05-23-2014, 10:53 AM
My mom brought out my grammar school report cards the other day. She keeps the oddest things but somehow she seemed to just know back then that this stuff would be cool to look at now.
I started in Kindergarten looking at the grades and I was pleased in some cases but shocked in others.
For example, I was tickled at my U (unsatisfactory) grade in conduct and not one bit surprised
But as I went through my grade reports, I noticed that I consistently scored low on 'handwriting'-- what is odd to me about that is that I have been told many times that I have 'beautiful handwriting' by people who have received reports or other handwritten correspondence from me.
Hehe, so now I wonder why those peeps lied to flatter me or if I just got better
The comments were also a bit of a jar. Consistently I received comments like '. . . is very smart but doesn't pay attention in class.', '. . . could be my best student but doesn't turn in his homework assignments.', '. . . fidgets in class.', '. . . is more interested in amusing his peers than learning what I teach.', '. . . started a rant forum on my Macintosh and got it to #1 on Google.'
Okay the last one is bull shit. 
But the point is that those comments indicate that I may have been ADHD as a child/now. Had I only know I could have sued the shit out of them
But in the end, I was pleased with what I read. It was like going back in time to review my maturation from a few teachers' perspectives.
I started in Kindergarten looking at the grades and I was pleased in some cases but shocked in others.
For example, I was tickled at my U (unsatisfactory) grade in conduct and not one bit surprised

Hehe, so now I wonder why those peeps lied to flatter me or if I just got better

The comments were also a bit of a jar. Consistently I received comments like '. . . is very smart but doesn't pay attention in class.', '. . . could be my best student but doesn't turn in his homework assignments.', '. . . fidgets in class.', '. . . is more interested in amusing his peers than learning what I teach.', '. . . started a rant forum on my Macintosh and got it to #1 on Google.'


But the point is that those comments indicate that I may have been ADHD as a child/now. Had I only know I could have sued the shit out of them

But in the end, I was pleased with what I read. It was like going back in time to review my maturation from a few teachers' perspectives.