Thinly-veiled...

worst scrabble hand ever

doing 10 subjects? tell her to dump 3 and concentrate on what she is good at

Three sciences + Maths for A levels starting September, logroller - she's determined to be a vet.  We're touting for voluntary work experience at the moment.

She told me she'd like to work with Tibeten horses.  When I asked why, she said, "Well, you like tibeten horses"  (True)

Junior got 4 A's , 4B's and a C .....3 Science Grade A's

Mind his big sister did set the bar quite high with 10 A's & 2 A Stars

sixtwosix   - it's all good. :)

Have you noticed how this generation take it much more seriously than we did?, and they're all really supportive of each other too.

You must be glad she doesn't know you like porn.

Stevie , the only time my dad looked over the moon was the day I got a job , don't recall even getting a well done off my parents for passing an exam..

My kids results mean the world to me .

There was no 'supportive' back in the day .....if your mates had bad results, it was tough they should have worked harder.

My lad ,despite his excellent results , stayed at school all morning . This was because his best mate was struggling to stay on in the 6th form due to poor results ..... that has made me just as proud as his results.

KM - she discovered the toy box when she was 15. 

I say "discovered"...it was buried under the middle of the bed surrounded by other boxes, so there was an element of determination to find something.

All kids are super intelligent these days and want to be doctors or vets or lawyers or whatever's on Sky.
And they get super exam results.
But not that many make it ... good luck to her
and tell her to keep working and working, because it's the only way.

I got no As, no Bs, no Cs, no Ds, and no Es.

And I couldn't give a(n) F

well done strikes junior

+ young 6

cmat,
it doesn't matter in your case.  You've got a lovely way of expressing yourself and that's all that matters.

mememe,

You're spot on, though to be fair on her she's been focussed on this since age 5.

The competition for these professions is dominated by kids with the (questionable) benefit of a private eductaion + tutoring, a sense of entitlement, and bought experience doing something worthy like saving the snow leopard in Komodo or whatever.

We'd struggle to match that, but my bet is her determination and common sense (combined with grades and suitable experience) will impress.  She's aiming for the RVC - and they have a good reputation for sorting the wheat from the chaff regardless of background.

Stevie, good luck but if she's bright and works hard she'll do it.
Our younger daughter (now in 30s) went to local comp, worked hard, top university, blue chip accountancy company, straight passes (now stay at home mum - bit of part time work).

DON'T kid yourself - and more importantly your step-daughter - that she can't compete with private school types.  HARD WORK is the key (plus a lot of brains helps).
PS I've go the brains but not the hard work - hence living off betfair.

my 14 yr old son has done his Maths GCSE this year but I don't know what he's got yet as he's staying in Sussex with his grandparents at the moment. Hope someone found this interesting.

I won't lie to you.

I'm suitably interested, but not suspiciously so.

Anyway, as the internet said the other day:

"A-LEVEL STUDENTS. Increase the odds of getting in the paper when you get your results by being female, attractive and in mid-air. "

baccarat would score OK on the right tiles.