If my years of adolescent beatings for anything less than an A taught me anything, it was: don't bring report cards home on Friday and sign your own progress reports.
Some things I have inculcated as a part of my children's education:
1. Lots of peer interaction and physical playtime.
2. Pomodoro technique: just 10-15 minutes of assured focus to cover exam topics starting several weeks before the exam date.
3. Treat all grades with praise of hardwork! Because they did put in the time and effort. And briefly go over mistakes and skipped questions.
4. Treat the school curriculum as a secondary medium of instruction and push parental instruction as primary without speed limits.
> 1. Lots of peer interaction and physical playtime
Also known as being a normal human being...
My own kids were through school before the portal and notification systems arrived in our schools.
In some ways, it is good to know problem areas early. There is time to make changes. As a parent, I would have appreciated that.
As a student? Ugh. Many parents are busy and I can see the whole thing suffering from the same "5 star" problem we see in rating systems all over the place.
It all gravitates to 5 stars being the constant expectation.
Maybe I am glad I didn't have to deal with that mess. Being involved in my kids education was work, maybe more than today.
Or maybe not. I wonder how many overcorrects happen due to a kid just having a bad day. Or the stress of just having a bad day amplified?