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just read my great nephews school report its really good mine always said "could try harder" what did yours say?? tina xx

Hi Tina, Think that's a standard phrase for teachers, my reports used to say that every term. lol! Philip

tina mine always said is always giggling.susan should try working instead of giggling and she might achieve something! cant for the life of me think why every teacher wrote that? lol susie

Mine Always said Less chatter and more work please. My daughters say exactly the same so it must run in the family! Jeanette

going to be honest now my last one said she'd make a good petrol pump attendant! in other words that was all i was good for lol now everyone gets there own so i would of been out of a job lol tina xx

mine used to say i was easliy distracted and could talk less! My kids have just got their reports,my oldest one is following in my footsteps,his says Jacob can work hard but is easily distracted and if he talked less,he would be able to get more tasks done! My kids finish school today at 12.30 for summer holidays :-( Anna :-)

My games mistress wrote 'Hockey - good but lacks foresight' in other words I used to belt up the pitch with the ball and have no-one to pass it to. She also noted 'PE good but at times rather uncontrolled' I never have been able to work out quite what that meant!!! My art mistress was my favourite she said ' Excellent shows real feeling for the medium' I thought I was going to a seance lol

My last report from primary school was on a single sheet of paper (unlike my sons' A4 booklets). It said ENGLISH - written work needs more detail and finesse. MATHS - lacks confidence. GENERAL STUDIES (History, Georgraphy, Nature, Scripture)- seems disinterested. ART & CRAFT - C [not even a comment!] PHYSICAL EDUCATION & GAMES - lacks effort. How negative and depressing is that? I actually got 75% in my English exam. Even the one positive remark in General Comment ends on a sour note: "Shows outstanding imaginative and dramatic ability. Must bring equal enthusiasm to other subjects". What a contrast to today, when every subject my sons' do has a paragraph dedicated to praising their efforts! How I long to say to my class teacher - guess what, I got a Masters' Degree and no one on the course told me off for talking! Helen

do you think all the teachers had to pass an exam in what to write on a report lol seems we all got told the same :0) oh well what did they know!! tina xx

'less gossiping , more work', was always there. In Art class I once had, 'is too individual in her style, needs to conform to the course work'!!!!!!!!!! How, I argued with my 50 plus year old teacher, can you be 'too individual' when it comes to art?? ;-)

step forgot about art lol oh and music couldnt hold a tune to save her life! i sing for a living okay im not to good but hey its a living lol

As a manager at work I was always taught that the final paragraph should be 'uplifting'. i.e. find something good to say, like a sweet to take away the bad taste. I don't think our teachers were taught that. They seemed to think (in the 50s) that if they praised you too much you would sit on your laurels and not try any more. Ann Glos

I changed schools half way through the second year of High School - my parents had just divorced - I was off to boarding school and the head teacher wrote on my last report card: A private education will be wasted on this child . She was a mother herself surely she realised I was mixed up LOL! Anway it wasn't , I became a company director of a rather large Recruitment Consultancy - sadly the teacher in question passed away before I could say Eat Your Words LOL!! Much happiness Debi

karins hubby what a fab life youve led and lead good for you :0)) what star's did you meet what were they like i know im nosey lol debi shame you missed out on saying those words lol tina xx