tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post7014267953836572980..comments2023-10-22T14:46:45.656+01:00Comments on Mad Manic Mamas: Take another little piece of my heart...Sazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-77144900636639385872009-09-18T10:10:56.883+01:002009-09-18T10:10:56.883+01:00I do think it was easier for us when we did our &#...I do think it was easier for us when we did our 'A' levels, definitely - We didn't have to choose as many subjects as they have to for A/S either... I can't quite see the point of that.<br /><br />I see the Geography catch-up book list is now magnet-fixed to the fridge... Bang goes that lovely pair of boots I had seen at Clarks yesterday! ;)A Woman Of No Importancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194976046531063422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-15406198026040486492009-09-17T20:50:13.504+01:002009-09-17T20:50:13.504+01:00Oh for the old days of A levels when they studied ...Oh for the old days of A levels when they studied for two years giving us more time to work up a panic. Now it's AS exams after a year, then resits, then the A2s. Too much, too much.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-82425089399553224952009-09-17T10:17:30.328+01:002009-09-17T10:17:30.328+01:00Oh it's just agonising isn't it? I was hol...Oh it's just agonising isn't it? I was holding my breath reading your post Fhina. We are all with you on this, but I don't think it does get any easier so we just have to find ways to preserve ourselves! xxxReasonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070633072307321162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-5243734955540043602009-09-17T07:49:05.892+01:002009-09-17T07:49:05.892+01:00At the end of the day, with unemployment so high, ...At the end of the day, with unemployment so high, I reckon that life skills, manners and a cheerful attitude are going to be as big an attraction to an employer as academic results. Perhaps the Paris Hilton approach to life is not too bad a one....Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-53477159594968269112009-09-16T12:52:18.460+01:002009-09-16T12:52:18.460+01:00Bless you, I feel your pain. My 21 yr old dropped...Bless you, I feel your pain. My 21 yr old dropped out of high school, dropped back in, graduated (eventually) and now is "finding himself" making popcorn at a local theater. Tech school? Maybe. College? Ha. He thinks the hoops he has to jump through are "bogus", and yet, if he ever wants to do more than make excellent popcorn, he'll have to jump through them. Why can't they see that?Rootietoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804816032287310463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-23979018272198393702009-09-16T11:28:06.455+01:002009-09-16T11:28:06.455+01:00I know, the worry warts we are!! Today I have run ...I know, the worry warts we are!! Today I have run around the school for Tall girl, not literally virtually, on the phone AND tried to get some notes for the work she has missed this week, so she can catch up over the weekend. She is off all this week, still in bed, now with a ling infection too!<br /><br />The expectation is so much, and no jobs probably at the end of college/uni...<br /><br />they are tested to death, it is ridiculous, but we have to run with the system cos its all we.they've got!!<br /><br />phew....I'm not sure l'll survive to worry/suffer more when they are all grown...l'm so knackered now!!<br /><br /><br />saz xSazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-77398949617124752292009-09-16T10:46:17.559+01:002009-09-16T10:46:17.559+01:00I hate to tell you but the worrying never ends. Wh...I hate to tell you but the worrying never ends. Why? Because we love them. A true mother never ever stops worrying. And that is what separates us from the animals who breed and brood and fetch and carry and hang around till their offspring have learned it all then bugger off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6823681431938282960.post-49942581906607887312009-09-16T01:30:48.599+01:002009-09-16T01:30:48.599+01:00Oh those teens! I'm not quite sure what A/S l...Oh those teens! I'm not quite sure what A/S levels mean; but I do know that they (teens) keep you on pins and needles - so sure that they know it all - and that you, with all your advice, is as stupid as can be. I'm constantly saying to my sweetheart of a teen - yeah I'm being sarcastic - don't you realize that these years count - really, really count - about where you may end up?? So I sympathize and hope his next exams come up much better.Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.com