OFF TOPIC: Congratulations to A-Level Students (and to GCSE Students next week)

This is a repost from last year. But I'm posting it yearly now as the points need to be re-enforced each year when people rubbish exam results. I'll be back with amusing commentary shortly.... 

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Dear Successful Exam Student.

On this results day, you've got a mixture of feelings - be it joy, happiness, anger or despair depending how your results have gone today.

From someone who has been all four at once (and at 16, I was pretty much written off by my old school), some words of advice:

Joy - You've got the result at last.
Celebrate - And seriously, I mean that. 2+ years of hard work on any subject is enough to drive anyone bonkers. And well done
Don't be angry - At the end of the day, you did the best you could on a set of conditions on a day.
Despair - of what to do next. 

FINALLY - I PLEAD WITH YOU -

• IGNORE THE ARROGANT PEOPLE IN THE PRESS
• IGNORE THE PUNDITS WHO SAY EXAMS ARE GETTING EASIER 
• IGNORE THE POLITICIANS WHO HAVEN'T SAT A PAPER IN YEARS
• IGNORE THOSE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT'S LIKE TO STUDY HARD
• IGNORE THOSE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE GROWN THE YEARS AND FORGET THEY LEARN AS THEY GROW UP
• AND IGNORE THOSE WHO SAY "THAT WASN'T HARD"

Because I remember how hard it was.

Remember, Even if you got an F, You still passed the exam. And more than that. You've given your all and done your best.

Congratulations.