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Re: Happy thread

#121 Post by Bunnylump » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:00 am

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You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

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#122 Post by LAT » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:31 am

That's quite scary! :lol:

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#123 Post by Bunnylump » Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:34 am

The little person with the brown hair is what you'll look like when you see me in April. :lol:
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#124 Post by Wulfruna » Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:33 pm

Well you didn't look too much like the blue monster when I saw you last! :lol: :lol:

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Re: Happy thread

#125 Post by MBH » Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:59 am

LAT wrote::lol: :lol:

You daft thing!
Seconded! :lol:

Great picture (although totally unjustified) - however you probably don't want to see some of the 'purple bunny' pics I found in my wanderings :twisted:

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Re: Happy thread

#126 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:19 pm

Just got a message from one of my ex pupils, who I worked with for eight years. He had a statement of special educational needs, and when I first got him couldn't even write a line of writing independently. He's just got a 2:2 honours degree!! :D :D

So chuffed. :D And actually, I'm so chuffed that he thought to get back to me and let me know after all these years. :D :D THIS is what it's all about. I've put up with an appalling few weeks recently, but now that has all melted away. THIS is what makes it worthwhile. :D
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Re: Happy thread

#127 Post by MBH » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:28 pm

Lovely post :D I'm happy for you (and love that grin on your face) ;)

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#128 Post by LAT » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:52 pm

Well done bunny! It's good to hear that something is making all the recent hassle (I edited this term for polite comversation!) worth while.

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#129 Post by clvrlad » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:46 pm

ill say it again


why weren't you at my high school again?
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#130 Post by giraffe » Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:42 am

Just got back from visits to fetch results from two schools.

Kingsley got A*AAB and will be studying Music at Durham
Fernando got AAAA in his AS levels.
Lally has no results this time but is very proud of her siblings.

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#131 Post by Scurra » Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:43 am

Congratulations.
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Re: Happy thread

#132 Post by maisie ladybird » Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:47 am

Well done to them both, I bet you're proud too.

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#133 Post by giraffe » Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:59 am

Yes and relieved. Because of the modular system K was pretty much guaranteed a place at Durham because of the marks she already had in the bank. (She needed to get 3% on her Business studies exam, and a D in music) but even so I don't like to count chickens, and they always come home and say the exams have gone badly. I think I was more worried about F, because he is more emotional / highly strung.

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Re: Happy thread

#134 Post by chazzie » Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:03 pm

Brilliant news - congratulations to Kingsley and Fernando - and proud Mum/sis

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#135 Post by LAT » Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:27 pm

Great news. Many congratulations to all. :D
Family celebrations tonight?

I know what you mean about the relief and not wanting to count chickens, especially after the nightmare K had when one of her marks came back wrong at first.

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Re: Happy thread

#136 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:42 pm

Great news!! :D :D
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Re: Happy thread

#137 Post by MBH » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:42 pm

Fantistic marks - well done to both of them. [I knew they were stupidly smart, but now they've got papers to prove it]

Laughing out loud at the idea of K getting a 'D' for music :lol:

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Re: Happy thread

#138 Post by giraffe » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:52 pm

Head of Music said that if she got less than 95% for her composition he would eat his hat. I was quite tempted to make him a hat shaped cake, but she got full marks for it, so it would have been a waste!

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Re: Happy thread

#139 Post by LAT » Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:29 pm

K heard from her old House mistress whose two daughters got results today. The eldest is also off to Durham university and the younger one also got all A's for AS levels I think. Sounds very similar to the giraffe family. :D

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Re: Happy thread

#140 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:40 pm

My friend's children have done well, Jill's son (who is extremely dyslexic) has got on his boat design degree course at Southampton Solent, and Janet's youngest just got into Sheffield to do Maths and Computing. But do spare a thought for all those kids who have tried REALLY hard with their AS / A levels and DIDN'T get what they hoped for, like one of my nieces. :cry:
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