It is report writing season. I try to be original but it is difficult. Gone are the days when an end of year report was a one-liner. I shall always be 'grateful' to my PE teacher at school for:
Content to attempt little, therefore achieves little.
To my shame I have used that about a few music pupils over the last 25 years but if I could write reports on the staff who took me for sport they might go as follows:
Mr. C assumes that Tenon knows the rules of the three main sports we play at Queen's School; rugby, hockey and cricket simply because most other pupils are content to play without a knowledge of the laws of the game; when they encounter an issue they behave as they see the heroes do on TV. To be honest, there is not a great deal of teaching in any sports lessons. Boys have to run when they are told, throw things about once a year (again assuming they have the skill) and tolerate the taunts of boys who are fitter and faster. A sport lesson can an humiliating experience and Mr. C has not given credit for the tenacity Tenon has shown. He might want to consider why Tenon often arrives with a note from his mother; has he considered that there is a genuine health issue? It is not acceptable for Mr. C to express his doubts to the pupil whilst not taking his suspicions any further in order to get at the truth. If Tenon is indeed swinging the lead, then Mr. C would do well to put his own house in order and realise that sport is for all but not all pupils are as able as others and need to be encouraged not down-trodden.
Well I could use stronger term!
