2 More Days… 2 More Weeks (The Report Card Rant)

Intensives are almost over now… In two days I will once again have my mornings back! Right now I’m mired in Report cards. I have so many to do that it hurts my brain just thinking about it. And to be honest, report cards are pure shite! I have approximately eighty to write each MONTH and generally they are all paraphrases of the following:

Wow!! Your kid is so wonderful!
He/she is so smart!
A great student.
He/she works so hard in class.

So that’s the A/B/C+ student. Try to use adjectives to make it four lines. For C/D/F students you paraphrase the following:

Sometimes they can be a little distracted but…
Wow!! Your kid is so wonderful!
He/she is so smart!
A great student.
He/she works so hard in class.

Basically we have to be a positive as possible. If we give an ‘F’ student an ‘F’ grade, then the parents will take their kid (and money) elsewhere. So an ‘F’ or a ‘D’ morphs into a ‘C’ whereas a ‘C’ will become a ‘B’ and … I think the idea is pretty clear. It’s not so much a report card as just something to convince the parents that their money is being well spent.

Note: Although I think report cards every month are shite, I still actually enjoy my classes and
my daily work. Also I no longer work Saturdays, so life is good!