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A lovely late lunch at Nancarrow with the gang. Fab food, great company and a text bombshell from Eldest to spoil the mood.

After Easter, Eldest lost the plot a bit with her studies. She deferred 2 essays and was meant to do them over the summer. She did but badly and failed both. Therefore she cannot progress to the 3rd year.

This is being written on 3rd October, in the 2 weeks since, she has been been home and there is a plan. As she had excellent results up to Easter (1st and 2:1s), she is not going to retake the 2nd year as it would be capped at 40%. She is going to resubmit the 2 essays as an external candidate. This means she is no longer a student this year but she wants to stay in Cardiff. Therefore the plan is to find a job so she can pay her rent etc - no loans as not a student!

It’s a shock and not what any of us wanted but hopefully this can be turned around into a positive ‘gap year’ rather than a negative experience.