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Zoe Ball

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1340 total appearances

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Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

She's working so hard, but she does get overwhelmed with it at times.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

And my heart nearly broke for her when she had a sort of bad first exam.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

So I think, oh, gosh, that sort of sets the mood, doesn't it?

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

So she's she's had a couple more this week and she's doing great.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

And I cannot wait for her to get through and finish.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

And it's just trying to bolster them and encourage them and let them know that it's

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

It's not be all and end all, but revising is really good and it's really hard to look after them during it.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

Exams don't suit everybody, do they?

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

That pressure of sitting in those conditions and remembering it.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

And also the fact that so many kids have to retake English and maths because people, you know, and some people just aren't.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

they're not suited to those subjects so it's um also a big shout out to all the tutors and the teachers and the school teams who are supporting the kids through this at the moment because yeah it's quite an intense time for them all and the families and the mums and dads and the aunts and uncles and the brothers and sisters who are all who are all helping and now i'm really proud of you and i can't wait for this to be over for her it's like the countdown

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

the countdown to wolf alice at the eden project which is that the end that is the end and then we've got harry styles and there's loads of other great things happening slightly terrified about the summer because it's gonna be all festivals and my girl is suddenly gonna be free um but yeah we've got to get to that point first so yeah okay good luck now good luck now oh it's giving me anxiety just worrying about her you know i just want her to be okay it's sort of

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

And also teenagers, they don't love to be told, do they?

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

They don't really.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

Oh, I have no idea what you mean.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

I don't.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

I have no.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

They're so independent.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

So you're trying to work out the best way to support without being full on or without saying the wrong thing.

Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball
92: Zoe’s Strictly News, GCSE Stress and Work Blunders

It's really tricky at times.