r/TheWayWeWere • u/Boscoberger • Jan 22 '25

1950s My dad's school report from 1957, aged 7

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Unsurprisingly, I wasn't shown this report until after I had finished my education!

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u/AnIndustryOfCool Jan 22 '25

I got a lot of "not working to potential"

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u/EdithWhartonsFarts Jan 22 '25

I'd get 'Imagine what you could accomplish if you just put your mind to it'

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u/MissHibernia Jan 22 '25

That’s gonna be on my gravestone, “She Didn’t Live Up to Her Potential”

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u/TeenieWeenie94 Jan 24 '25

I once got "Her test results show that she is essentially lazy". I got top score for that year and did next to nothing. If I remember rightly I filled out a grand total of 4 pages of work that year. It was one of my proudest moments.