I get where you're coming from. There is more to life than grades 100%. But imagine if you fled conflict in your home country, learnt a whole new language, adapted to a whole new culture, struggled 24/7 just to make sure your child didn't have to worry about a thing, always prioritised their needs over yours, sometimes barely even making ends meet just so your son or daughter had a better chance at life than you did. In the hopes that one day, the long road of grafting, sleepless nights and sacrifice will all be worth it. You envision a future where your child will one day take care of you, just as you took care of them for all those years. And they turn around one day and say, "You know what? GCSEs don't mean a thing". Personally, I would question if it was all worth it. Your parents wanted one thing from you. Just one. To succeed in education. And you couldn't even give them that.
