It was the end of June and so the end of term when I found myself reminded of the reason why I adopted Guineapigmum as my nom de blog. Three years ago (was it really that long ago?) the school decided to bring the Standard Grade exams forward a year. The students would choose their 8 [...]
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Published August 14th, 2008 in Highers, SQA, School, Standard Grades and Teachers. 2 CommentsThe personal touch
Published May 22nd, 2008 in Boys, Communication, Highers, SQA, School, Standard Grades, Teachers and Work experience. 2 CommentsSo there we are. External exams are over for another year. Next year will be the big one - GP1/Highers (I’m trembling and pale at the prospect) with GP2/Standard Grades (an entirely different proposition). This year, though, was a relative breeze.
First up there was SVS. Once I’d got my head round the fact that
When my tall, laid back (read “idle”), 15 year old son comes in from school each day, the conversation generally takes this pattern:-
Me: “How was school today?”
Him: “Boring”.
Me: “Do anything interesting?”
Him: “Nope” as he disappears into his bedroom to change in preparation for adopting the lounging position in [...]
One of those days
Published June 11th, 2007 in Boys, School, Swimming club, Teachers, Triathlon and broken ankle. 4 CommentsAnd it’s not even midday yet. GP2 was crowing at breakfast that he was going to have his last biology lesson ever today. His Biology teacher this year (not you Fearghal!) seems to have single-handedly killed all interest in the subject in the entire class, as only one of their number has picked biology for next [...]
As expected, one pass, one fail. One very bouncy, highly motivated child - even an hour & a half of football in the rain didn’t manage to dampen his enthusiasm last night. And that’s as it should be!
As for the other “am I bovvered?”. Well yes, actually, though you might be doing your best to hide [...]
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