I had predicted grades 9 for these 2 subjects, but got 7 in both. Obviously I was very disappointed and talked with my parent about a remark - if only it would’ve ended there.
Everyday I won’t hear the end of it ‘How did X get the same grade as you!?’, while looking over my papers they go ‘Wow, you totally bombed this section, why did you do that?’ AND ‘In my opinion, I can see why you didn’t get the marks’ (mind that my parents have 0 knowledge on exam technique and the 2 subjects I sat) as if I wanted to get a worse grade than I wanted, ‘But you knew this so well, yet you managed to mess it up!’. Then there’s the constant ‘I slept badly again, this is stressing me out so bad!’ ‘You’re crying stressed me out!’ Etc.
Like if they’re behaving like this what am I supposed to do, explode? How have the tables turned in such a way that I have to behave like the calm collected adult when I’m supposed to be the emotional stressed teen - I don’t even have it together, I’m very close to losing it. I told them I added my own marks on the papers so they don’t have to and they don’t trust I did it correctly.
I’m ready to lose my mind - 7 is an A! I got all As and A*, yea sure it’s not ideal, but there’s nothing I can do besides ask for a remark.
Needed to vent, I’m just so completely overwhelmed right now…🫠
Edit: Ok, I didn’t expect this to blow up at all, I mostly just posted this out of frustration and because I was so done with all of the grade drama, but I read every single comment on this post and I’m just so thankful to all of the kind and supportive comments I’ve received from all of you (I’m trying to reply to all of them, my parents were really starting to get to me…
I am not british (or asian, for that one commenter asking) so my parents are most likely comparing my grades to my birth country’s grading system (which is 1 to 10, 1 being the worst and 10 the best). For all the other subjects where I got grades as results, they didn’t complain over me getting As at all (I had 4 A* and 3 As from CIE before the 7s). I have discussed with them about what a 7 is, they didn’t get it, I told them they’re making me feel uncomfortable, they said they don’t understand why, so at this point I just kind of gave up, but it’s ok! Everybody in this comment section has been so kind and has helped me realise that 7 is indeed ok and not worth being depressed about! So once again, thank you so so much and I wish all of you as much good luck going forward as you have wished me, you’re all amazing and have made me feel better! ❤️
throughout year 10 and year 11 i was getting 6s and 7s (mainly 6s though the teacher’s marking was quite strict) so after the shambolic weimar and nazi germany paper i really didn’t have my hopes up. i turned up to results day praying for a 7 only to find i got an 8😭
my paper one was then sent for a remark to see if i could potentially get a 9 when i found i got FULL MARKS in my cold war paper. like 32/32. i went crazy at this point because in my last mock i got like 2/8 in one of the questions (but to be fair we hadn’t been taught the structure).
this feels like a shameless flex i’m sorry but i can’t get over it especially as i’d been predicted an 8 and i was worried i wouldn’t do my teacher proud. just had to let loose somewhere haha
alhamdullilah things went better than expected!!