whatdoesthisbuttondo
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No idea Pasha, as he is still there taking the exams and will only get to see him in two and a half hours. I know he would have liked for me to have stayed around so as to see me during the break between papers. I have always been there for him whenever he was in similar situations in the past whether this was a school exam, maths competition or chess tournament. This is the first time he will find himself in such a testing situation and be completely on his own.Yours are the reaction of an adult, how did your son find it?, maybe it didnt bother him because his perspective is less emotional.
We are talking about 11 year old kids though, many of them, my son included, from pampered and probably overprotective backgrounds.
I am stressed at the moment so probably overreacting anyway!
Let it go if you can Pavlos. He'll be fine. The 11 year old of today is a LOT more grown up than the 11 year old you (or me) once were.
Your upbringing of your son (along with your wife) will stand him in far greater stead than any education. One flows from the other.
Mike
I suspect that part of my reaction is that, I feel an emotional bond to the particular school as it was the place where I studied and where my dad studied before me.
So since the place is special to me, part of me expects that I should be special to it. But how could I be. None of my old teachers are still there, it was all too long ago for that. So the bond is only one way and like any lover who finds that his feelings are not reciprocated I react with disappointment.
This is at one level but I hope that I am intelligent enough to recognize this and not let it cloud my judgement.
At another level, I am a parent who has to use his best judgement to select between schools that seem to have very different cultures and approaches to select what suits his child's talents and character. I am not finding this an easy task.
But the bottom line is that my son has expressed a clear preference for today's school.So if he does get in, and he continues to want to go there after he gets a chance to see the school at an open day on the 12th, this is the school he will end up in.
He has worked hard for this, do if successful, he deserves the right to make his own choice.
P.
It's all over now.
He is happy enough with how he did, although I was disappointed to hear that the maths paper was really easy again. With an easy paper my son does not have the chance to show his true capabilities in this area, which is a personal strength of his. Let's hope that he did enough to get through.
P.
Results not out till tomorrow. Definitely not an easy day for me!A good day, father and son both passed their tests, each in his own way. Perhaps a tougher learning cure for the former?.
MikeWe gotta get that stress out of you Pavlos. It is a que sera sera.
Do you not think that he might pick up on that and worry himself ? Life is not exams, even for an 11 year old ... you know that ... it is how you apply what you learn to a career he might not yet see.
You are one magnificent parent (as is your wife)) so ease up mate. You do NOT wanna be doing this thru his next 6 or 7 years. Things change.
Mike
i was dux of my school at 17 but I failed (supposedly) a useless public service entrance exam three months later .... and trust me, they were easy.would hate to see him disappointed at such a tender age.