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Reply | GCSE results day
at 09:29 22 Aug 2025
Back at the start of COVID (Feb 2020) my then 10 year old son was stuck at home with very little input from his primary school. We asked him if he would like to do some extra subjects just to keep him occupied. He loves Manga books and cartoons so asked if he could learn Japanese.
We found an online tutor and he has been doing an hour a week since. His first tutor was a grad student who he was with for four years. She is now living full time in Japan so we had to find another.
Second tutor suggested he was good enough to sit a GCSE which was a surprise to me! Anyway turns out second tutor was a bit rubbish and didn't really understand the GCSE syllabus so we got a third tutor a couple of months ago who was more up to speed. We soon realised that the exam was going to be much harder than we expected and there were huge bits of the course he had never covered.
Anyway after a couple of weeks of hard swatting he went ahead with the exam (mainly because we had paid for it). He was the only western heritage child sitting the exam. The exam was four different papers including spoken q&a.
He didn't think he did that well and was hopeful he may scrape a 3. Yesterday he got his result. He got a 6!!
I promised him that if he got better than a 5 I would take him out for the "best burger in London"..so we're out Saturday |
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Reply | Eze watch - Cup Final
at 17:01 17 May 2025
Guy in the pub (Tottenham fan) has backed palace to win the cup at the quarter final stage, £60 at 10/1, this morning he has backed Eze £50 at 10/1 for the first goal scorer and also backed Eze to score 2 or more £10 at 30/1. So he's £500 up so far. |
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Reply | Budgies vs Rs Match Thread
at 13:05 29 Dec 2024
I'm in my local and they don't have that channel for some reason. Nevermind. |
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Reply | Kolli online abuse
at 08:38 8 Aug 2024
My son has just taken part in an "experiment" to see how he gets on with no smart phone for a month. It's being published in the weeks Sunday Times and is cover story in the colour supplement. For him and us, the biggest issue was no access to what's app. As Clive mentions all various arrangements are through it so if he's not connected then he misses stuff. Also most school work is now issued via Google classroom so he needed special dispensation to have homework emailed to us. Anyway he's not much of social media user so that was not a big issue. So players going on tiktoc, X, Facebook and Instagram with a public account do open themselves up to hideous trolls but you can keep those platforms private or not use them. No huge loss really. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 07:18 19 May 2024
Well we did it. Total time was 12 hrs 30 minutes. That was truly hard. However the comradeship of everyone saw us through.
My feet hurt and my knees are killing me but it was all worth it to raise over £20k both in memory of Joyce and to continue the fight against Pancreatic Cancer.
Thank you to those who came down to support us. With out your continued backing, cheering and beers it would have been a whole lot harder.
And a final thank you to my wife Lucy who stood by me (literally) over the last 10km when my knees were absolute agony. I wouldn't have got over the line without you.
Here's to Joyce.
P.s. you can still sponsor us on the link above. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 20:26 16 May 2024
I would also like to thank RangersW12 and Kensal Ranger for your donations. The weather looks a bit dodgy so I may have to invest in some flippers. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 09:41 14 May 2024
Hi all,
Just bumping this back to the top.
Our walk is this Saturday so making a last call for any sponsors.
LFW team have donated £600 which I am stunned at considering only a few of you know Mark and I personally. Thank you all so much.
The just giving link is below
https://www.justgiving.com/page/mark-sellick-1705515029382?newPage=true
All we can do now is pray for sunshine and no blisters. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 20:05 25 Feb 2024
Further thanks to HamptonR, A Fellow QPR Fan, Danehoop and Sarah hoop. Your generosity is fantastic and Mark and I really appreciate it. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 22:06 22 Feb 2024
Yet more thanks to Wombat, Enfield, Hampton Hill Hoop, Clive , Planethonneywood, Lotusranger and Francisbowles. Your donations are much appreciated which forced me to go out tonight in the pouring rain to do a training walk
Also thanks to those who left there own stories. It just emphasises how much this research is needed. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 13:09 22 Feb 2024
Thanks for you donation. I must say there will be pain, there will be gain and it will most definitely be a hobble. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 22:02 21 Feb 2024
Konk, Bazza, Friedman, DW thanks for you donations. There are also a couple of anonymous donations so if that is you, thanks as well. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 08:32 21 Feb 2024
Thank you Brian, Chris HM and Faulino for your support. Brian I will look the book up!! |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 20:42 20 Feb 2024
Thanks LBlock, Seanie, A Fellow Hoop, Garry, QPR Fan, JM QPR for your donations. I am amazed how generous you have all.been towards a couple of relative strangers. COYR's. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 14:11 20 Feb 2024
Thank you Hubble, Snipper and CFW for your donations. The QPR fam (as my kids would say) are really outstanding.
CFW - thanks for your advice. I will certainly be following your tips. A new pair of trail shoes have been purchased this week especially. Now to start the training. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 12:21 20 Feb 2024
Thanks for your donation |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 09:21 20 Feb 2024
Thanks BSERs. Every penny counts and thank you for your kind donation. |
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Reply | Marathon Walk
at 07:37 20 Feb 2024
Thanks guys. Really appreciate your support. |
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