Kate Plummer
Aug 12, 2021
It is GCSE results day and, however many years it has been, we all can remember the anxiety of waiting to see whether you smashed your exams or not.
Around 500,000 students will pick up their results today, which have been decided by teachers after formal exams were scrapped for a second year in a row due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has congratulated “hard-working” students ahead of a nerve-racking morning and said pupils “should feel proud of their achievements”.
Meanwhile, students are predicted to do better than usual as Ofqual has found teacher-assessed results tend to be higher than exam-assessed results, and last year’s results saw a rise in the number of students receiving top grades.
Regardless, students are anxiously finding out what they got and having sleepless nights, so thank goodness they can rely on Twitter to pass the time sharing memes about their experiences.
Some say they were manifesting good results. Fair enough!
Me not liking any tweets of anyone joking about failing because i am not claiming that #GCSEs2021 https://t.co/1P1ke3AXyu— fifi🧚🏻 (@fifi🧚🏻) 1628727810
Prayer circle: 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 I actually… https://t.co/3Op98AYygi— Emma (@Emma) 1628535493
Manifesting that everyone who sees this tweet will do well on GCSE results day #GCSEs2021 https://t.co/f4Qvy8JcRF— Rachael Jones (@Rachael Jones) 1628495970
manifesting everybody does well tomorrow morning 🥰 #GCSEs2021 https://t.co/py5gqqSOm7— endersabi (@endersabi) 1628696544
#gcses2021 manifestation time 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯… https://t.co/I9XPLcgSRD— soap (Taylor’s Version) 🧣 (@soap (Taylor’s Version) 🧣) 1628503136
Others are questioning whether they still have time to revise. We don’t think so, unfortunately.
guys they said it’s not too late 🥳🥳🥳 #GCSEs2021 https://t.co/nJSuX02eUJ— luisa (@luisa) 1628733781
is it too late to revise😖 #GCSEs2021 https://t.co/XiGqvlH8Tc— katie (@katie) 1628712991
Many say waiting around to find out their fate is frustrating.
all year 11s rn #GCSEs2021 https://t.co/h6Fa8GgXLn— olivia dianaᵒᵗ⁵ SAW NWH (@olivia dianaᵒᵗ⁵ SAW NWH) 1628723903
Longest morning of my entire life #GCSEs2021 https://t.co/jFOotn2Owi— rhys edwards (@rhys edwards) 1628745520
And many are threatening their teachers to give them good marks. Alarming stuff.
me after flykicking a teacher who gave me a grade under a 4 x #GCSEresults2021 #GCSEs2021 https://t.co/pSM6huszec— Tabitha Mcneil (@Tabitha Mcneil) 1628748780
#GCSEs2021 when I see the teachers who failed me it’s on site https://t.co/W2fmk3sBlT— Nikita - can’t move on 😐 (@Nikita - can’t move on 😐) 1628724176
Others, still, are planning what they will say to their parents if they don’t do as well as expected:
Me grabbing everything I own after my parents get a glimpse of my results 😭😭 #GCSEs2021 https://t.co/6CYSYJkWWY— Chika Kudou Enthusiast 🍓🌸 (@Chika Kudou Enthusiast 🍓🌸) 1628679648
But they are all grateful that the memes are providing a good level of distraction on this nail-biting morning.
thank u #GCSEs2021 twitter for temporarily calming my nerves i love u guys https://t.co/nGsTdSbd8k— jessica hunter (@jessica hunter) 1628729039
We wish them all good luck!
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