BY JACK WATSON The GCSE season—that great, grinding machine of stress and sleeplessness—has finally shuddered to a halt. For two years, we have been its fuel. Now, hollow-eyed and frayed at the edges, we sixteen year olds emerge, blinking, into the light. We are told these exams are our first real credentials, the golden tickets to college, the gatekeepers of our futures. But one must … Continue reading The GCSE Gauntlet: A Sixteen-Year-Old’s Lament