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What comments were written on your report cards most often when you were a kid?
Mine always included a variation of “_____ is an active participant in class discussions”. I like to think this transferred into coffee room activity in my adult life. 🙂
Talmud is an utter disturbance in my class.
“Pays attention but does not comprehend material being taught in class” (I don’t think I was really paying attention though, but then again “fake it till you make it”)
Miss OOM is an insufferable know-it-all who continually speaks out of turn.
Golem… Such an appropriate name!
I think that my comments, along with the comments of everyone I knew, were invariably “could do better if he would take things seriously”. I think that if I would add up the number of such comments on my report cards and those of my friends, the total would literally be in the hundreds.
On the other hand, when I was a teacher, I more commonly wrote things like “I’m glad he’s not trying, because if he did, he’d only be disappointed.” And the principal always edited them to say something about a heart of gold.
In my school my principle goes through all the tests after the teacher marks them and gives her own comments. They’re usually like “great job” that type of stuff. but I’m really bad at math and on one test, I barely passed, she gave me an “ouch”-for real!!
I was marked “indeed an individual” very young, a nice way of saying “smarter than the average bear, aloof and above the fray”.
i still get: ‘pays attention in class, and achieves good grades but doesnt seem to contribute to class discussions.’ My friend gets: ‘ contributes in ckass and acheives good grades but talks too much!’
Torah- I wrote it with utmost regret and remorse. (and don’t be fooled by my subtitle) I may just as well wear pigtails.
In elem, I was always told some variation on “very smart, participates a lot in class.” The variations were very slight. I was sure there was an answer bank on the computer where you just pick the comment of best fit.
In my high school, though, my comment for gym was “doesn’t study hard enough.”
And then I knew.
My kid brother received a comment as a first grader “would do better if he’d only apply himself.”
The class was learning how to read ‘see pat run’ and add 1+1. he’d sit quietly on the side. teacher thought he couldn’t read or do math.
Meanwhile at home, he was reading ben hecht’s perfidy and mensa books:)
There is something mildly disturbing about a 1st grader reading Perfidy
My comments were always like “Bright girl, we appreciate her participation in class. With more effort would do even better blah blah blah.” As a teacher I used the book “Teachers Comments for Report Cards” for help.
Hey, I didn’t say he understood what he read…
To be honest, he stopped after about 50 pages because he didn’t understand what he was reading. Point was, he was able to read it, and his teacher thought he couldn’t read ‘see pat run’…
I think you need to ask my sister in law she had possession of a box of my report cards and records and read them without permission.
Midaber V’eino Shomeah.
My report cards always said something like “can’t sit still and is easily distracted.”
Meanwhile . . .
When one of my siblings was 5, I paid them $5 to read Macbeth so they they could say that they read Macbeth at the age of 5 in preschool.
I know one “they” was supposed to be “that,” so I let it go.
In my school my principle goes through all . . .
I’m very happy your school has a principle. So many don’t these days.
T613T, yeah, she talks to everyone else. dont think im such an angel though. we pass notes instead……..
OOM: Hey, they said the same about me…
Dotnetter: Do you mean See Spot Run, the classic kid’s book?
While I am sure that at the time I read my report cards, I cannot remember the comments on a single one.
I do remember one rebbi throughout the year confiscated dozens of drawings and doodles from me. The rebbi stapled my drawings to my report card, added a category to the report card for “Art” and gave me an “A+”
” sw33t is a pleasure to have in class”
EVERY SINGLE YEAR
sw33t you are such a teachers pet!
haha! I sat in class and spaced out all day!!
haifagirl- did you ever edit your report cards? 🙂
yep
beniguman, you think thats bad. my teacher said she used to teach in a school where if you were found chewing gum in class, you had to put the gum in a jar and take out a different one and chew it.
its prob not true though….
NSH,
Probably not. I didn’t think that was bad, I thought it was funny (and fortunately so did my parents).
my parents would NOT have found it funny…….
my comments were always about “my smiles that brightened the classroom”– nothing else to say? Unfortunately,I seem to have learned from this experience and my students have had the same sort of comments
“The richness of his talent is equalled only by the paucity of his effort”
My humble beginnings:
“Patur Aval Assur has much ability but he must not blurt out answers”
“Patur Aval Assur is restless but still does well”
“Honor student but must improve behavior”
“Please call to discuss”
“Behavior and/or attitude affecting learning”
“Grade modified due to excessive lateness and/or cutting class”
“Disruptive”
Mine was
“Practically perfect in every way”
“Wallflower needs to participate more in class”
or
“Wallflower needs to learn to keep her comments to herself”
depending on the teacher, subject, classmates, or mood…
Something like “RebYidd23 is intelligent and able. If only he wasn’t so obnoxious and rude, I would be glad he’s in this class.”
Or “RebYidd23 is very intelligent but has never yet written any answers to anything related to math. He often reads, draws, or writes poetry instead of participating, and is also very disrespectful. With improvement, he can be a great asset to our class.”
Some more of my humble beginnings:
“Inattentive in class”
“Easily distracted in class”
“Patur Aval Assur is clearly very bright and when he wants to he can excel”
“Displays little effort”
_______ is a lovely boy with big potential…. BUT….
_______ works well when he puts his mind to it, what a shame about this year
all of them start off ____ is a lovely boy ect ect and then continue with a ‘but’ or ‘if only’
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