Hanging by a thread

It’s the beginning of exam season in the UK. Already my kids have split into 2 camps, the eldest being responsible and revising and the youngest has taken the attitude of “oh well”. I wish they’d brush off on each other a little bit, Spawn number 1 is too serious and could actually do with calming down a bit and spawn 2 could do with being a bit more studious.

I’ve never been worried about grades particularly, surely the most important part is how.much effort they put in. If I can see they’ve worked their butt’s off and they’ve got a D then that’s a good grade, but if they put in no effort and get a A how can that be good?

Both of them being Autistic, but different places on the spectrum does complicate matters a bit though. It’d be unfair to hold them to the same standards when they are so different but at the same time holding them to different standards makes them feel different from each other which I don’t like.

Still haven’t figured out that conundrum.

Good Luck to anyone taking exams.