Just to cheer me up, tell me some polite but scathing comments in your dc's reports. . .

[Takver]

and those with well behaved, competent and academically successful children, just for today please, post elsewhere!
From dd's report:
x can concentrate for long periods of time - on topics that she is interested in
x has the potential to do very well in school . . .

[Takver]

Thats terrible, dilemma

[dilemma456]

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[GrapefruitMoon]

The highlight of the year for * was the class trip to [insert pizza restaurant of your choice}

[asdx2]

Lucy has opinions on all subjects and is happy to share them.

Lucy is a talented singer and dancer and doesn't let the constraints of a maths lesson stop her from sharing her talents with the class.

[mamamila]

ds's housemaster gave the reference for college application, summarising

• is the laziest boy i have ever encountered and should you offer him a place you shall no doubt regret it!
  
  i was so shocked and thought hm was the nastiest most vindictive w*** ever...
  
  one year on i understand how he must have suffered as housemaster to my lazy son for 3 years

[dee0468]

I just love this thread. I will probably add to it when i get my dd report. Although i did get a comment on a work appraisal thay i couldn't quite work out.
x enquires deeply into matters and does not accept things at face value.

[Miggsie]

Teacher:
"your daughter is just lovely, oh I just love her, she wonderful. I can talk to her and have a better conversation than I have with most adults. Obviously I'm not meant to say that."

Hands me report card saying:
"DD needs to interact more with the other children and develop class coping mechanisms."

DD is 5 and says she prefers her teacher as the other children are a bit babyish...

[lisad123]

T likes to get her point across and will repeat this until she is verbally acknowledged. This may come across as rude to those that dont know her well.

Good job I agree with her

[southernbelle77]

DD is in reception btw!

[southernbelle77]

"can be a bit of a daydreamer and does sometimes have difficulty maintaining her concentration, especially when sat on the carpet; this can be partly resolved by ensuring that x isn't sat near anyone that may be distracting" - said distracting child has same thing written in their report!

"x has her own time scale and is very particular about how she is going to do things, I have tried to speed her up but have realised that for x some things just take time - I am sure she will speed up eventually"! - could that make dd sound any 'slower'! I know that's not how it was meant to come out, but it does sound it doesn't it!!

"x is a confident talker and uses language in a variety of ways" - ie she talks constantly!

[Metella]

Oh yes, I've had:

"Ds2 needs to learn that life isn't all about having fun".

[slummymomma]

"DS1 displays a mature and sensible attitude and is usually polite towards adults but can sometimes forget that he isn't right and appear rude."

Usually polite towards adults? More than we get at home....

[lottysmum]

Hmmmm Dd is lively & confident young lady...always keen to join in group discussions...HOWEVER...she needs to realise when it is appropriate to share her thoughts and ideas......

Can't work out whether she talks to much...is too bossy...has far fetched ideas ....or just doesn;t give anyone else an opportunity...I suppose it's all of these!

[bratnav]

DD1 doesn't miss a trick - ie she challenges everything

[Takver]

PMSL . . . DD's teacher has been known to ask if there is something wrong with dd - because she has been quiet all day!

[coppertop]

"Ds2 enjoys sharing his news" = never stops talking

"Ds2 is keen to share his ideas" = never stops talking

"Ds2 is good at sharing his own experiences" = will he ever stop talking?

"Ds2 is usually able to work sensibly and safely" = the rest of the time he's a bloody liability.

[moosemama]

Same here Takver, ds1 has a really great group of friends and mixes really well, it even said that in his report, although if you read it without knowing him you'd probably think it was contradictory.

To be honest in my experience children tend not to get offended as easily as teachers about these things.

[frogs]

DD2 (Reception)

"Dd2 is always keen to entertain her classmates with tales of her adventures" = never shuts up.

"Dd2 is enthusiastic about sharing her thoughts and opinions with others" = still never shuts up.

"She has a fine sense of humour, and her stories often have a comic twist" = likes to play class clown.

"dd2's listening skills have improved recently" = we occasionally get her to shut up for longer than 10 seconds at a time.

"Good luck in Y1, dd2!" = phew, someone else will have to deal with her next year.

There was a slightly weary tone throughout, I would say.

[Takver]

sorry, x post - trying to reply to moosemama

[Takver]

LoL - that sounds quite familiar too. I don't worry too much as dd always seems to have plenty of friends appearing at the door to play, and I think she is getting better . . .
And at least I don't have to worry about her wanting the latest Hannah Montana/HSM whatever it is 'because everyone else has one'

[karise]

x has a lovely smile when she feels able to relax and we see her smiling more often these days (from teacher that shouts a lot and is getting less stressed now the end of term is in sight! )

& my favourite...
x loves to select her own reading books and may in future need to write her own novels as she will exhaust the supplies in all other areas! (Pround mum moment! )

[moosemama]

Takver, last year ds1 got "ds1 has an excellent sense of justice and injustice, although he sometimes finds it hard to apply this to the needs and feelings of other children"

Makes him sound terrible, but overall he had a lovely report and his teacher is really fond of him, so its not all bad.

[Takver]

Ah yes, we also had
"x has a bubbly personality, and has so much to say, it is always interesting talking to her"
we have also had
"x is not always aware of the needs of other children"
and yes, I can see a lot of DH & me in the comments too!