GCSEs

[tonicha]

Just heard, i1A, 6 B's and 3 C's, so well done Tonicha.

Now where did she get that from, lol

[miasmum]

Wow, very well done. She obviously inherited it from you

[Ally]

Just heard, i1A, 6 B's and 3 C's, so well done Tonicha.

Now where did she get that from, lol

Smashing.

[tonicha]

Nothing to do with me, sadly. But well done her. Very proud,

She and I speak on fb quite a bit and we really (well, make that me and her ) wanted her to come over this summer, but money and time and other bits got in the way

[saundra]

fugi you make a great counciller to your grandson
hope he enjoys the beer tonight
ton time to celebrate any beer left well done

[Suff]

Well done all!

If my O level and CSE results were an indication of my "job prospects", I'd be sweeping the streets. So, Fuji, as you told your grandson, it's about what you do next, not what you did last.

My #1 grandson went through school getting A and A+ in most subjects. All the way up to the last 2 years before his gcse. Then he gave up. Failed everything. Only interested in how many hours he can spend on the internet playing games...

I'm disappointed in his mother, not him.

[saundra]

why be dissapointed with your daughter
you can make a child go to school
but if they dont want to learn they wont
and im sure in later life he will regret it
unless he becomes an internet genius

[Fugitive]

Well done to Ton's Grand-Daughter

Grandson and me almost fell out when I told him the farm shop up the road wanted young people for weekend work. They have a lovely café, smoke their own bacon, kill their own lambs, have a chef which all fits in with his catering college.

'I'm not working for three pounds an hour' he said.

I could have smacked him! I told him if he worked for ten hours that would be thirty quid that his Mum and me wouldn't have to give him for everyday spending. That if he worked well the boss would put it up to £3.50. That he had no experience of working and he needed to start somewhere. He'd be fed and watered and actually learn something especially as for his last two years in school he hasn't learned anything at all!

'I'm not lugging sacks of potatoes around for three pounds an hour' said he.

I turned into bad Nan then and thought that he is seventeen years old this year and at his age I was two years into my hairdressing apprenticeship working for peanuts. He disappointed me because his older brother was working weekends at fourteen washing up in restaurants and his Mum and me never had to give him a penny.

We got over it but I didn't like hearing him say that.

[saundra]

to tru fugi i agree with every word you say
when my youngest left school hes 42 now
with no g cse in those days
all his mates were not bothered about work
well i got him a bus pass and made him go to the youth employment centre every day
well it paid off he went on a scheme at a DIy super store
and became a manager
his mates some never worked

[Fugitive]

Because I'm a Fun Nan Saundra when I get serious The Boys know I mean it. He has been going after jobs but keeps missing out to someone else. I even wrote an introductory resume for him based on the truth and when he read it he said 'Is that me?' It helped his confidence as it made him see himself as others would see him.

I know it'll happen for him but with that attitude - so wrong!

You did the right thing for your son and look where it got him? Brilliant!