Time to embarrass the child

[elisi]

GCSE results came out today. Miss M got two Bs - in Art (she had an awful teacher and lost interest) and Further Maths (which she never liked or enjoyed). As for the other 10 subjects...

A*s across the board.

She said she'd stage a protest if we made a fuss of her, so of course we had the whole family round tonight! :) Plenty of food, and Darcy had made a cake that said 'All hail the glow cloud'. (Nightvale reference.) And I'd bought baby blue paper plates/cups/napkins that said 'Happy 1st birthday'. She felt loved. ♥

Comments

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

Aww, congrats to her on the awesome grades! LOL that you're making a fuss anyway. I'm sure she'll get over it. :)

Stacey

[elisi]

Yeah, she likes it really. But she dislikes the *idea*. :)

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

I get it. :) Glad she was able to enjoy the family fun.

Stacey

[elisi]

Oh, we have a lovely family, so it wasn't exactly a chore... ;)

[sea_thoughts]

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY GLOW CLOUD

Congratulations on those results!

[elisi]

We know which references will make all the difference...

And thank you. :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Excellent news!

[elisi]

Thank you. :)

[kathyh]

Yay! Many congrats to her. You must be very proud.

[elisi]

Thank you. And oh yes, we are. <3

[double_dutchess]

Wow, well done. A big "Bravo!" to her.

[elisi]

Thank you!!

[green-maia.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to her!!

[elisi]

Thank you! :)

[jerusha]

WOOT! Go Miss M! That's quite the achievement! (Love the Nightvale reference.)

[elisi]

Thank you! And yes, she's done well. Not that we expected anything less, to be honest, but... She's worked hard. :)

And she loves Nightvale. It seemed appropriate.)

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Congrats to her :DDD

[elisi]

Thank you! :D

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! all around. Definitely fuss making time.

[elisi]

Thank you! And yes, much fuss was made, and I think she liked it. :)

[shapinglight]

Congrats to Miss M. Well done!

[elisi]

Thank you! :)

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Aww, congrats to her :)

[elisi]

Thank you! :)

[urb-banal.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Good for you for making a fuss too!

[elisi]

Thank you! And oh, she deserved a fuss! :)

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, many congratulations to her! Sounds as if she worked hard!

[elisi]

Thank you! And yes, she worked very hard. She is also very bright, but she never took anything for granted. <3

[spikereader.livejournal.com]

Fantastic results, big congrats to Miss M!

[elisi]

Thank you! :)

[ringthebells]

Congratulations to her!

[elisi]

Thank you! :)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

OMG!! Congrats to her!! *Bounces*

[elisi]

Thank you! :)

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

OMFG! Kudos to her :) That's awesome.

You guys should get "Parenting Done Right" tee-shirts. (Maybe with pictures of the Ponds on them. XD)

[elisi]

Thank you! :) :) :)

And I'll ask her what she thinks... (We're definitely the odd ones out, when it comes to parents. F.ex. their friends will do that thing of 'omg imagine if our mums had Tumblrs!' and my girls just go, 'um, don't have to imagine...'

So. Overall good, I think.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

Haha! I'd say pretty good, yes ;)

[elisi]

We try our best...

[luckweaver.livejournal.com]

Do you have photos of the Glow Cloud cake? Because that sounds amazing.

Also, to Miss M - well done, you! You're gonna go far ;)

[elisi]

Yes! Yes I do. But they're on Impish Girl's phone. Need to get them extracted.

And oh yes she will. When she enrolled for her college, they kept talking to her about Oxford & Cambridge. She found this somewhat premature. ;)

[luckweaver.livejournal.com]

College, gosh.

[elisi]

Sixth Form if I'm technical. She's doing A-Levels.

English Literature, Classical Civilisation, Philosophy and Government & Politics.

So, a couple of easy years ahead. ;)

[luckweaver.livejournal.com]

Welcome to round 2 of "Scottish education is not like English education". We don't have 6th form in Scotland, or rather, we don't call it 6th form? We have 7 years of primary school, and 4 compulsory years of secondary school and 2 more if you don't choose to drop out. 3rd and 4th year is Standard Grades, 5th year is Highers, 6th is Advanced Highers.

Then again, I did my last 2 years of highschool doing the International Baccalaureate which isn't British at all (although the head office is in Cardiff, of all places).

But wow, clever kid you have there. Most of that would likely have gone wildly over my head. It's good to be interested in politics at her age, though. What's she want to do with life?

[elisi]

Welcome to round 2 of "Scottish education is not like English education". We don't have 6th form in Scotland, or rather, we don't call it 6th form? We have 7 years of primary school, and 4 compulsory years of secondary school and 2 more if you don't choose to drop out. 3rd and 4th year is Standard Grades, 5th year is Highers, 6th is Advanced Highers.
*wards off* I've been trying to get my head around Ireland which is different again!!!

Then again, I did my last 2 years of highschool doing the International Baccalaureate which isn't British at all (although the head office is in Cardiff, of all places).
That's a thing they're thinking about here as well...

But wow, clever kid you have there. Most of that would likely have gone wildly over my head. It's good to be interested in politics at her age, though.
Oh yes, smart kid. (She's very happy there'll be no more maths!)

What's she want to do with life?
Write.