Little Red Riding Hood: 4th grade
English: A
Science: B+
Geography: C-
Physical Education: A
Listening/Participation: C-
Comments: Little Red Riding Hood is a sweet girl. She has some struggles with paying attention, following directions, and general attentiveness but has a kind heart. She has recently been asked to be referred to as “Little Red Cap”, which will be updated in the system.
We recommend that a watchful eye is kept on her, as we worry she may have an easier time straying down the wrong path than other children. With the right guidance, however, she will be just fine.
The Princess (The Frog King): 8th grade
English: A
Science: A+
Geography: B
Physical Education: A
Math: B+
Listening/Participation: A
Comments: The Princess is a dedicated student who worked hard this quarter. Despite her distaste for the recent amphibian unit in her science course, she received amazing scores. She also excels in her physical education class, and her favorite sport to play is dodgeball.
We find some concern in her , as in her English course, it is the main source of her creative writing. We recommend enrolling her in further counseling.
Little Mermaid: Sophomore
AP Language: B
Biology: A
Algebra: B+
Danish: A
Geography: B
Music: A
Introduction to Business: D
Comments: The Little Mermaid is a bright student with passionate goals. She excels in many of her classes and approaches them with curiosity and a willingness to learn.
The only class she struggles with, however, is her Intro to Business class. She often takes risky deals and does not follow lesson structure. She struggles somewhat socially, although she has started a friendship with the Sea Witch recently.
Briar Rose: Junior
AP European Studies: A-
Physics: B+
Calculus: B
Art History: B-
French: A
AP Literature: B-
Comments: Briar Rose is a qualified and well-rounded student. She typically is an all-A student and is seemingly “blessed” in every regard. Unfortunately, due to her recent Narcolepsy episodes, some of her grades have slipped.
We advise checking up with a physician, as her issues seem to have worsened.
Faithful Heinrich: Senior
Comments: We are very concerned about Faithful Heinrich and recommend counseling as soon as possible. Please schedule a meeting with school staff to discuss this more in-depth, thank you.
I LOVE the theme you picked for your post this week! I would never have thought to assign grades to each character! The witty act of providing lower scores in listening for Little Red Riding Hood and The Little Mermaid was hilariously accurate! Does Faithful Heinrich not have grades because he is absent throughout The Frog King? I’m shocked Briar Rose did not have an A in Art History since she is art in itself with her Beauty.
Thank you! You are correct about Faithful Heinrich– I tried to play on his quick entrance and exit within the story when writing his comments. I agree with you that it would make sense for Briar Rose to have an A in Art History, my only reasoning towards a B- were due to her increased troubles with narcolepsy. I do appreciate your argument that “she is art in itself with her Beauty”, I thought that was a really nice take in conjunction with the Art History class itself.
These report cards and comments are very witty and tie in excellently with the main traits of each character and all the main ideas we’ve discussed in class around each story. I did not expect any blogs in the form of report cards but it worked really well!
I struggle to completely understand this sentence. It feels like it might need some revision.
“We find some concern in her , as in her English course, it is the main source of her creative writing. We recommend enrolling her in further counseling.”
Thank you! It took me a while to decide what I wanted to do so I’m glad you found it worked well.
I agree with you on that sentence… it was one I was constantly deleting but ended up keeping in the end. My idea was to point to her strange relationship with her father in the original story but have it manifest in her academics, but this may have been muted.
That’s an exciting perspective! When using a model that everyone is familiar with (by which I mean test scores) to understand each character, I felt closer to the princesses; they were no longer superior, or distant, but like a classmate next to me. If you could add a C- or D course for The Princess (The Frog King) and Briar Rose, I think it would seem more interesting.
This is such a cool concept and I love the way you formatted it within WordPress. I thought that all the descriptions you used to describe each character fit perfectly. Nice work!
I was honestly blown away by this post and how it was structured. I really liked how you formatted your post and how you spent time carefully considering what subjects to give to each character as well as the grade that would corrispond with it. I found this post enjoyable to read and easy to understand.
Zoe, I enjoyed this blog post a lot. Within our generation, this massive trend of making the Disney Princesses Millenials/Gen-Zs, which brings the characters into a report card setting, feels similar. Still, I like how authentic it stays to the original readings. It is so creative and easy to follow. Also, since the class has done the readings, I like how this blog post feels like inside jokes.
Zoë, this post was really well done. It’s clear that you put a lot of thought and effort into it! It was very clever how you decided in what ways each character would succeed and not in a modern setting. It shows a deep understanding of the stories.
This is so creative! I absolutely adore the comedic tone and the interesting analysis of each character. The concept is immediately clear and the format isn’t confusing, which is a feat for such a unique way of going about character analysis.