So I got my report card for my Improv class for April. I thought I would share it with you all. I cut off the personal information, but the rest is exactly what was written about me. In my opinion, everything he says is true.

5) Students Reason For Taking Course (as they explained it to you)
Just wanting to get back involved in improv, get good at improv.
6) Instructors Overall Goal – What were you focusing on?
For Erik, I wanted to get him to an advanced level.
7) Students Attitude:
Was positive and enthusiastic. He wanted to try things, was a little scared to jump up but didn’t let that stop him, and he paid close attention. Had a bit of an intense nervous energy that was a little strange in class.
8) Ability to Accept Concepts Presented:
Was strong, though Erik would get far too bogged down in “the rules.” For someone who doesn’t have a lot of performance experience (not necessarily in front of an audience, but performance related things) it can be difficult to let go of rules, or to know when you have to stick to them and when it is safe to let them go. This comes with time and experience though, rather than by being told when to. That would just be another rule.
9) Strengths:
Was enthusiastic and adventurous.
Was the most willing to take risks in the entire class.
Would follow notes or lessons to the letter as soon as he got onstage and would be very focused on those things, though sometimes would misinterpret them or take them a little too far.
10) Weaknesses:
Lacks a confidence with the basic improv skills, they are there, but he has not internalized them, he is thinking of them too much.
Thinks WAY TOO MUCH, while off and onstage. Erik needs to relax onstage.
Lacks basic stagecraft: staging, character voice and characterization, projection, etc.
Erik has a nervous mannerism of giggling or making small guttural sounds after speaking. This prevents him and the audience from being able to lose themselves in a scene.
11) Recommended Future: Next level, more training, Show?
I would recommend further training at the advanced level. I think Tad, Jana or Jacob would be excellent instructors.
12) Instructors Notes To GM: Paid on time? Attendance? Anything else…..
I had a private meeting after the third class with Erik about his nervous tick. I wasn’t sure if he was aware of it, and regardless, whether it would make him uncomfortable for me to give notes on it actually during class. He said I could, though it did improve markedly by the last class and as a result I didn’t. It is something a future instructor would have to be very aware of, and also willing to call him on in class.
Always there on time, at all rehearsals.