Here’s one for parents getting report cards this week. All of my report cards up until about Grade 6 had similar comments to the title of this post. It was always worse in the spring time and especially if I sat by an open window where the noise outside would draw my attention away from the teacher.
A closer reading reveals that in Grade 1 I was reading at a Grade 4 level and that I loved story time and art. I had a great imagination and found school quite boring. I was restless and didn’t like sitting in rows all day long (so I often found ways to get moved to the corner!).
Today I would have probably been diagnosed with ADD.
I am back in school and will be doing a three week residency at Royal Roads University in July. I wonder if I’ll be easily distracted and daydream too much? The difference for me now is that I know my strengths and I don’t play to my weaknesses. I’m not studying math so I don’t have to try and focus on something that holds no interest for me.
When you get your kids report cards focus on their strengths. Don’t worry so much about the areas where they are just average. Let them spend the summer being easily distracted and daydreaming.
I have a very good friend from a former life who was studying at RRU and lives in Victoria- now I’m jealous and would like to find a way to be distracted with you:)
Sharon,
I’ve wanted to do this for a LONG time. Now that the future is not clear it seemed like a good thing to do. So far, I am LOVING the reading and reflecting. School is wasted on the young.
My comments were mostly as follows: (btw, I was called Karen Ann to distinguish me from the other Karen in the class; prevelant ’60′s name) Karen Ann is an enjoyable student to have in class. However, she would benefit from talking a bit less, learning to listen to instructions and not daydream as much…
Some things never change! I choose to sit by the open window in the summer too.
Karen – No surprises there! We would have been separated in class for sure. And I’m Sandy Anne or Sandra Anne as my mother would say.