Down here we can't claim such amazing grades (I had already arranged for my daughter to resit the whole AS maths year next year, because we knew that she needed more time) but we were happy with her chemistry grade (exactly as she and I had predicted) and to anyone who actually knows my dd the fact that she is achieving A levels at all is truly wonderful.
I hope Simone is enjoying her experience of Cambridge and that it encourages her applications next term....
Curiously my home educated daughter is also called Simone. She passed IGCSE biology ( CIE ) at 12 with an A* and now at 14 has six IGCSE passes including A in Chemistry , Physics and Accounting.
What I can't understand about your blog is why you seem to be obsessed with home ed when you no longer are directly involved. Get a life or at least be honest about your agenda.
"What I can't understand about your blog is why you seem to be obsessed with home ed when you no longer are directly involved. Get a life or at least be honest about your agenda."
People keep blogs on all sorts of strange subjects. Home education is not that an unusual topic. You suggest that I am honest about my agenda. As far as I know, my agenda in keeping a blog on home education is simply the obvious one of keeping a blog on home education. Do you have any idea what other agneda I could be working to?
"Well, as this blog is prominently mentioned in all your publisher's book publicity, I suppose you've got to keep doing it really."
Surprised to hear this. Could you point me to the whereabouts of this, please. I have looked in vain and my publisher does not seem to know about it! More information needed.
Simon Webb educated his daughter at home and has a blog on home schooling. He has also worked for many years with children who have special educational needs.
"this blog is prominently mentioned in all your publisher's book publicity,"
"has a blog on home schooling"
So in other words, this blog is not mentioned at all. I had seen that bit about my having a blog, but it does not tell anybody what the blog is. Do you really imagine that I am writing this blog each day, just on the off-chance that somebody glancing at that paragraph will think, "Holy cow, I must track down this blog!" Get a grip!
Very well done to Simone!
ReplyDeleteDown here we can't claim such amazing grades (I had already arranged for my daughter to resit the whole AS maths year next year, because we knew that she needed more time) but we were happy with her chemistry grade (exactly as she and I had predicted) and to anyone who actually knows my dd the fact that she is achieving A levels at all is truly wonderful.
I hope Simone is enjoying her experience of Cambridge and that it encourages her applications next term....
Well done to Simone!
ReplyDelete"Simone passed eight international GCSEs at A* last year and two when she was 14 and 15, scoring 100 per cent in all of the exam-only qualifications."
Do they give the actual marks with results with IGCSE and/or GCSE? I thought they just gave students their grade.
"Do they give the actual marks with results with IGCSE and/or GCSE? I thought they just gave students their grade."
ReplyDeleteThat's right and neither is she seventeen yet. There are several mistakes here. She did get 100% for three of the AS levels, though.
Congratulations to Simone.
ReplyDeleteWell done Simone and Julie's daughter.
ReplyDeleteBig, fat congratulations !!!!!
Curiously my home educated daughter is also called Simone. She passed IGCSE biology ( CIE ) at 12 with an A* and now at 14 has six IGCSE passes including A in Chemistry , Physics and Accounting.
ReplyDeleteWhat I can't understand about your blog is why you seem to be obsessed with home ed when you no longer are directly involved. Get a life or at least be honest about your agenda.
"What I can't understand about your blog is why you seem to be obsessed with home ed when you no longer are directly involved. Get a life or at least be honest about your agenda."
ReplyDeletePeople keep blogs on all sorts of strange subjects. Home education is not that an unusual topic. You suggest that I am honest about my agenda. As far as I know, my agenda in keeping a blog on home education is simply the obvious one of keeping a blog on home education. Do you have any idea what other agneda I could be working to?
Well, as this blog is prominently mentioned in all your publisher's book publicity, I suppose you've got to keep doing it really.
ReplyDelete"Well, as this blog is prominently mentioned in all your publisher's book publicity, I suppose you've got to keep doing it really."
ReplyDeleteSurprised to hear this. Could you point me to the whereabouts of this, please. I have looked in vain and my publisher does not seem to know about it! More information needed.
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ReplyDeleteSimon Webb educated his daughter at home and has a blog on home schooling. He has also worked for many years with children who have special educational needs.
http://www.trentham-books.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww.trentham-books.co.uk%2f&WD=webb%20simon&PN=Elective_Home_Education_in_the_UK.html%23a9781858564821#a9781858564821
"this blog is prominently mentioned in all your publisher's book publicity,"
ReplyDelete"has a blog on home schooling"
So in other words, this blog is not mentioned at all. I had seen that bit about my having a blog, but it does not tell anybody what the blog is. Do you really imagine that I am writing this blog each day, just on the off-chance that somebody glancing at that paragraph will think, "Holy cow, I must track down this blog!" Get a grip!
How difficult do you think it is to 'track down' your blog? It took literally seconds to type 'simon webb blog' into google and find it.
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