If you, like us, remember bringing home your school report, then you may also remember the trepidation that went with it. If your experience was similar it began by being given an envelope with your name on it. Strict instructions were handed out to all that the report must be delivered safely, promptly and unopened to your parent or guardian. It was never known if the school would be alerted to non-delivery as no one had the courage to test the system!
The younger the child the tighter the envelope would be clutched on the way home lest a gust of wind should blow it away. Rain was another hazard to be avoided, as a soggy envelope with streaky ink was not good.
Then the fateful moment, handing over your school report. If you were lucky it would be best to pass it onto to your mother, if there was anything untoward in there she was a better option than your father. Then the long silence as the contents of the report is read and digested. With a bit of luck you would get a “well, that’s not too bad!” Any talk of waiting until your father got home was bad news! Often there would be a comparison with your strong and weak subjects with those of your parents. Your less than glowing report in geography for example, may be excused as your mother was “never very good at that either.”
With the ordeal hopefully over it was then time to meet up with friends to find out if others had passed the test too. If anyone of your circle of friends was missing it could mean bad news on the school report and they could be out of circulation for a while!
So that was it, over with. Well almost, there was still the parents’ evening where your report would be discussed, but that is another story.
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