Hi everyone!

My kids have recently received identical report cards. They are 7 year identical BBB children. The report cards were very good, so I have no issue with that.

The only comments I received on the entire report card was "Keen Student!" and that was written on all three. You could have literally written all three names on the top and given them just one report card.

Help! How do I send a message to the school that my children are not clones?

Thanks, Natasha

Wow! That teacher sounds lazy. My kids are in kindergarten in three separate classes. Each report card had lengthy comments about how each was doing and what areas need more attention. Even though they are where they should be and doing fine, they still made specific comments.... And these teachers each have 27 students in their classes.

I would request a conference with the teacher and ask "what are Robbie's strengths, what should we work on with him over the summer?, how can I challenge him?" etc., then I'd move on and ask about the next kid. And take notes.

Maybe if you point out their differences based on your questions, they'll get the picture.

Have you considered separating them into different classes, if that's even an option??

Good luck.

Joan Greene

Joan
mom to Caroline, Erin and Robbie
born 9/26/05 @ 35 weeks
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You should talk to the teacher. The boys' teacher is very good about evaluating each boy separately. She even tells me that they are very different. I like to hear that. But I think you have to talk to the teacher first.

Pam
Identical BBB triplets born 12/4/07 at 33w2d
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Of course your children are not clones. They are three separate individuals that happen to share a birthday!

I'm going to offer another perspective. In our district, the prep periods that teachers have to do lesson planning, report cards, parent calls, conferences, etc. have been eliminated. Music, computers, and PE have been dramatically cut back. For most teachers, the time the students spent in these 3 other areas were used for prep times. Now, the teachers have to do it all.

Report cards are computerized around here. There are a series of comments the teachers can "click" that appear on the card. Perhaps many of the kids in the same class had "keen student" on it. Other sample phrases I've seen over the years are "outstanding student" and "hard worker."

It may be that your teacher did not single out your trio and consider them clones. Report cards are just summaries and she has a limited time to do all of them. If you want a separate analysis of each child, then you can make an appointment. None of my kids' report cards give any real detailed feedback.

Basically, your teacher may not think of your kids as clones. The teacher may just be very limited by time and everyone got the same type of feedback.

Sharon
15 year old b/b/b + 18 year old son