Sophomores and juniors met with their advisors on Thursday and Friday to review teacher comments.
Some students dreaded to hear what their teachers think of them, while others looked forward to gain constructive criticism.
“It’s nice to see what the teacher thinks of you without them saying it directly to you because it’s definitely different than what you get from being in class,” Nicky Semenza (11) said.
This year, freshmen and seniors received comments in first semester while sophomores and juniors received theirs in second semester. Nicky did not mind getting comments only in second semester since he had a good grasp of his standings in all his classes.
When Sanjana Kaundinya (10) read her comments, she scanned through all the positive comments and looked for tips on how to do better in class.
“I think most of my teachers did a really good job with being honest with me,” Sanjana said. “I would like it if a teacher told me what I did right in a class, so that I can improve upon it, and also some constructive criticism to help me overall, like not just in general but as a learning process.”
She found the split comments inconvenient, however, as she only has three months to improve before the school year ends.
Although she enjoyed reading comments, Maya Nandakumar (10) thought the remarks were a bit too general.
“I think they could maybe make more suggestions on how to improve with more specificity, like what exactly we have trouble on,” Maya said.
In a hypothetical example, she indicated that comments less like “has test taking issues” and more along the lines of “needs improvement on multiple choice” would be more helpful.
All comments and grades are accessible through the portal after Friday for both students and parents.