Anonymous
11/23/2012 07:27
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Anonymous wrote:do most teachers like to say that? just got another one on the report card comment - the fourth time in three years. back in K i was really touched by it, but after these years? it got old....
Take your pick . . . b/c this is what the teacher is REALLY thinking:
1. Since my last report, your child has reached rock bottom and has started to dig.
2. I would not allow this student to breed.
3. Your child has delusions of adequacy.
4. Your son is depriving a vill age somewhere of an idiot.
5. Your son sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them.
6. The student has a "full six-pack" but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together.
7. This child has been working with glue too much.
8. When your daughter's IQ reaches 50, she should sell.
9. The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.
10. If this student were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week.
11. It's impossible to believe the sperm that created this child beat out 1,000 ,000 others.
12. The wheel is turning but the hamster is definitely dead.
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Anonymous
11/23/2012 01:11
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
did they "axe" you a question
Anonymous
11/23/2012 00:07
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Oh and watch out for any "spirited" comments. That's code for PITA! 
Anonymous
11/23/2012 00:05
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Maybe the teachers honestly mean it. Sometimes there are just nice, cooperative kids that teachers think are . . . a pleasure to have in class. These kind of kids honestly aren't a dime a dozen anymore so I wouldn't say that comment is necessarily overused - except to their own parents I guess.
Anonymous
11/22/2012 20:18
Subject: Re:"It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
VBA
Anonymous
11/22/2012 19:52
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Anonymous wrote:Canned phrases for the average child.
Similar to "DC is gifted" for the aggressive, motormouth child.
Anonymous
11/22/2012 19:46
Subject: Re:"It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Chances are, if that many teachers have written the same thing, they actually mean it. I get comments like, "Johnny is an enthusiastic participant in class" which is teacher talk for he won't shut up.
Anonymous
11/22/2012 16:52
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Anonymous wrote:Some schools have a few phrases for teachers to pick from. Is it a situation like that?
+1 my schools report cards have different comments to choose from listed by number. Teachers tend to choose from a short list they create that apply to multiple students. It is probably a - positive - coincidence
Anonymous
11/22/2012 15:17
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
consider the alternatives, op. "Your child is a brat and a shit. I'll only promote him/her so I don't risk having him/her in my class again next year."
Anonymous
11/22/2012 15:15
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Some schools have a few phrases for teachers to pick from. Is it a situation like that?
Anonymous
11/22/2012 15:09
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Anonymous wrote:Canned phrases for the average child.
Eh, not when it's punctuated with real and tangible examples of why. But if it's unsupported, yeah. It's a blah platitude.
Anonymous
11/22/2012 15:06
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Anonymous wrote:Canned phrases for the average child.
And the average employee.
Anonymous
11/22/2012 14:52
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Canned phrases for the average child.
Anonymous
11/22/2012 13:17
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
Is it misspelled?
Anonymous
11/22/2012 13:08
Subject: "It's a pleasuare to have DC as a student..."
do most teachers like to say that? just got another one on the report card comment - the fourth time in three years. back in K i was really touched by it, but after these years? it got old....