Super cute comments about students from Nghe An teachers

"You guys have tried very hard"

“I once complained about your lack of concentration in class, I know you were very sad. But I only wanted the best for you. After my complaint, you completely changed, you focused on studying and spoke more enthusiastically. You are very good at Math, always have many creative ideas in writing, and always complete all the assignments I give you. I hope you will practice writing more beautifully this summer, I believe you can do it. I am very happy to see you happy and friendly with your friends. Please feel free to share so that you can have many beautiful memories”...

That is the comment that teacher Nguyen Thuy Linh (teacher of Le Mao Primary School, Vinh City) sent to her student Tuan Kiet - the agile boy of the class. The comment is only over 100 words but was carefully designed, printed in color and has a funny picture of him at school taken by the teacher herself. Behind it are her words for her student with the hope that Kiet will quickly progress in the next school year.

The comment for student Minh Khoi - the class monitor of the class, brought back an old memory that the teacher read in his essay about his mother.

"It was an essay that contained "love and filial piety" that "the teacher was very moved" when grading the paper. For the agile girl Bao Tien, although her academic results may not be high, she is a "quick student", she is very gentle and has many friends, always trying hard in her studies."

This is also a special student because in addition to the comments, she also received a special letter of commendation from her homeroom teacher for being "outstanding in the art movement" to encourage, congratulate and "hope she continues to try hard".

Class 3I, headed by teacher Nguyen Thuy Linh, has 42 students this year. The class size is large, and she has only been teaching the class since the second semester, so it is not easy to carefully evaluate each student so that they can see their strengths and weaknesses.

Not to mention, during this school year, the time teachers and students spend together in direct classes is not much and most of the time teachers and students only interact with each other through online screens.

Teacher Thuy Linh's comments to her students. Photo: PV

Teacher Thuy Linh also shared: “I am a young teacher, having only worked for 7 years, so I always consciously determine that I must do my job well, which is to teach students and help them progress. However, in reality, there are many students in the class and each student has a different personality and characteristic. Some students are limited in one aspect but others excel in another. Therefore, when commenting and evaluating students, I have to have a process of observation, regularly communicate with parents and try to have comments that are both accurate and encouraging. Indeed, to do this, it takes a lot of time, but I am very happy because when students and parents read these lines, they can see their children's efforts.”

For the progress of students

The 2021-2022 school year has just ended with many emotions because this is a special school year when most of the time students have to study online and cannot go to school. Saying goodbye to the old school year, teachers and parents have many concerns because clearly compared to previous school years, the quality of students in this school year has been greatly affected.

Therefore, how to evaluate students' learning outcomes is something that many teachers consider.

Ms. Hoang Huong, whose child is in 3rd grade at Le Mao Primary School, said that she was very surprised when she received a letter from the teacher to her son with very youthful and gentle words that could "touch" the student's emotions.

Comments from teachers and students. Photo: MH

In this letter, the teacher listed quite a few of the student's strengths that "captured her heart", such as being super cute, affectionate, having chubby cheeks, innocent words, and even good classroom management skills.

The teacher also admitted that “the students are better than her in these things because when she was in school, she could not do them”. In assessing the students’ abilities, the teacher does not focus on their achievements but highly values ​​their interest in reading books, “she likes to watch her children read books, introduce books” and encourages students to play more sports other than their strong point, badminton.

The parent of this student also said: “At primary school age, children are still innocent and do not care much about academic results. Therefore, I believe that the teacher's comments about my child will help my child be confident, love school, love class, love teachers and be eager to go to school.”

Teacher Le Huong and her students. Photo: PV

In recent years, instead of just evaluating by scores, student evaluation is also shown by comments on the implementation of training and learning tasks of students. In which, the focus is on comments on progress, outstanding advantages, and main limitations of students. The current policy of the Ministry of Education and Training is not to compare one student with another, not to create pressure for students, teachers and parents.

The change in the way of comparing and evaluating has also been carried out regularly by schools and is clearly demonstrated through parent meetings at the end of the school year. However, the current evaluation method also has limitations, because instead of having to spend a lot of effort to evaluate students accurately, many teachers have a rather cursory evaluation method such as "pass", "not pass", "good" or "excellent". With this evaluation method, in addition to the scores, parents seem to be vague about their children's activities in class and at school. Not to mention, it also does not encourage students' efforts and abilities, which is not in line with the spirit of innovation in the current evaluation method.

Class time of students at Truong Thi Primary School. Photo: MH

Reality also shows that currently, the number of teachers who devote themselves to year-end comments for students is not much, because they may be afraid of conflicts, going against policies, or the underlying cause is not really following the students closely.

Teacher Le Thi Huong - a veteran teacher at Dang Chanh Ky Secondary School (Nam Dan) said: "In the past, I spoke, students listened, and teachers often handled situations in a rigid and overly strict manner. However, nowadays, society is more interactive, so when dealing with students, we have to be really flexible, using different psychological measures. Similarly, when evaluating students, we do not only evaluate their limitations but also need to find their strengths to encourage them."

The end-of-year student assessment will also have a long-term impact on students later on and may follow them for the rest of their lives. Therefore, with the current assessment methods of many teachers, many parents are concerned and not really satisfied. Many parents also believe that, for the end-of-year assessment to be in line with the set goals, the most important thing is the dedication of the teachers.

From the teachers' accurate assessment, the teachers will also help students orient themselves, so that they can see the strengths to promote, the limitations to overcome and become more confident and progressive.