Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for August 16, 2016

Besides, when Dad starts on you, about your grades, just show him his report card !

As this old timer recalls, report cards were signed by the parents and returned to the school so how did he find some of his dad’s old report cards?

I get it now.

herdleader1953Some districts practically had a transcript from first grade on (this was before kindergarten was provided in public schools).

Cleaning out my Grand-Aunt’s house. I found her report cards from 1st-12th grade. 1923-1936 including her immunization card for starting 1st grade. Only 2 “B’s” in the whole lot. 1 in 7th grade Social Studies and 1 in 9th grade History.

This is sad, people should try to improve themselves.

I still have all my K-12 report cards, 1955 to 1966

We’d bring ours home the last day of school, and have classmates and friends autograph the envelopes (ca 1967-73).

This must be an advance strip. Labor Day is more than 2 weeks away, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania schools don’t start until after it.