Secondary school students are all set to get their GCSE results and hopefully as many of you as possible get the results you want - if not though, rest assured that all hope is definitely not lost and there's still cause to celebrate. I'm here to ask Brummies about their GCSE result experiences.
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00:00 Gosh, what did I do when I got my results? It's actually going back quite some years
00:04 now so it's difficult to remember what I did. I remember being pleased with the results
00:09 that I got on the day. I passed them all, which is, you know, I guess a relief was the
00:14 first thing, but what did we do? I think we went into the park to celebrate actually,
00:20 and I suspect we probably had a few bottles of things that we probably shouldn't have
00:23 had and, you know, but it was all good fun. But then I think, you know, you also asked
00:28 me about what would I say to young people who perhaps haven't got the grades they've
00:32 got. I definitely think the things that get you in the door are good grades. They're useful
00:37 things to have, but they are not the thing that define your life. For any child or person
00:42 who hasn't got the grades they want, there's still so many opportunities available to them.
00:46 And I think, you know, being a nice person, being a likeable person, working hard are
00:51 the things that get you on in life. So anyone who feels that they haven't quite hit the
00:55 mark needn't worry. Well, when I got my GCSE results, I was quite sad because I didn't
01:02 get my maths. And obviously that's one of your main ones. But I went out, I got extremely
01:09 drunk as you do, because, you know, celebrating and whatnot. What I say is don't worry about
01:16 them because in the end of the day, I don't, they're not, they don't make who you are as
01:23 a person. They're just numbers and grades. Who you are as a person is more important
01:27 than any of that. I celebrated mine. I think I just went to a local park and did what most
01:35 teenagers do, we just chilled, had a barbecue. GCSEs, I got the results I wanted. I didn't
01:41 really, I wasn't too bothered because I knew it was a step. I worked hard for them. So
01:45 I got the results that I felt I deserved. But yeah, I mean, if you don't get what you
01:49 want, it's not the be all and end all. There's so many options out there that you can take
01:53 a path to do whatever you want. It just takes a bit longer, do different steps, but it can
01:58 happen. It works. Yeah, I think they're going to be nice. They're still young. They've still
02:02 got plenty of time. I mean, I didn't do my A levels to my twenties. So I mean, I was
02:07 like 23, 25 when I finished them. I think it's very easy to react straight away to whatever
02:15 your results are going to be. What you have to remember, this is just the beginning. And
02:20 I have said that to many of the pupils I used to teach back in the day. And what may seem
02:27 so important, GCSE results, they're just a stepping stone. Okay. There may be a stepping
02:32 stone to an A level and then A levels become a stepping stone to going to university or
02:36 getting apprenticeships or whatever. But what you have to remember is you are really young.
02:43 You know, so even if things don't work out for you this year, please think about having
02:49 another go next year. Don't just think, oh my goodness, this is it. I'm not good enough.
02:56 You're all good enough. And you just have to put your efforts in next time and do the
03:01 best you can and be proud of yourself.
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