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Personweegmack
01/9/2016 at 9:30am
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You got there in the end! There's such a pressure on them to know exactly what they want to do from a young age I think. My other daughter was choosing her subjects for her third year at school and it said on it "what's your chosen career path". She's 14!!

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Congratulations to any mature students who have just had their results. They worked far harder than their offspring.

Not for you "I am just going to my room to revise, what time is tea?

You had no magic fairy that replaced toilet rolls, cleaned the house or prepared all the meals.

Yet you had to put up with that pitying look and the statement. "It is all right for you, you are only studying two subjects, I am doing eight"


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Congratulations to all of you with good exam results. Let's hope there's as many who have the work ethic when it comes to employment, and are not choosy about what they do initially and rely on Grandparents and Parents for finances etc..
      Find the right job in your chosen field if you can, but never think that working in a supermarket in the meantime is beneath you, because if you do you'll never be happy. We need people in life who can spell carburettor, and we also need people who can fix a carburettor . A chap who I knew at school who left at 14 ( 1960's), who could hardly read or write, but had the work ethic, went on to be the boss of his self made plastering business employing 25 staff.
       Yes, pass exams, but learn the work ethic as well. Your early teens is the best time for this. Good luck to you all

Rob



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Rob, that's such a put down to so many young people.

My son is about to start a Maths/Computer Science degree at Sheffield. He had to get A*A's to get in.

My younger daughter has just passed her GCSEs with 8A*2A1B.

Shall I start lecturing them about their "work ethic" ?!


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Oh Sorry, I thought it was good advice. I'm not putting anybody down, I'm just saying yes, pass exams but learn the work ethic as well. My Great Nephew has 2 A and 10 A*, yes that's right 2A and 10 A*. With a 100% mark in some subjects. But, he does a paper round and has had holiday and weekend jobs as well to finance his needs. His parents have led him into the work ethic in his early teens, and he's intelligent, great combination !! Good luck to your son and daughter.

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Personweegmack
02/9/2016 at 9:16am
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Quote: Originally posted by sue.too on 01/9/2016
Rob, that's such a put down to so many young people.

My son is about to start a Maths/Computer Science degree at Sheffield. He had to get A*A's to get in.

My younger daughter has just passed her GCSEs with 8A*2A1B.

Shall I start lecturing them about their "work ethic" ?!




I agree there - Rob that was a tad insensitive. My daughter worked extremely hard for her exams. While some of her peers were partying and watching tv, she was studying, volunteering at our church, practising her flute and piano and also helping me around the house when I'm not well. She has a very committed work ethic and is willing to do pretty much any job right now to earn some cash. However, I do appreciate that there are kids out there who do expect a lot of handouts and don't have the work ethic. So I get what you mean!

Sue - all the very best to your son at Uni - those are marvellous results and I hope he enjoys studying his chosen subjects! Is he staying away at Uni or can he go each day from home? And brilliant results by your daughter too 😊.


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