GCSE results today: Teen Wonder did not disappoint, with 8 A*s, 1 A and 2 B grades...so now I really can throw caution to the winds and enjoy Greenbelt. See you there, or alternatively online sometime next week.
lol....How did you guess?? As we drove in this morning, knowing that people generally have pretty high expectations of TeenWonder(he's working a year ahead of his age, hence his bloggy alias), the person that kept coming to mind was poor Hermione, unable to open the envelope containing her OWLS. In this case, it was Music (which saddened him a wee bit) and PE (joke subject...the school makes them take it as an extra GCSE so that the non academics are likely to have a good grade in something)..but he would definitely have failed Divination...Probably a T, I think.
thanks so much for texting me with the fantastic news. We had an office bet and the favourites for the B grades were PE(we got that right hurrrah) and either D&T or 'a modern language' (see as good lawyers we always read and beleive the newspapers!). May I pass on the coongrats of a bunch of overworked, underpaid ex-high achieving legal aid lawyers and wish our fledgling barrister all the luck (and private client work0 in the world, We're very very pleased and I'm very very proud of you all. much love...
Bravo! He deserves some sort of special treat (I vote for chocolate, but then I always vote for chocolate, except when I vote for Barolo).
Now will you please send him over here to explain to my darling StrongOpinions that it isn't a conspiracy when she doesn't get an A in a course, she actually has to (gasp!) WORK? She, too, is working a year ahead of her age and sometimes it shows in the maturity thing. And she, too, got a less than perfect grade in Potions, since she didn't clean up her cauldron afterwards...
No longer young, She makes her way To the Greenbelt Festival At Cheltenham Racecourse.
It is a sacred site; Full of Celtic ghosts And the sense of Abiding loss.
In her mind Is the hope That she may be able To rediscover Something of the energy Of spiritual fascism Which so excited Her internal juices All those years ago At university.
She is disappointed.
Plenty is happening At Greenbelt, But none of it has to do with Energy, Spiritual fascism, Or internal fluidity.
What is happening At Greenbelt Is the spiritual self-congratulation Of materialistic Middle England As it tries to remember What all the fuss was about In the olden days When angels seemed closer, And churchianity seemed more Than just gender-posing, And God existed As a vital, Immanent And cosmetically expedient Fashion accessory.
To be a survivor At Greenbelt, You have to be An out-of-date Post-evangelical.
And to be An out-of-date Post-evangelical, You have to be A card-carrying Associate member Of the human race With a half-finished, Unpublished Thesis On "God as Dolphin Mother."
It is all rather disappointing.
But, this year, The intense quality Of the disappointment Is somehow More gratifying Than usual.
Since there's been a troll fol de rolling his way about the blog recently, I've had to introduce comment moderation for a while. Hope this doesn't deter genuine responses...
Were the B's in Divination and Potions? Or Transfiguration and Herbology?? Just kidding, congrats to your young scholar.
ReplyDeletelol....How did you guess?? As we drove in this morning, knowing that people generally have pretty high expectations of TeenWonder(he's working a year ahead of his age, hence his bloggy alias), the person that kept coming to mind was poor Hermione, unable to open the envelope containing her OWLS. In this case, it was Music (which saddened him a wee bit) and PE (joke subject...the school makes them take it as an extra GCSE so that the non academics are likely to have a good grade in something)..but he would definitely have failed Divination...Probably a T, I think.
ReplyDeleteThere's an awful lot to congratulate your brood for this year, isn't there?
ReplyDeleteWell done, that (young) man!
thanks so much for texting me with the fantastic news. We had an office bet and the favourites for the B grades were PE(we got that right hurrrah) and either D&T or 'a modern language' (see as good lawyers we always read and beleive the newspapers!). May I pass on the coongrats of a bunch of overworked, underpaid ex-high achieving legal aid lawyers and wish our fledgling barrister all the luck (and private client work0 in the world, We're very very pleased and I'm very very proud of you all. much love...
ReplyDeleteBravo! He deserves some sort of special treat (I vote for chocolate, but then I always vote for chocolate, except when I vote for Barolo).
ReplyDeleteNow will you please send him over here to explain to my darling StrongOpinions that it isn't a conspiracy when she doesn't get an A in a course, she actually has to (gasp!) WORK? She, too, is working a year ahead of her age and sometimes it shows in the maturity thing. And she, too, got a less than perfect grade in Potions, since she didn't clean up her cauldron afterwards...
No longer young,
ReplyDeleteShe makes her way
To the Greenbelt Festival
At Cheltenham Racecourse.
It is a sacred site;
Full of Celtic ghosts
And the sense of
Abiding loss.
In her mind
Is the hope
That she may be able
To rediscover
Something of the energy
Of spiritual fascism
Which so excited
Her internal juices
All those years ago
At university.
She is disappointed.
Plenty is happening
At Greenbelt,
But none of it has to do with
Energy,
Spiritual fascism,
Or internal fluidity.
What is happening
At Greenbelt
Is the spiritual self-congratulation
Of materialistic Middle England
As it tries to remember
What all the fuss was about
In the olden days
When angels seemed closer,
And churchianity seemed more
Than just gender-posing,
And God existed
As a vital,
Immanent
And cosmetically expedient
Fashion accessory.
To be a survivor
At Greenbelt,
You have to be
An out-of-date
Post-evangelical.
And to be
An out-of-date
Post-evangelical,
You have to be
A card-carrying
Associate member
Of the human race
With a half-finished,
Unpublished
Thesis
On "God as Dolphin Mother."
It is all rather disappointing.
But, this year,
The intense quality
Of the disappointment
Is somehow
More gratifying
Than usual.
What, not 9 A*s? Just kidding, i think.
ReplyDelete