As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Parents feel relieved and delighted that their children's academic reports do not judge them personally.
- In plain terms
- Reading school reports makes us happy that no one writes reports about us.
- What can you take from it?
- We appreciate not being judged as strictly as we judge others.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you react to being graded?
- Are you harder on others than yourself?
Another view
It relies on a sense of relief that stems from avoidance of self-evaluation.
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