So I was looking for a quote-unquote cultural artifact at my dad's house (school assignment, blabla), and nestled in with the bills were my old report cards. I noticed one that had a comment in the parent section: it was for my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Schwartz. I don't have particularly good memories of her, which this report card probably explains. The one thing I remember her saying the whole year was, "You're so irritating when you think you're right, especially when you're not." Which even then I realized meant that a good chunk of the time, I was.
Anyway, I was this very, very strong reader and writer as a kid, starting in early elementary school. So for years I'm getting hosannas on my report cards, and apparently Mrs. S. thought I needed cutting down to size. Because the report card had the following comments:
Emily reads but does not report on her reading.
The quality of Emily's written assignments is very poor--illegible and careless.
Emily needs help in organizing her work. She puts little effort into her written work and cannot find her work when she needs it.
So on the back, in my mother's handwriting, is a very, very excessively polite and grammatical note saying
I should very much like to discuss this report card with you. Will you kindly make an appointment for me to see you.
Thank you.
Another thing I'd love to laugh at with her.
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