School reports- what were yours like?

Science teacher wrote 'Tries hard but lacks ability '

'Could do better' ...??

'Produces real nonsense at times.' for religion, because I challenged too much.

If Janis spent as much time listening as she does daydreaming she could go far......
I didn't really!

Go far I mean

No idea, can't remember! I certainly didn't take them with me when I left home nearly 50 years ago...

"With us in body but not in spirit"

'Her history results owe more to imagination than fact'

It's something I have never forgotten Ana as I was an avid reader of Jean Plaidy books

"Must try harder" seemed to crop up a lot if I remember correctly.

I used to lecture DS about how bad his reprts were - then I found my own! Reading them now I realise that my teachers saw very clearly how very little work I ever did. I stayed at the top af the top stream but I was a lovely example of the clever child who concentrates all her efforts on doing as little as possible!

Must work harder. My favourites were DS2's reports. "This boy will never understand Welsh" and "is there a mouse sleeping at the back of the class".

Science with Mr Deeks a bully of first degree... poor and lethargic..his words..
My words.. s**t scared of the man

"Must curb his tendency to be flippant in his essays." I was rather pleased with that. And it still applies.

I had similar, grumppa as well as needing to curb a vivid imagination.

Her tongue is mightier than the pen. The teacher must have thought he was rather witty.

I also got 'tires of her best in oral work' whatever that means.

Can do better!!

I sat happily in the middle of the top stream. Was 'up there' in a few subjects that interested me...shorthand, typing and maths and English.. As I did this with no manner of revision it suited me fine ....at the time. Left school at 17.

I do now wish I'd worked harder and considered university but as no one in the family had then been to third level education it wasn't on the cards. Happy to say that my son completed his P.hd at age 26.

'Too quiet in class'. In every report in the majority of subjects. What they meant was I was terrified of asking questions. Shame no one ever helped me get over it, I would have done so much better and might even have enjoyed school.

Funniest comment says' Shec must learn to control her exuberance in the cookery class' !!

Geography teacher 'She does well to find her way home!'

One of my teacher's wrote: 'He has made a promising start.' but his sketchy handwriting read as: 'He has met a promiscuous tart.'

In those days of innocence, it made us smile and still makes me feel that I missed out.

One of the more memorable comments on my report was - Christine is a born leader, unfortunately she leads her class in the wrong direction.

Cheering me up ? some of them are so witty. Your geography teacher must have felt very smug using that line Anya