1965's Guide To Determining My Readiness Pt. 2
Posted by s2 | Labels: 80's, Genius, Kid Stuff, Low Self Esteem, Major Cliffhanger Resolution, Mental Health | Posted On Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 9:09 AM
many more words this pointless excercise contains.... See. MAJOR cliffhanger resolved. Basically boredom from reading my post was what killed J.R.
^CLIFFHANGER RESOLUTION!!!^
Ok, picking up where we left off, the next confidential item from my pre-development days is my official Kindergarten Report pg1, pg2, pg3, & pg4. Right off the bat, this appears to be a bit heavier in meaning than the last. Overall, More "official". Heck, it even lays into parents at the outset with the whole "education responsibility" stuff.
Read: if you screw your kid up, ain't nuthin we can do about it.
Standard report card fare - most not even worth mentioning. Simple scoring method: N= needs improvement, I= Improving, S= Satisfactory, O= Outstanding (not many of these), X=does not apply.
Yeah I suck at math. Never made it past High School Algebra I. Was this my first warning?
What I like the most about this particular report are the "social" items. I find this quite amusing since as an adult I'm fully aware of my "social" items. As earlier indicated i'm fairly forthcoming regarding my quirks. What's funny is exactly how early it was noticed and documented though.
No "O's" on this chart. NO way.
Actually, this isnt that bad. The "self-control" part is a bit disconcerting. What did I do? Did I totally lose my "S" at some point? I'll have to contact my classmates to find out what they remember. I'm proud to say that I'm able to adjust easily to new situations now. I transformed that weakness into a strength. But in order to do so, I lost major ground on some of the other social skills such as: "Avoids making unnecessary noise and confusion", "Plays, works well with others", and "Responds favorably (accepts) to correction".
Now, the best part...teacher comments:
I'm fairly certain that "he has a lot of abnormal fears" is the theme of my life. I have other items from teachers about this, that I plan on sharing at a later date. Maybe. What's my deal though? Abnormal fears? Not normal things like fire, tornados, dogs. I was probably freaked out by stuff like outer space, infinity, clocks and like skeletons (is that abnormal?). Apparently I did "mature emotionally" through out the course of the school year. I did LOL when i read the "emotionally appears more settled & relaxed" part, as if the teacher could tell that I was just working on the facade that has served me to this day. The appearance of normalcy was something I formed in Kindergarten. I accept everything about this report except the inexplicable penmanship change for the 4th line. Did someone kill my teacher and just wear a disguise and imitate her for the last semester (another abnormal fear?).
The conclusion of the report contains the 1940's submissive housewife signatures from my mother (my Dad and I have the same name) on all but the last line. Perhaps she saw through the doppelgänger's disguise and refused to sign off on the last semester. I appear to have been absent alot during this time. I can only assume those were the days I was in teacher remanded psychotherapy (kidding of course). Luckily despite all my social failings they conceded to pass me to 1st grade. Most likely because the alternative would have been dealing with me for another year.
The conclusion of the report contains the 1940's submissive housewife signatures from my mother (my Dad and I have the same name) on all but the last line. Perhaps she saw through the doppelgänger's disguise and refused to sign off on the last semester. I appear to have been absent alot during this time. I can only assume those were the days I was in teacher remanded psychotherapy (kidding of course). Luckily despite all my social failings they conceded to pass me to 1st grade. Most likely because the alternative would have been dealing with me for another year.
I do have some bonus items that I felt tied in nicely to this essay of my early development. Here is another "early period" work of art. I'm not quite to the full on picture book authoring phase but, this thing could totally kick the "Draw-Man's" non-existent ass. I'm like 90% sure this is a pic of my dad although a large part of me wishes it didn't look a tiny bit like Hitler. It does contain a fine example of something that could of hooked me 4 extra points earlier though.
Not really how my dad looks. Well, he does still have the moustache(4pts).
The next two pics are of a style I like to call "borderline obsessive". The first is a "Pac" situation with both Mr and Ms. chomping ghosts. Actually, I decided to throw this one in because I thought it was pretty cool, not because it had any bearing to the other stuff. I love how I made sure to give Ms. her props.
Was there a girl ghost too? Or did I invent that?
This last picture actually scared the crap out of me. It's like something you would have found in a cell in Arkham Asylum, or a perhaps a calling card at a crime scene. I can't even begin to analyze it, and frankly I'm too afraid to dig deeply. Instead I'll just focus on the fact that I was able to include an umlaut in this blog. Beetletrunk first!
Doppelgänger! (4pts)
The scary part is that my exactly thought was Arkam Asylum when I saw that last pic, even before I read your commentary.
Also what?