Teacher comments: Chris is a very slow worker. Chris can not tie his shoes yet. Reading comes easy to Chris but he needs to be pushed or he doesn't do his work.

And second grade…

Teacher comments: Chris' work is done accurately but is often not done neatly. Also, he does not use his working time wisely and often is not done on time. Chris has continued to do well with his school work, but he tends to be disorganized.

And third grade…

Teacher comments: Parent-Teacher conference. Christopher has shown an improvement with his school work. I'm sure he would receive straight As if he would finish all assignments and hand them in. He tends to dawdle away his time and accomplish nothing. Christopher continues to have the same work habits. He needs to change them for the better.

And fourth grade…

Comments are very long. Excerpt: Chris' ability is excellent. However, his efforts tend to be below expectations. Hopefully he will work to improve this problem. Chris is a nice boy!

Sometimes I wonder what the next 40 years would have been like if I’d gotten some help instead of just getting yelled at for being lazy.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I always thought of it as more of a “give me something interesting to do and I’ll apply myself person”. I did great in science because we were always doing experiments and shit. Math not so much because it was just here’s how to do X. Now lose an hour of your free time doing that 80 times. Fuck that.

    • xkforce@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It does not help that most teachers don’t know how to make math relevant and interesting because at some level they don’t think it is either. And even if you actually do find math to be interesting, school more or less beats that out of you.