I'm not your dad, but I'm proud of you. Not for the A-levels, not for the Bachelor's, but for the effort and work you put in to achieve those milestones. Getting through school is hard. It's like having a job with several bosses all wanting to be your first priority, each one with different requirements for how they want the work done. That takes a lot of patience, a lot of time management, a lot of sacrifice, and as above, a lot of work.

The diplomas and degrees represent those things. I'm proud of you. You're going to have plenty more opportunies to be patient, manage time, sacrifice, and work - and not all of them are going to have concrete rewards as evidence. Be proud of yourself; there's no shame in that.