision but it scares me that it's not enough[msnscared] He had 2 maths exams last week and he has another on Friday, then he has 8 exams all crammed together in 3 consecutive days[xx(] I just wish they'd space them out a little.

I have found that a glass of wine helps (me not him[msnwink])

[ahagan]

My oldest is doing his A Levels (A2) at the moment. Same as reported above. All I get after a paper is 'okay'. I asked what okay meant and I got the same answer so I gave up.

Caroline, Like you I have tried bribe, incentives, threats and I still get a very laid back attitude. The only hope I have is that he did the same thing at GCSE's and did very well but A Levels are different. Thanks for the tip - I need a glass of wine [msnwink][party2]

[Sally D]

[msnmad][msnmad][msnmad]

Eldest daughter doing A Levels has just gone off to London for the day/night to see Shane Ward at O2 arena, time would have been better spent revising.

Middle daugther had no lessons this morning so said she would revise at home, up to now she has gone to school every day. I am shouting up 2 flights of stairs asking her if she is doing revision whilst doing my ironing.


Found out this morning she has been put in wrong biology exam, she should be in the high paper but is down for the lower paper, can only get C in lower paper but is predicted A/B. Emailing and ringing school now[msnmad]

I will be o glad when it's all over.

[ncmurray]

Ahhh... a glass of wine.... that always puts things in perspective!

Judy, do you think they are trying to fool us, and that when August comes, they can say "see....I told you it was ok!!"
I really hope so[msnscared]

Biology today. I hope she does ok, as this is probably her best subject, but her teacher has left a lot to be desired! For the first module back in year 10, they went in to the exam only to find that they had been studying the wrong module! I don't know how she did it, but she managed to get a B, even without having covered the course. And then, in October of year 11, she mentioned that her teacher won't let them use the proper text books, because he said that he didn't have enough books for everyone, but Isabel said that they were piled up on the shelf! When I complained to the Head of Science, he was completely shocked, and sorted it out immediately. However, two months into year 11, and only then starting to use the correct textbooks, it has to be an upwards struggle from there!![msnmad]

Nuala