GCSE Results

[Jarcy]

I've just collected my son's GCSE results. The envelope is open, but I haven't looked. My son is away until Monday, but says he wants to wait until he's home and open them himself. I promised him that I will wait until his return and not look.
Those at work say that they'd sneak a peek and then lie about it.

So, what would you do?

P.S. I've now sealed the envelope so as not to lead to temptation. Just interested in the ratio as to who could resist!

[Jarcy]

Pebbles167 said:

I remember the day I got mine... well actually I remember the day I should have got mine, but was too busy doing other things. Skateboarding or boozing I expect. Its been 8 years so I can't remember.

I didn't care about my results at all, but a few of those around me did, and I do remember how eager and exited they were to open the results and share with their folks.

Do the decent thing and leave them where they are. If he does well, celebrate with him, if not, you can be there to offer some comfort.

I guess you could send him a proper dad text telling him what he got if you really wanted to piss him off though.

I've got no intention of looking, but was surprised at the number of people who told me that they would. His predicted grades were between As and Cs and he did work hard, although some papers didn't go particularly well. He's cool about it - currently at Reading Festival, and not worried about the results - says it's "something to look forward to" on his return home, so he must be reasonably confident. However, one of his mates didn't study at all, and failed the lot!

[Jarcy]

TTmonkey said:

My daughter got hers this morning. Massively proud of her, 7 x A stars, 4 x A's.

Fantastic!

[Jarcy]

And he got.... 5 As, 2 Bs and 2 Cs.
Needless to say that I'm extremely proud.