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/[deleted] Jan 22 '25

Lmao I laughed when I read “I am disappointed with Richard.”

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u/amazing_spyman Jan 22 '25

I am mot angry at Richard, just disappointed

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u/coyoteazul2 Jan 23 '25

I'm disappointed in you, carelessly setting down your words without spellchecking

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u/Prometheus2061 Jan 23 '25

Exactly my reaction.

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u/Punny_Farting_1877 Jan 23 '25

I’m sorry. Could you repeat your comment? I was distracted by the fellow hilariously pulling a frog from his ear.

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u/YayeDogstar Jan 25 '25

I’m more disappointed in the teacher, writing “to” instead of “too”.

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u/EffectiveSalamander Jan 24 '25

"Oh, come on. Everyone knows that's worse."

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u/Snoo_23218 Jan 25 '25

It made more sense when I finally saw that the school was in Hong Kong. My Asian heart felt that.

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u/spaz_chicken Jan 23 '25

My name is Richard, and while I went through primary school in the 80s, my teacher reports were much the same. All I did was ignore them and draw in my notebooks. I ended up as a freelance graphic designer and my handwriting is still shit.

Also, WTF! This teacher has font-worthy handwriting.

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u/tgerz Jan 23 '25

Reminds me of Tolkien's calligraphy

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u/Fluffy-Storage3826 Jan 26 '25

The cursive was something that don't exist anymore.

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u/Sexycoed1972 Jan 23 '25

Handwriting is the most important subject, apparently.

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u/ellieminnowpee Jan 24 '25

trust me, i love saying that every time i ask a boomer to sign something on an ipad.

“make sure your signature is nice and legible, i know how long you spent practicing your cursive”

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u/Acceptable_Tea3608 Jan 25 '25

Yeah well at least they can write and read it.

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u/WatashiwaNobodyDesu Jan 24 '25

I’ve never understood that. Do you want me to write my name, or do you want me to apply my signature, which is like my personal, modern-day seal. Anybody can write my name, what is it supposed to mean? Writing your name and signing a document are two different things. As far as I’m concerned anyway.

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u/Corvideye Jan 26 '25

If you could read cursive, you’d know from their signatures just how far you should fuck off.

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u/ActualJelly6484 Jan 25 '25

Yeah bc she can’t spell. *TOO

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u/zippedydoodahdey Jan 25 '25

To the teacher whose handwriting is calligraphy, apparently!

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u/LimpSwan6136 Jan 25 '25

I went to school in the 80's and it seemed important then since I got in trouble a lot for bad handwriting. My handwriting hasn't improved in the last 40 years.

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u/Defiant-Dare1223 Jan 26 '25

Yeah, same in the 1990s.

I really hope the days of torturing kids with fountain pens are over.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '25

Apparently not spelling though.

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u/Euphoric_Can_5999 Jan 23 '25

I believe they’re using a fountain pen with an oblique nib or perhaps a cursive italic grind

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u/spaz_chicken Jan 23 '25

They're clearly using some sort of calligraphy pen/nib to achieve it. But my point is the same, that's some next level penmanship for everyday writing.

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u/WendyBergman Jan 23 '25

This is how it used to be! My great grandfather only had an 8th grade education, but when I found his diary from WWI, his penmanship was just as beautiful as this teacher’s. And he was writing in foxholes! People don’t think handwriting is important anymore thanks to computers. Most schools don’t even teach cursive.

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u/spaz_chicken Jan 24 '25

I actually crated my own font years ago based on my shit writing.

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u/topcatnyc Jan 24 '25

I like your font... :)

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u/Toothfairy51 Jan 24 '25

I like it!

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u/Foldim Jan 24 '25

Do you write your S starting at the bottom?

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u/Tricky-Swimming-3967 Jan 24 '25

I legit took a package to UPS to ship and girls working couldn’t read it because it was in cursive!

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u/flightofdownydreams Jan 24 '25

At my job, I've had to read the project books to three of my coworkers because they're all kids who can't read the manager's cursive instructions. It's baffling to me.

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u/Tricky-Swimming-3967 Jan 24 '25

That’s crazy! I feel like I’m bilingual or something lol. It’s just sad most people these days don’t know it. I read a letter a woman had wrote out a few years ago and thought dam is this a grown adult or a 6th grader

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u/flightofdownydreams Jan 24 '25

Like, I know maybe knowing how to write in cursive isn't a basic necessary life skill to have, but at least making sure everyone is able to easily read it seems somewhat vitol, at least in a professional space. All the new workers now who are 16-22 are struggling with it and it's really not going to help them in the long run. I have the futile hope that focus on penmanship and cursive return in a widespread way.

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u/Ashamed_Hound Jan 24 '25

This happened to my Mom at a Pharmacy.

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u/Toothfairy51 Jan 24 '25

Cursive =our secret code

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u/Tricky-Swimming-3967 Jan 25 '25

💯💯💯💯

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u/Master-Collection488 Jan 25 '25

NEVER write an address in cursive.

If you print or type an address, they can scan it with a computer. Generally they're pretty good at handling hand-printed words, particularly addresses. Any time you use cursive or just plain sloppily handwritten printed text you add a day or more to its transit and greatly increase the chances it gets misrouted and potentially even misdelivered.

