What did your School Reports say about you? Page 4

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at large. @ February 19, 2008, 6:52 PM

I am dyslexic too. No one spotted it when I was at school. As I said, my teachers were all idiots. I always liked going at my own pace and hated things being crammed into me without anyone taking the time to check it had actually sunk in. I think I would personally have benefited more from a Steiner Education. If I ever have kids and they start showing signs of being like me education wise, I would send them to a steiner school. It's not for everyone but I feel I would have got more out of it.

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My work used to get held up in art, as examples of what not to do. I lost PSE classes for 2 years so I could practice hand writing by rote. I also got detention for bad spelling, and did it make me bitter, and vengeful.

Only slightly.

Oh and I was barred from woodwork or metal work as a threat to my own and others safety, as far as I know that bans still in effect.

You only have to look at the percentage of prison inmates who have special needs to see how the education system has let people down. A few years ago the figures were something like 70% of inmates were dyslexic.

I know a lot of children with special needs were treated badly, particularly as if they were thick or not worthy. Many adults carry those scars.

I was good at art but contantly fell out with my teachers over freedom of expression to the point of being banned from taking GCSE art and had to take music where I soon was kick off for insulting the teacher. It wasn't the fact I was a rude devil child, it was just I would point out where I thought they they going wrong. I was a very annoying kid!

Schools eh, Hey eacher leave those kids alone.

Better to be an annoying kid rather than a very naughty one.
I grew up at the age of 22. I already had 2 kids aged 7 & 4 by then. IThey say the first 3 years of a childs life is the most important.
Erm Ooooooooooops. Sorry boys!

I haven't grown up yet really...I think exams and things make you grow up too fast nowadays.

Mine were the usual cop outs that indicated the teachers didn't really know who I was. Not too clever, not too naughty and o so forgetable.

About 20 years ago, I was asked to be the best man at the wedding of a friend and, as we'd met at school, I took this as the theme for the speech. I recommended that he took the advice of all those teachers who wrote in his report 'keep it up', that sort of thing. Imagine how delighted I was, and how astounded the wedding guests were when I quoted has french teacher as writing 'his written work isn't up to his oral standards'. Thank you Miss Firth.

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at large. @ February 19, 2008, 7:05 PM

I was good at art but contantly fell out with my teachers over freedom of expression to the point of being banned from taking GCSE art and had to take music where I soon was kick off for insulting the teacher. It wasn't the fact I was a rude devil child, it was just I would point out where I thought they they going wrong. I was a very annoying kid!

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I am so not surprised.

Quote: steve by any other name @ February 19, 2008, 7:11 PM

About 20 years ago, I was asked to be the best man at the wedding of a friend and, as we'd met at school, I took this as the theme for the speech. I recommended that he took the advice of all those teachers who wrote in his report 'keep it up', that sort of thing. Imagine how delighted I was, and how astounded the wedding guests were when I quoted has french teacher as writing 'his written work isn't up to his oral standards'. Thank you Miss Firth.

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Brilliant.

Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at large. @ February 19, 2008, 7:05 PM

I was good at art but contantly fell out with my teachers over freedom of expression to the point of being banned from taking GCSE art and had to take music where I soon was kick off for insulting the teacher. It wasn't the fact I was a rude devil child, it was just I would point out where I thought they they going wrong. I was a very annoying kid!

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It's a known fact that many dyslexics are highly intelligent. It's a shame that so many of them didn't have that intelligence unlocked. I know of several who got into trouble for the same reasons you did Rube - for pointing out the teacher's mistakes or refusing to do things they didn't agree with.

I know a three year old who was having his hair cut. The hairdresser kept telling him he was a good boy, and saying that she had nearly finished. He stood up, took the scissors from her and shouted 'don't keep saying you have nearly finished when you have only just started.' It came across as being rude, but actually, he was right.

Quote: Loopey @ February 19, 2008, 7:15 PM

It came across as being rude, but actually, he was right.

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The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Just got my reports, turns out I was pretty much a model pupil, so disappointing.

Lot's of 'progress is being made' towards not it isn't clear

'Lots of lacking in enthusiasm' to that I say a firm meh!

oo 'toughtul and intelligent' in geography, from a man who has to take a SatNav to walk round the garden.

Quote: steve by any other name @ February 19, 2008, 7:11 PM

Mine were the usual cop outs that indicated the teachers didn't really know who I was. Not too clever, not too naughty and o so forgetable.

About 20 years ago, I was asked to be the best man at the wedding of a friend and, as we'd met at school, I took this as the theme for the speech. I recommended that he took the advice of all those teachers who wrote in his report 'keep it up', that sort of thing. Imagine how delighted I was, and how astounded the wedding guests were when I quoted has french teacher as writing 'his written work isn't up to his oral standards'. Thank you Miss Firth.

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Quote: dannyjb1 @ February 19, 2008, 7:23 PM

'toughtul and intelligent' in geography, from a man who has to take a SatNav to walk round the garden.

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I take it you have a good sized garden then.

Quote: Charley @ February 19, 2008, 7:27 PM

I take it you have a good sized garden then.

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Just a really really bad sense of direction.

I though North was in the sky & South was underground.
It used to drive me mental when they gave us a compass. I would argue like a bastard with it.

A teacher once wrote "Lee is a highly intelligent boy who is too easily distracted by "humorous" pursuits that are frankly beneath him."

I'd recently been suspended for two weeks for drawing a huge, photo-realistic ejaculating penis on my desk.

The shame.