Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm just watching this Yo Samdy Sam video and already noticing (in spite of her posh, private school education - privilege alert!) that many of the teachers' observations are almost exaclty the same as on my own. Almost eerily, in fact, although I went to a very rough comprehensive in the North East of England. My reports were, on the face of it, rather good, but there are some little asides which indicate constant high levels of anxiety combined with my supposed "giftedness" (I was actually terrified into appearing "gifted", I now think). When I look back, I'm getting more of a feeling of, "My goodness - what did they do to me?" Very interesting, I think, And I'll probably reflect some more on this as I watch the rest. My "giftedness" didn't exactly carry over into most of the workplaces I got myself trapped in and I then experienced decades of anxiety and fairly poor mental health. So... and if you care to share, how was it for you? www.youtube.com/watch
I got "doing very well, but needs to contribute more in class" from pretty much every teacher.
Yes, the "needs to speak up in class" is a recurring theme in my reports. Then, 30 years later, in those of my sons. No thought given as to why we weren't speaking up. :(
I got that from some teachers for sure. They tended to be the younger, less wise ones who hadn't yet learned that extroversion and diligence aren't the same thing.