The O levels are finally over! The exams ended this week, GG’s exams ended earlier than BB’s exams. Both children are rejoicing over the end of the exams, preparations which started over two years ago. But at the same time, they are at a loss at what to do with the all the time in their hands now.

According to them, they have done reasonably well and if all goes well, they will get the scores they are expecting. I just hope it’s not lower than expected, but marks moderation works in their favour and they actually do better than expected.

As in previous years, this will be the last post under this series. Now that their school life is over, I may or not post more under this series and will talk about BB & GG’s updates under the general weekly update.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Week 2 of the O level exams is done and with that Hell Week is also over. This week was the toughest of the whole exam period with back-to-back exams every single day and multiple exams on some days for both GG & BB.

So far, both say the exams have been decent and don’t want to jinx anything by saying they did well. Surprisingly, for an exam where they don’t get to take back the question paper for many of the subjects, in less than an hour, you can find the both the question paper plus answers online. For some subjects where they have checked their answers against the solved answers, they seem to have done decently, but for some of the other subjects, they don’t want to check the answers.

At the end of the day, even if you anticipate a certian percentage of marks, it all depends on Cambridge examiners and then the good people at SEAB who decide on the marks moderation. So you could do better than expected or if the moderation is not in your favour, then you do worse than you think.

Next week is a lighter week with BB having 2 exams and GG having 3. The week after is the last exam with GG just having 1 paper and BB having his last two exams!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Happy Diwali! May the festival of light bring the light of happiness, joy and prosperity in your lives!

This week marked week 1 of the O level written exams. One week down and three more to go. They mostly had the papers which are common to the entire cohort, which is English and E-Math.

Next week is a content heavy week with humanities and some science papers. The week also has both BB & GG have two exams on some of the days which means they need to be in school by 7 and only end their day around 6!

As for this week’s exams, it was ok in their words. I would say GG seemed more confident compared to her previous outing in a national exam and I am confident that she will do as expected or better. BB says his math papers were good, but as usual, he has made some careless mistakes which can cost him up to almost 5-7 marks each. I wonder if there ever will come a time when he comes out a math exam without making any careless mistakes!

Anyway, our countdown is firmly ticking and before we know it, we will be done with the exams and off on our holiday. Can’t wait!!

Have a great weekend and if you are celebrating the festival, once again a very Happy Diwali to you and your loved ones.

This is it! The O level written exams start tomorrow and you can imagine the stress levels in the house.

GG is extremely stressed and it shows. She is now perpetually grouchy and annoyed at small things and seems to have forgotten to smile!

BB on the other hand is very chill. Yesterday I asked him if he was worried and he says, “Umm, both yes and no”. I have now started calling him Teflon Boy because nothing seems to stick to him.

I am thinking once the exams start, they take a life of their own and before we know it, we will be looking at the last exam and the holidays, but till then it’s stress town for us.

Please keep GG & BB in your prayers and send positive thoughts our way, if possible.