Joshua's reading is progressing slowly but his comprehension is poor not even
mates ah both his comprehension is poor what do you see when you read the word
but you think she's gonna say something positive she says something negative and
then she's went but this is even worse hello welcome to this video and
i'm failed teacher helping you found success in failure welcome to this video
where we're looking at my primary school reports I had my mum send these over to
me and with these reports together with this song it's really brought back
primary school for me now I wanted to make this video because spoilers alert
if we remember correctly they're they're pretty terrible and I know a lot of
students parents can get hung up about primary school and you know how that
will impact them in secondary school and going forward now as I said these are
terrible but when I got to secondary school it got worse in my next video next week
I'm gonna look at my GCSE results at the end of secondary or high school
whichever you want to call it academically I've still achieved
personally socially I'm fine at least I hope I am and hopefully by
watching this video you you understand that it's you know what happens in
primary school secondary school or whatever stage in your life if the
events that happen then doesn't exactly set in stone what's gonna happen for the
rest of your life just because I was struggling in primary school as you're
going to see soon yes it did carry on to secondary school but the issues I was
facing I no longer do know that sort of success journey you want to call it that
I will cover in future videos but for now let's just look at what
happened in primary school for this failed teacher and we're starting with
reception now you'd think in reception oh what am i four years old five years
old how aware could I be in reception about what's really going on around me
after a slow start joshua has settled well into the class he often needs
reminding to complete this way but has shown understanding of work done pretty
much nothing is actually change today you know I can show you what I look like
then what happen yeah his speech is rather difficult to
understand but he's always willing to contribute to lessons
it's reception okay its all learning to speak you need to listen more though
especially to the questions being asked his reading is
progressing well and he has worked hard at learning his words he enjoys reading
I still do
he needs reminding about the pencil hold and also to put more
pressure on his pencil okay I get it now now on the pencil hold. The actual hold when it
came to maths again I'm working at my own rate. Slow and steady wins the
race by showing good understanding of the work done so okay English struggling
maths seems alright overall slow start
the general progress I need to concentrate more on completing my work
reception's a difficult time I was four years I had other things going on
he is quite capable of the work set but he need to spend less time
daydreaming
The head teacher has said an improving situation Joshua keep on
trying hard and improving situation I've been alive four years I've improved my
situation alright okay first one down and not that bad I can't
remember speech struggling with my writing good at maths this is how I
started school and we all start somewhere
let's move on year three Joshua's reading is progressing slowly but his
comprehension is poor not even me ah but his comprehension is
poor when he see when you read the word but you think she's gonna say
something positive she's says something negative and then she said but this is even
worse thank you I'm still reading slowly but his handwriting is poor with many
letters incorrectly made he really learns his spelling and his creative
writing shows poor understanding of punctuation and simple grammar rules
covered how was my creative writing was I creative why can't you say something
about that why is there anything positive you could have said about me
year three teacher about my English work maths maths was good in reception Joshua
rarely completes work covered he needs constant reassurance
he cannot yet use his knowledge in problem-solving and is reluctant to try
anything new there have been a few years between reception
and year three but I'm not good at maths anymore but I've started to do science
Joshua relies heavily on the other children in this group I was supervising
them he's able when pushed to make predictions and draw conclusions stop
pushing me how dare you in technology I still need help to plant and produce my
work that's why I'm in school for I need the help
religious education history it was all generally good geography music it's
generally quite positive I mean if you look I mean when it comes to slating me
she'll write a lot when it's good things just a line or two but still the point is
is there I did alright in other things I always thought I was quite athletic when
I was younger it's been interesting because you know you read how i'm
struggling with my reading and writing and then in numbers and physical education
I've got poor coordination it do you see my symptoms to like a particular
educational difference I'm aware of that's gonna be a subject of another
video I think if I was to be in primary school now in the year 2019 would I be
diagnosed with anything interesting questions make sure you subscribe to
stick around for that video generally general progress over year three I'm
still lacking in confidence and cannot yet concentrate for long periods long
