Well, itâs that time again. Itâs time to frantically enter grades, wondering how many âparticipationâ scores you can give before your administration gets suspicious. Time to click through the canned comments to print on grade reports and, if youâre anything like me, shudder at the passive voice in comments like âcheating has been observedâ and âgrade average can be improved.â
The standard report card comments are fine for the most part, but sometimes they donât quite capture everything. Here are some other report card comments that I wish existed.
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1. Homework quality suspiciously good.
Yeah, your second grader didnât make that diorama of the Paleolithic Period. Iâm onto you, Mom!
2. Excellent teacher gifts! Keep up the good work!
You can never have enough of those parents.
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3. Please stop asking for extra credit.
Youâre making a 97.
4. Why is your life not a telenovela?
Because the excuses your child makes for not doing her homework are truly dramatic.
5. Ego management could be improved.
I guess for this year Iâll stick with âcapable of better workâ and âhas a desire to learn,â but a teacher can dream!
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