School had a Y9 trip to Cambridge Uni for certain G&T students.
DS wasn't invited on trip. Fair enough, if he's not G&T, but from what I could tell his best friends who went on the trip aren't G &T either, in fact, they are a lot less able than him in Maths and Science.
Then I found out the trip was offered to the DC who were most able in English and maths. Again, fair enough, I understand why DS wasn't offered a place, as his English is nowhere near as good as his maths/science.
But his maths is very good, as is his science. Overall he is very able. (Absolutely nothing wrong with his grammar, spelling, etc, but he never hands in any decent English homework, which brings his over all grade down).
I don't want him to go to Cambridge Uni, he doesn't want to go to Cambridge Uni, so why I'm miffed he didn't get to spend a day dossing in Cambridge, I'm not sure.
He did spend the whole evening doing his homework, though, which is unheard of, after DH suggested his friends grades were higher than his because they actually did some work.
Maybe I'm not used to teachers not telling me how academic he is.
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Slightly miffed DS didn't go on this school trip.
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LynetteScavo · 21/11/2012 21:38
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