periods of what okay I'm think she means of time which means that he seldom
completes work set for him if you're using words like seldom no wonder I can't
understand what's going on his writing does not improve despite much extra
practice which makes it's work difficult to decipher well it's not nice
this year three teacher she's just spot on she's right you know if my work
is difficult to read it's difficult to read and you know what could she really
say it's not difficult to read that's not right can you still not add in some
positives was I all bad you're not add in what the plan is what I don't know
the headteacher thinks that I need to work faster and to finish my work more
often greater great observation I loved my head teacher and he's a work faster
and finish work more often don't we all I can see why you the head teacher was
such an observation and got a bit bitter cant you tell absences again I noticed
this before I was off quite a bit I was only off ten days reception but 32 days
missed in year three I have to be a little bit fairer on my year three teacher, if i m not in what can she do
not in what can she do I can only hope things improve as I get
a year four Joshua is reading much more fluently with expression and understanding
understanding look at the difference a year makes maybe was the teacher maybe it was
me who knows he still has great difficulty to produce legible written
work but contributes well orally okay I'm still having problems writing this
teacher still wrote something positive writing i'm not so good
orally I contribute well that's a nice balanced view I think well done year four
teacher and in maths I've learned my times table facts I compare accurately I
compare accurately in I feel like he's trying to write time this is a little
bit rich since she's just had to dig up my writing look at yours
he listens well and his gaining confidence to direct his own words I rec
sounds quite strong when i m in year four what am i doing in science I'm beginning
to work independently and I've got good subject knowledge again difference a
year makes in year three I was relying on others this year four I'm independent I
don't need no year three teacher design technology IT religious education
history georgraphy music arts generally positive things I have difficulty in
recording a given task I think just links back to my writing not must be a fan of
writing and my coordination has approved and I've got gaining confidence in
physical education so I'm making improvements just one year one things
again a bit better and for my general progress this year that once I'm inside
the classroom I listen and contribute well with confidence to the oral part of
our lessons and I must take this positive attitude with me there's been
some improvements in the presentation of my work but still a lot to remain to be
done okay see this is a good balance view I like this report I'm a head
teachers comment keep trying hard I can do it that is so motivational that is
what I want to hear but once again I'm looking at my attendance what what we're
doing why am i sick all the time 38 days off in a year so year four I'm improving
things are getting better let's see why it's like come to year five Joshua
always contributes well to discussion to show in an understanding of learning
objectives however Joshua needs to try much harder to improve his spelling and
handwriting if used to reach his full potential his reading is much more
fluent and his comprehension is developing again balanced I love it and
growing in confidence in maths and has developing understand
concepts taught and he can use them to solve simple problems I produce some
good work things are getting much better for me and then again yet science
history religious education history geography everything is looking good
josh is polite well-mannered and thoughtful and has been a pleasure to teach
headteachers comments are pleasing reports keep trying card what forty five
days off you know what i've never know is in the trend here the more days off
i have the better the report all for my report that's all four with my reports
now the reason i wanted to do this it's just a show about things can get better
over time now what I'm taking from this video is the impacts that even primary
school teachers can have on us later on in life and I want to teachers today
know just how much of an impact their words can have and I think that'd be a
good discussion for one of my videos on let's talk education I might talk
teacher impact with their words and I think it's quite interesting to see how
a reports to change wonder what primary schools reports are like today whoever
not they can be as negative as my year three reports now if you enjoyed my primary
school report you might want to stick around for my next video when I look at
my GCSE results how that came about and you know what sort of impact that had on me
in later life worthwhile sticking around for that video if you've been impacted
by a teacher and what they've said or if you have your primary school reports
give me a comment below or tweet me and just let me know what was said or how
that made you feel I would love to know and maybe if you don't mind I might
include it in a future video where we talk about impact that teachers have on
us but otherwise thank you for going down memory lane with me it's been a
pleasure doing this video I thank you again for watching I've been your failed
teacher how can you find success in failure bye-bye