My sister was helping my mother clean out some stuff in my parents' house as she prepares to move to
Burundi 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.