Well done all of them!!Taking the dogs up to our field yesterday,I had to pass two Senior schools and loved to see the throngs of youngsters either in raptures of delight or in serious conversation on their mobile 'phones.
I hated school!!Every minute of every day that I was there was a torture!Therefore I took 'nor passed any exam.Do I regret it? No. I know now that schools are (or should be)a better place than they were,which is probably the reason for higher pass rates,not easier exams.Children,especially,the more timid ones are given encouragement and all are given support.
Children in general are more confident these days and aware of their capabilities and good luck to them.
Also,young people today are encouraged in their ambitions.They know they can go to where they want to go.Too many of my generation were thwarted through lack of funds,lack of parental foresight and lack of oppurtunity.
Any one these days can do anything---go out and do it!!
Who knows,I may have been a ballerina if my ma hadn't said "sixpence for a ballet lesson-what nonsense!!"