argh!

**VampyrMaggot** · August 12th '06

ok, so im waitin for my gcse results at the mo, and i kno im gonna do shit. weird thing is, i hope i do, cos then i won't have to stay on at 6th form in my crappy school (yes, its really that bad). just for the record, i need 5 A-C gcses, includin maths and both english courses (lang+lit)

i know alot of people will say "go somewhere else", but my mum won't let me. she's completely controllin my life, and always wants me to get A* in everything. thing is, im mostly a C/D pupil, and i really really don't think i can do it. i went to the kinda induction day thing abit ago, and they've got all these weird rules. like, you choose 3 or 4 courses to do (ive chosen 4. or, mums chosen for me to do 4) and you get 5 classes of each class a week. along with that, the Head of 6th Form says that you HAVE to spend 5 hours a week on these subjects independantly. there goes my social life ,then..........

all i really wanna do next year is get a job (a really, REALLY don't care was or where at this point, just as long as i don't have to be in that school) but no. mum says "to get a job you need skills". thanks mum. just tell me im a failure. but the thing is, to get skills you need to go to college/6th form, but to go to college/6th form, i need more skills than i have at the moment. i can't do anything! im just a dumbass teenager who's gonna wind up cleanin toilets in Maccy D's for the rest of my life, just cos im thick.

at the 6th form ive applied to (ive only applied to 1, its the only 1 my mum would let me apply to, so i have NO back-up plan) to basic rule is "be and A* pupil first time, or get fucked. they don't want C/D pupils, they want people they don't have to teach, who are already the best they can be.

soooooooo.........i guess im just havin a rant, no pressure for anyone to actually reply, but i just needed to do this. but, saying that, any input would be good. and please, don't say "talk to your mum", cos she jst blanks me anytime i wanna talk about it. she says im making a scene. when its HER that always ends up screamin and yelling. i just want to discuss my own future, but that subject seems to be taboo in our household.

best years of who's life?

**clueless** · August 17th '06

I don't know you but could you be honest with yourself: how hard have you really been trying? Is it with your best efforts you are getting C/D's or you just can't be bothered? If it's the latter, then maybe you should rethink where you want to go. People with education can go further and make more cash, quicker, as opposed to those who leave school at 16 with a few GCSEs.

If A-levels aren't for you then you could take a GNVQ in something you prefer.

**VampyrMaggot** · August 17th '06

i'd much rather take a GNVQ or go to college and study something i enjoy, and i know there's no great oppotunities for people who leave school with only a few gcses. i know all that. but its my mum. she won't let me do anything else (apprenticeship, college, job etc) she only wants me to go to 6th form. its the only choice i have.

and i do try hard. all i've ever done in school is try hard, because i know im not that intelligent, so i have to really work for things that others could do easily. i mean, at least being a C/D pupil is better than being the D/E pupil i might have been, if i didnt try this hard. at least C is a pass grade

im just trapped. i've no idea what im gonna do if i DON'T get the grades i need, seeing as im not allowed to have any kind of backup plan, but i know im gonna fail miserably in all my courses and waste 2 years of my life on something i don't want to do if i DO get the grades.

**Tim** · August 17th '06

end of the day its 'your decision, your future' screw wat ure mum tells u there are loads of courses for gcse d students. i dint get great gcse results either but there are still loads of courses you can go on.