Happy, Happy, Happy

[maggiebee]

So happy and proud today of my two eldest grandchildren. Exams results out and the eldest with "A"s in Physics, Chemistry, English, Design Portfolio and a "B" in Maths is off to Strathclyde University in September to study engineering. His younger brother is now moving into 5th year with an "A" in maths and "B"s in Physics, Chemistry, Computing and English (bodes well for the future too).
Please forgive a very proud gran, but with all that's happened in my life too very recently, this is the icing on the cake.

[Bathsheba]

Congratulations to you on your boys' great results! I can see you're so proud of them, quite rightly! :)

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[dannyk13]

Nothing to forgive Maggie, you have every right to be proud of what your grandchildren have attained.

[mikey4444]

Maggie...congrats to your Grandkids ! A very good result.

But did they go to a Comprehensive School ?

( http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1506915.html )

[maggiebee]

Don't have comprehensive schools in Scotland mikey, just common or garden secondary schools. They are both at St Machar Academy in Aberdeen which (despite its name) is just an ordinary secondary school and caters for all abilities.

[albaqwerty]

och, Mikey, stuff what school they went to.

Maggie, well done them !!

Nothing to forgive, you have every right to be proud and am sure they will continue to make you so xxxx

[mikey4444]

Thanks Maggie...I was unaware of the difference in Scotland. So, no Grammar Schools either !

You must be very proud today.

[albaqwerty]

talking of Grammar Schools, there used to be one in Paisley (many, many moons ago) don't know if it's still there.

[anneasquith]

Well done those boys, congratulations grannie :-)

[Peter Pedant]

o blimey A level time again ...

these are scottish highers arent they ? anyway well done

Strathclyde ? I thnk I went to an OU summer school there which erm got into the Sunday Mirror .... ( maths students brawling in the bar no less )

[DTCwordfan]

congrats maggiebee, that reminds me to call my sisters' as to their kids....saw my middle one in Jan and we were chatting away about predictions, her number two, a girl, being predicted for 2As and a B - as my sister said, if you had told me that when L was ten, I would have laughed in your face. She's already been given an unconditional at a good Uni as she's just joined a full England sports squad (perhaps next Olympics?) and is also on a N.of England sqad in another sport.

[Cloverjo]

That's great, maggie, and DTC too.

Peter, maths students brawling at an OU ss, surely not? We were all so well behaved at the ones I went to. It was the psychology students you had to worry about. :)

[Patsy33]

So chuffed for you Maggiebee. Life is sweet all round for you!

[rsvp]

Nothing wrong with being a proud Gran - it's a lovely feeling!

[maggiebee]

That's wonderful DTC - sounds as if your niece is a great all rounder. Will look out for her sporting prowess in the years to come.

[DTCwordfan]

not releasing which sports yet for security on here...I have another niece who's on the England junior sqad for Jogger's one of sports. It's all the young women in the family as my eldest has gone to 3rd Dan in Taekwondo and her sister is a hotshot junior archery squad member in the States.
Strathclyde used to have a very good reputation for engineering in my time ....I wouldn't go into the Union though - they used to have a net hanging there two floors up for any one who fell off the upper floor balconies after too many Buckies. Any ideas of what the younger one wants to study yet?

[Lie-in King]

Congratulations to your grandsons & you're quite right to be proud of them! :-))

[Mamyalynne]

Brilliant results, wallow in your Grandmotherly pride - a great feeling.

[anneasquith]

Strathclyde has a really good reputation Maggie :-)

[Butterbun]

Great results maggie, feel as proud as you want to feel. Is it in the genes?
A nice bit of happiness.xx

[marval]

Brilliant news, well done to them, be as proud as you like Maggie.