You really don't need to plaster your DC report card all over FB!

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Just that really.

All it is doing is mazsagong the ego of the parent(s). And i don't really care how clever your kid is.

Most of my friends have got kids. I am sure the vast majority of kids got good reports. Its always the same handful of friends who need to boast about every single achievement of their genius child.

Rant over ha ha.

Yes I would speak to school. Sounds like your child dropped through cracks. Had similar once- school was apologetic and organised ds same as others.

I think I might, all children who've kept up with the work they've been set deserve the same recognition imo especially as the certificates appear to be for doing the work rather than doing it well.

Report cards don't bother me but don't get me started on... 'DC used the potty', well whoop de flipping do...🙄

But no-one cares about your dc’s report. Even their Grandparents I wager, though they will obviously not show it. Stop embarrassing yourselves people. There’s a long and twisting road ahead.

I've never shared a report card or GCSE results... but if parents want to and the child is ok with it then why not? If I had to choose it's better to have parents that are openly proud of their children than at the other extreme and undermining their confidence (although I guess you'd prefer happy medium).

I remember years ago at school (way before SM) I took home a fantastic report card, my parents just said "Good, keep it up" in a non-committal way. My friend, who didn't have such high scores, showed her mum and she went crazy saying how good she was and how fantastic she'd done. Probably wrong of me and I was only about 12, but I'd have swapped my report card for hers if my mum had been that proud of me.

Just because a parent puts it on FB doesn't mean that they tell child they are proud..........

To be honest I have never known a school that sends 'report cards'. Certificates yes but the only documents I have ever been given for my child is a written report of various aspects of their term. It's wordy, several pages long and not really something you could snapshot on Facebook.*
However I still don't understand the hatred towards people - presumably your friends and family - who do post these things. I like to see the achievements of my friends and family and that includes their children. That's why I joined Facebook. That's the point of it.
People saying 'who is interested'? - I assume we may as well stop the giving medals at the end of a sporting event, or stop events like Oscars and Grammy awards. Because 'who cares'?
*oh and both sets of my childs grandparents and various aunts and uncles are interested in how she has done at school etc. The same I am interested in my nieces and nephews lives. My nephew does an incredibly boring sport but he is very good at it and has won awards. I like to see him proud of this and if this means his Dad putting it on Facebook then that's lovely.
You lot are miserable.

I posted a pic of my DDs teacher comment. It spoke about what a positive happy girl she with a special soul, it made me cry reading it. My daughter is 9 this year and can barely add 2 and 2 together and is reading at reception level so it wasn't a stealth boast about how smart she is. I was just so so happy with it and shared it with my friends and family because the majority of them know the struggles she and i have had this year and I thought it was amazing that education is so so hard for her yet she's happy and positive in school I'd be upset if you were or are one my friends and thinks this way.

Well done mini @thistooshallpass2018, I love seeing things like that.

Yanbu

We haven’t got any reports - at least I don’t think we will. No one has come to me as their only teacher and asked me for input on their report card anyway. Are those people with reports at private school?

But no, it’s a mix of horrible insecurity and vanity that fuels that kind of attention seeking. Just ignore. It’s something to feel sorry for, not angry about.

I really don’t care about the oscars.
I don’t care if Jane won first in a beanbag race. Nor do I care of Bob got and A* in maths.
Same as I don’t care to see piles of gifts under a Christmas tree.

The child’s report is theirs for their parents not for the world to see, and pride comes before a fall!!

DDs classmates mother posted how her DD was top of every class, I knew this was rubbish because I knew the other children in the class and it wasn’t true. Their DD was lying. It made me laugh!!! So don’t believe everything you hear.

I've never seen a whole report posted, but there are a few school mums who post extracts every time. A few other parents always play report card bingo on those posts, as the same phrases appear in multiple reports. The original posters never seem particularly amused by all the 'DCname too! Amazing!' responses.

One of the report-posting parents did get yanked into the classroom for a bollocking from the year 2 teacher after standing in the middle of the playground reading her child's report loudly, ostensibly to the child, but clearly for the benefit of all the other parents.

But why such negativity towards parents who post about their kids achievements? If a child god 100% in all of their exams, why shouldn’t the parent share this news on FB?

God knows they share everything else. Little Timmy on holiday, at the park, at the zoo, for a walk.... it’s a site to share stuff on so it’s no different to when people put up photo after photo.

People are proud of their kids, so what? Don’t read it if it pusses you off. I’d rather see a handful of real achievement posts on FB than 3 photos a day of little Alice. I’ve actually unfriended someone on the back of being sick of notifications from someone that posted several times a day. Now that gets on my nerves far more!!

@whattimeisitrightnow

“If I’m honest, I don’t remember what Timmy looks like - is he the one with the red hair?“

We taught the current cohort from September to March! That’s 6-7 months for 5 hours per day! Definitely long enough to remember our classes.

Reports are statutory. Everyone will get one, even if it’s a short version.

No, I know, I know, @Beebie2. Was jesting. I’m genuinely curious though as to what was in the most recent report cards: did you just talk about Sep-March or did you include lockdown stuff? If so, what?

I'd be concerned about what other information they post, which could be of help to burglars or anyone with a grievance against them.

GreenTulips what do you use Facebook for then it if isn't a way of keeping in touch with friends and family? Why aren't you interested in your friends and family members lives? That's a bit sad really. Do you never tell friends and family a nice moment about your life? What do you say when your granny says "how is life with you then?" - do you say "Sorry I don't believe in sharing my life. Why do you want to know Granny?"
No I bet you say something like "not bad at the moment Granny. X has finally learned to ride a bike so we have been doing lots of bike rides" or something.
That's all Facebook is. Sharing life moments with family and friends. Really sad if you don't want to be part of that.