Not including girls...or the ones who didn't take the test.
But of all the boys who took the grammar test, I think he is the only one who didn't make it.
I am gutted for him, and he only took it as he wanted to try as hard as he could to be with his friends next year.
The possibility of appeal is there but I honestly don't know on what grounds as he would probably struggle in grammar.
I don't know how to make this better for him. We don't yet know for sure if the last two have passed but it is very likely that they have and he will find out on Monday from them.
He has been very quiet since he found out he didn't pass and we have had some tears. There is also the complete awkwardness with other parents, because no one wants to talk about it in case they come across as smug or gloating...this is what my close friend said yesterday, though she is the least gloaty person ever in the world - her son passed with top scores, and I am so pleased for him, and the others.
He's not a schooly type of boy but he lives for his friends and he's got to face the thought of being with none of them next year. They are his life.
How the hell do I handle this for him? I almost wish we hadn't let him do it but he really wanted to give it a go, and was convinced he was in with a chance. (I didn't know one way or another, but suspected he might not be up to it, so tried to prepare him honestly).
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So how ^do^ you handle it when your kid is the only one in his class who didn't pass?
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PatoBanton · 19/10/2013 18:56
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