DS (my 3rd) has returned home with his report card today.
Most of the year their form tutor has been on extended sickleave and result is that the form comment is written by the head of year (who has the class for French only)
The comment sounds nothing like my son for 3/4ds of it. it speaks of a pensive young man who has struggled with his homework yet through out each individual report there is no comment on struggling with homework. All says completed to good standard. High standard (one says initial problems but now always handed in on time.
My child is not generally pensive in nature and I find that quite a odd manner to describe him. He can be quiet yes but more to do with him taking things in and he most certainly is very much a 12 year old boy so loud and over the top comes naturally
The lowerst % he has is 45 (in Drama) most others are in the higher set (apart from one further in the 40s) & year 9 targets are of high levels.
I have phoned the school mentioning ds was bored in class and asked for helps in how to deal with him not engaging well as homework was to easy for him. (he was well helped in his primary and some of the tests they have had are tests he has done in primary) I was assured they would help him with this and math & science teachers said they would give him some extension work to ensure he was not bored. Both subjects mentions high quality homework. How doesthis translates to a struggling boy?
I am in two minds what to do.
One part of me thinks leave it it is a teacher who clearly knows little of him and just sees the student he has himself and not taken the time to see what others have said.
Another says write back and querry how this is with the other comments.
Last bit made me smile as it mentions ds' love for rugby that is 100% him so I am actually left puzzled.
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Frikadellen · 21/07/2014 17:14
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