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Posted by G lib on 2005-08-31 17:40:00 +0000

School file

My sister was helping my mother clean out some stuff in my parents' house as she prepares to move to <a href=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107374.html>Burundi</a> on Saturday. One of the things she found was my elementary school file, which we had a good laugh over last night. Here are some of the comments from my report cards:

"G Lib openly expresses her affection with peers and is loving, caring with her teacher" "Her quiet, soft speaking style makes it easy for others to feel comfortable when with her."
--Kindergarten

"G Lib becomes too involved at times, with an isolated activity making it hard for her to start other projects."
--Second grade

"Completes tasks in allotted time-- Needs improvement"
"With better work habits, G Lib could be making more academic progress"
-- 3rd grade

"Student may need review in locating information in the library, solving problems involving integers, locating information in books."
-- 3rd grade

"...such a successful student and an all-around very nice person"
"Computation-- 30th percentile"
-- 5th grade

But the funniest are the ones that came from the hippie school I went to in 4th grade:

"G Lib is able to discover and use many irregular spelling formations and use them in her writing."

"G Lib's quilting projects were terrific."

"G Lib has participated in a creative dance program for the past 3 months. The aproach was child-centered with ample opportunity for discovery learning. The process of the experience was stressed rather than the product.

Through a variety of themes (current events, memories, natural phenomena, imagination, poetry and verse,) I tried to articulate that the body moves through space, in time, with a force and a flow. There was great excitement and joy within all the children so much of the time."

"G Lib enjoys relating information and experiences."

"Becomes bored if not stimulated frequently."

"G Lib has had excellent success in finding patterns and relationships, both abstract and concrete, in our study of folklore and culture."

It's funny to look back at my childhood in these documents, and see how things are so much still the same.

Posted by rladew on 2005-08-31 17:53:54 +0000

For negatives, I think I was frequently cited for not following instructions, poor handwriting, and being patient / not always playing well with others.

The only positives I can remember are with reading, displaying enthusiasm for projects, and being extremely curious.

Now if you'll pardon me, I have some scissors that I need to be running with...
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Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-31 18:03:31 +0000

In elementary school I got comments like "Pamela completes her work quickly, but rather than sitting at her desk to wait for the other students to finish their work, she wanders off and stares out the window." In middle school I was cited several times for using violence as a means of dealing with bullies. In high school our principal (who used to mimic the labored walk of our classmate with multiple sclerosis) told several people that she thought my friends and I were coke addicts.

Surprisingly, no one has ever asked to make a film of my school days. ;-)

Posted by rladew on 2005-08-31 18:10:13 +0000

Said in my best Homer Simpson voice: "but Marge, solving problems with violence is a skill that is important to learn..."
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Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-31 18:12:09 +0000

My middle school coping mechanism (enraged violent outbursts) worked a hell of a lot better than my elementary school coping mechanism (hiding in the nurses office, crying).

Let's hear it for violence!!

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-31 18:25:49 +0000

I always got minuses in handwriting.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-31 18:27:40 +0000

That's it? G, Rich, & I bare our souls to Rideside, and you admit to... getting minuses in handwriting?

;-)

C'mon, frame - even boyscouts are bad kids sometimes.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-31 18:28:44 +0000

There was also the bit where I was getting everything dome but not really trying that hard, and the bit where I didn't feel like I fit in with the rest of the kids. You know, the usual.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-31 18:31:44 +0000

OK, OK.

Nice to have you back, MoFo.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-08-31 19:09:54 +0000

I too had bad handwriting, keeping me off of honor roll every year in elementary school. (We had a 1,2,3 grading system, with +'s and -'s, "1+" being best.) Luckily they stopped grading handwriting in Junior High.

But mostly I remember being considered too competitive during recess in 1st grade, playing kickball and soccer. I got a "3" (not even a 3+) in "Sportsmanship." My recess cohort and good friend, John Lucas, were seperated from 2nd grade till junior high school.

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-31 19:14:47 +0000

Handwriting totally kept me off the honor roll. Fuckers.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-08-31 19:19:45 +0000

That's bizarre. Surely in this day & age (or even that day & age), handwriting is immaterial?!

Posted by frame609 on 2005-08-31 19:22:22 +0000

Back in my day, sonny, we didn't have iPods and this interweb. WE HAD LETTERS AND WE LIKED IT!

Posted by Miriam on 2005-08-31 20:09:44 +0000

I was allowed to do a lot of independent studies in middle school. I remember wandering the halls, making films to promote the "Least Restrictive Environment" Program (for kids w/special needs), and dissecting freshly slaughtered fetal pigs. That was instead of attending Tennessee History and Geography. Guess they figured I could read about that anytime.

Posted by rladew on 2005-08-31 20:11:28 +0000

me too, WTF?

One of the only f's I ever got (even my Kinesiology / Neurology professor @ UNH gave me the C - gift...)

but handwriting?

oy vey.

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