Results Day

Well quite a lot has happened since I last posted. The thing that has been uppermost in our minds over the last few days has been the small matter of J's GCSE results. After arriving home from holiday the night before we had to be at school at 8am (yawn). I was feeling quite anxious a) because exam results can sometimes turn out how you don't expect and b) sometimes they can turn out how you do expect so I was thinking along the lines of 'What if he's failed English? What if he's only got a B in Art? How disappointed will he be?'

He disappeared into school and for what seemed like a very long time I watched the others coming out, observing that if a girl is crying it's impossible to tell whether she's done well or badly and it was amazing quite how much effort some had put into their appearance just to go and collect their results. Boys however, on the whole, came out with either a slightly satisfied swagger or a curl of the lip which said 'Ok I've done badly, ok I never did any work - do you think I'm bothered?'

P meanwhile calmly read a magazine.

Finally J made his appearance and slid into the car. As predicted he had A* in Maths and the 3 sciences. As predicted he had A in German, B in Graphics and RE (only 2 marks short of an A).  Then came the 2 shocks: in Art he got a D - D for major and unexpected disappointment. On reflection he thought that perhaps, in the last minute rush to get coursework completed (made worse by all his illness) he had omitted some vital pieces of work. In fact he had noticed that the othes were handing in folders somewhat thocker than his. I pointed out that he'd enjoyed the course and it won't affect his future at all and he seemed consoled by that.

Then the great big mega-shock:

HE GOT AN A IN ENGLISH!!!

Both papers - Language and Literature - he got an A. In fact in his actual Language exam he got an A* (his coursework brought overall mark down to an A).

After all those years of suffering with English it's so amazing and definitely partly due to his wonderful tutor as well as his own hard work. A real answer to prayer! Thank you Lord!

He got A* in the subjects he wants to study at A-level so has got straight into Sixth Form.

Yay!!!