Must be something with the name. I have the same name a similar report card. My typing teacher told me I will get a passing grade if I dont come back the next year. That worked for me! Double periods of auto shop next year. Did very well in trade school, (something I liked) later in life. Barry

 

 

Life is often about meeting other people's expectations, but sometimes one can be in another realm or another level and people just don't understand or recognize it. Not everybody jumps through hoops on command, but just because they aren't circus material doesn't mean they aren't trainable, disciplined or motivated by something.

Carl, it is nice that you can look back after all these years and still find some humour in reflecting on Barrie's life.

 

 

I can still remember one report card comment on a friend's brother card that read, "Standing in corner, winding watch."    Huh? Apparently the brother was facing the wall in detention while the teacher was adding comments to report cards, and that is what the teacher saw & reported.

Classic. I have my report cards from Grade 1 - 9, and had straight A's in Grade 2. Lets say I peaked early.

Fortunately, my math marks were always high, which came in handy in my electronics studies.

That's a great little tidbit!  On one of my report cards I got the comment that I was working "above my ability'   On reflection that has to be one of the most insulting comments I have ever had tossed at me.  Basically it meant that we think he's an idiot but he's faking it somehow.  Kinda funny though.

That report card could have been me Carl. If disinterested, the grades were poor. Interested, the grades could be good.

 

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That report card could have been me Carl. If disinterested, the grades were poor. Interested, the grades could be good.

 

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 Same here, but I never had under a 50 and did finish high school. Came from a 1 room school, grades 1-8, woodstove, no running water, 1 teacher for all grades. When I was the only student in grade 3, the teacher had me do grade 3 until Christmas, then I did grade 4 the rest of that year, joining the 2 kids already in grade4. That move made me the youngest and usually the smallest kid in my class all the way through high school. Never went to higher education after high school, became an apprentice- banker! At age 17.

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 I also did the 1 room, 1 teacher school until grade 5. By the time I was in school we had an oil furnace but that only arrived shortly before I started school 

Isn't it amazing how we survived al that, and on top of that, came out unscathed (sarcasm!)  And as a bonus, even without a diploma in my case we were successful in life with our careers etc. Not many employers now will hire someone without at least their high school complete unless it's a manual labour job that anyone could do basically. And in a way that's sad because as has been proven, some sort of paper hanging on the wall isn't always an indication of the level of competence. 

When I was in school they had the OEC class which basically was for those kids who were judged to be the ones who wouldn't go far in life. That was SO messed up, that thinking. That basically made them a focal point for ridicule. I know guys who were thrust into that class who later on were very successful in all aspects of life.