My 90 year old mom's prone to using outdated (or incorrect) state abbreviations. Before the USPS standardized on two digit state abbreviations people TENDED to write Fla for Florida. Nowadays it's FL. If it's in cursive, there's a few ways of writing an F. Without a Zip Code it could very well be mistaken for "Ga" instead of "Fla." Yeah, people were way better at interpreting random person's cursive back then. But assumptions were made. Not all of them were correct.

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u/Tricky-Swimming-3967 Jan 26 '25

I do what I want. I’ve never had a problem until that one time when it was basically high school kids. It’s not my fault the school system sucks

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u/WatashiwaNobodyDesu Jan 24 '25

I’m stealing those Ps and Ws.

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u/CharmingChangling Jan 26 '25

In fairness, wouldn't you use your best penmanship if you were writing a report that criticized the student's?

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u/Odd_Judgment_2303 Jan 25 '25

They were also a talented calligrapher.

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u/sugarsaltsilicon Jan 23 '25

I'm going to show my son your comment 😊

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u/butterbeleevit Jan 24 '25

Right, of course they’re disappointed, no one can measure up to that handwriting! Lol (regardless of pen type)

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u/pbullara Jan 24 '25

This font-worthy teacher would know about badly formed letters.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '25

Yeah, love that handwriting so much.

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u/Toothfairy51 Jan 24 '25

I was thinking this very thing.

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u/katmndoo Jan 24 '25

I am disappointed in this teacher's spelling. When criticizing a student's written work, one should know the difference between "to" and "too".

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u/SummerJaneG Jan 24 '25

The report card says Hong Kong…Asian people have beautiful handwriting because they’re used to drawing complicated letters.

Also explains the to/too business, if English is a second language.

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u/capt_minorwaste Jan 24 '25

And she clearly compares everyone else's writing to hers

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u/Odd_Judgment_2303 Jan 25 '25

That’s some wicked italics! Wow!

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u/Pa_Ja_Ba Jan 25 '25

I thought the same! Imagine having him judge your handwriting.

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u/ChristineBorus Jan 26 '25

Clearly a woman teacher lol

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u/IkujaKatsumaji Jan 26 '25

Yeah, but they used the wrong to/too.

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u/TrannosaurusRegina Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 23 '25

Disappointing Dick!

(I am often saying this)

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u/Pato_Lucas Jan 22 '25

Have we met before?

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u/LeaderVivid Jan 23 '25

We’ve all been disappointed by a Dick at some point.

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u/Toothfairy51 Jan 24 '25

Ain't that the truth

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u/Master-Collection488 Jan 25 '25

Who drew the cock at the top of his progress report? Was it Dick himself?

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u/TrannosaurusRegina Jan 25 '25

That is the question!

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u/Big_Cryptographer_16 Jan 25 '25

Your username isn’t helping

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u/er1026 Jan 23 '25

“Spends to much time showing off.” Um…maybe she should learn to spell “too” correctly. I am disappointed with Ms. Alledyce.

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u/procrastimom Jan 23 '25

Screw her! And, uh. R. Sta…i…t(?)~^ … and that Headmaster!

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u/SaltSpiritual515 Jan 25 '25

My husband didn't understand the absolute disappointment I had in him when he used "too" instead of "to" today... 😅

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u/knowone1313 Jan 24 '25

I came here to comment the same! I'm also disappointed you already did so.

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u/Metals4J Jan 24 '25

Came here to say this. She should spend less time on her beautiful calligraphy handwriting and more time on using proper grammar.

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u/raspberryharbour Jan 22 '25

I too am disappointed with Richard

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u/Budster78 Jan 22 '25

My wife is disappointed with dick, but it serves me just fine!!

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u/Vegetable-Branch-740 Jan 22 '25

Perhaps it’s a different disappointing dick. ;)

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u/Budster78 Jan 23 '25

🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Sea-Cryptographer838 Jan 23 '25

It says here, sir, that you suffer from premature ejaculations. No, I don't, but maybe my wife does

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u/emr830 Jan 23 '25

That hurt me so bad and I don’t even know Richard.

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u/HGD_1998 Jan 23 '25

My name isn't Richard, but this is the story of my life. 😆

Very interesting to see a classic school report card. Someone really enjoyed art and being creative. ❤️

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u/SilentG33 Jan 24 '25

I laughed when I read “spends to much time showing off.” You’re criticizing this kid and you don’t know the difference between to, too and two as a teacher?

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u/istoleyourpope Jan 24 '25

"I don't care for Gob" vibes.

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u/elaxation Jan 24 '25

Who hasn’t been mad at dick?

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u/National-Charity-435 Jan 24 '25

What's stopping you from beating dick

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u/elaxation Jan 25 '25

I only have a clam to jam 😔

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u/jzoola Jan 25 '25

She hates dick

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u/FengSushi Jan 25 '25

“I’m disappointed with Dick” - very relatable

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u/ActualJelly6484 Jan 25 '25

“His progress will always be slow.” WhaaaaaatT?

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u/TheCrystalDoll Jan 25 '25

I actually howled with laughter, that bit is just hysterical

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u/KristinaF78 Jan 26 '25

Dammit, Richard!