School reports

Ruu_Old

You remember the dreaded envelope coming in the post (well in secondary school they came that way, otherwise you had to bring them home normally in primary school).

Last year we were moving the washing machine and found a report of my brothers from well over 15 years old as the kitchen was being remodelled! :eek: He always got in arguments with the teacher and never got on too well at school, so must have hid it at the back of the washing machine.

A friend of mine in secondary school used to leave a few minutes early for lunch so he could intercept the postman and get it before his Mam did. Of course, mine always shone in all its glory.

Dudess

Yeah I never had any way of intercepting it. The reports weren't the worst though. It was the parent-teacher meetings that revealed the real truth in all its glory!

mike65

Something, something "and making good progress" was what one teacher always wrote, every year, every report! Wish i could remember which one came up with that.

Mine were always thoroughly mediocre. I was a classic "C" grade pupil.

Mike.

Kojak

Dudess wrote:

It was the parent-teacher meetings that revealed the real truth in all its glory!

Yeah, I also used to hate when they rolled around. I'd always get criticized for talking too much in class, or not paying attention etc.

Unfortunatly I never had a way of interecpting the reports (in secondary school) as the post was always at home before school finished.

In National school we used to get written reports by the teacher in our Homework Notebooks. Those pages always seemed to get mysteriously lost in my notebook

stovelid

Dudess wrote:

Yeah I never had any way of intercepting it. The reports weren't the worst though. It was the parent-teacher meetings that revealed the real truth in all its glory!

Yeah, I hid a few reports in my time which led to a false sense of security...until the meetings

mike65 wrote:

Something, something "and making good progress" was what one teacher always wrote, every year, every report! Wish i could remember which one came up with that.

Mine were always thoroughly mediocre. I was a classic "C" grade pupil.

Mike.

I could have written my own with my eyes closed! "If Stovelid put as much effort into working as he did talking /messing/ bunking off /sneakily listening to pocket radio etc.....

Kojak wrote:

In National school we used to get written reports by the teacher in our Homework Notebooks. Those pages always seemed to get mysteriously lost in my notebook

We had to get our ecker journals (with said remarks) signed weekly but I would just forge my mum's signature. Could almost do it now if I had a bit of practice

Ruu_Old

Ah yes, the homework notebook. That had to be signed everyday after you finished your homework (or were meant to). This is where the smart boyos down the back shined and "I forgot" was a most common excuse, sometimes you even got away with it!

stovelid

Ruu wrote:

Ah yes, the homework notebook. That had to be signed everyday after you finished your homework (or were meant to). This is where the smart boyos down the back shined and "I forgot" was a most common excuse, sometimes you even got away with it!

Daily signing = fiendish!

Our school would also stamp a particular day in the journal if you were late.

monkeyfudge

Ah... how many times did I read the phrase "Could try harder"?

Kolodny

I always dreaded school reports coming home - I'd be a nervous wreck for a week or so beforehand, but looking back I'm not sure why as I never had a really bad one. I'd be accused of "daydreaming" in class sometimes (in the subjects that I had little or no interest in), but that was about it.

I work in a school now and I feel so sorry for our kids when the end of term reports are being sent home - I remember that lead stomach feeling so well. With a couple of the kids in particular, we've had to send reports home in non-school envelopes with handwritten addresses, instead of the usual printed labels, to stop them being 'intercepted' so the poor parents have some idea before they come in for the meeting

stovelid

Kolodny wrote:

we've had to send reports home in non-school envelopes with handwritten addresses, instead of the usual printed labels, to stop them being 'intercepted' so the poor parents have some idea before they come in for the meeting

Christ, they really have got wide to our tricks since the 80's

petes

"Shows potential but unable to apply himself properly" was a common one of mine!

spooiirt!!

"Chris has not worked this term" was a nice one i got from my maths teacher back in the day.

My record time for getting kicked out of class was 20 seconds into maths class. A nerd came in and i greeted him with " hey screech" and was kicked out. of the fun!!

Im still a clown nowadays, except its in college.. my greatest prank was bursting into a lecture in speedos and cowboy hat... Dont believe me?

its on youtube

http://youtube.com/watch?v=It5IRhB3iws

Kolodny

stovelid wrote:

Christ, they really have got wide to our tricks since the 80's

Yeah. Come to think of it, I really shouldn't be revealing these tricks of the trade on a public forum!

Ruu_Old

Disruptive in class, easily distracted.
Disruptive in class, easily distracted.
Disruptive in class, easily distracted.
Disruptive in class, easily distracted.

That was why my brother was hiding his.

Me="A pleasure to teach".

Dudess

Aw Ruu! I never had you down as a swot!!

WindSock

Ruu wrote:

Me="A pleasure to teach".

Lickarse

Making good progress/needs to apply herself/chatterbox
were common ones on mine

Theres some other generic term used but i forget now, I'll have to root them out, if they are still around

mike65

petes wrote:

"Shows potental but unable to apply himself properly" was a common one of mine!

Agh! 'Nam Flashback!

Mike.

Steve_o

"Has Potential, but must try harder"....every year it was those same words no matter how good or bad i was....I think that teacher pretty much wrote that on all the report cards in the class....

Oh the memories....thems were the days!!!!

Brow

Did ye have to go to the parent teacher meetings? We did once fourth year rolled around. Never saw so much squirming in one room since.

Ruu_Old

We had parent teacher meetings in primary and secondary school but can't remember a whole lot about it. I remember copying one sum in class (just one I swear and was in 1st class!):D and was caught and I was terrified that I was going to be expelled.