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Saturday, October 25, 2008
I feel cheatedD: You realise how most report slip comments are mostly the same as others, and positive? I found out whyD: D: D: D:
disadvantage of having teachers as parents. or advantage, I don't know.
My mum has this book called "Teachers' Messages For Report Cards" and they have sample messages for (I quote the content page) "Weak, Slow and Immature Work - Arithmetic, Language Arts, General", "Behavior Problems", "The Average Child", "The Gifted Child", "Appropriate Adjectives", "Appropriate Phrases", etc.
Does this sound familiar?
_____'s potential is much greater
Not working to full capability
Has the potential to ______, but______.
I guess all these translate to "hey, you kinda suck."
Another time I was sitting in my dad's staffroom, and I guess it was about end of year or maybe midyear, cos the teachers were talking about report book comments. And one of the conversation I
overheard couldn't help but hear (they were shouting across the staffroom) went something like this:
"How to say 'so-and-so needs to buck up'?"
"uh, 'so-and-so has a high potential, and there's room for improvement'?"
It's scary to think about the hidden meanings behind all thatD: hmm, where's my report book...
5:37 PM
