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A parent wants to understand what's been going on. A SENCO is building a picture for a referral. You, even, are trying to work out whether this is a pattern or a one-off. And what you have is a margin note that says \"Jamie — table — upset,\" with no real memory of what came before it, what you tried, or what happened next.",[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"the-note-that-made-sense-for-about-a-day","The note that made sense for about a day",[11,23,24],{},"A quick scribble works as a memory jogger for the rest of that afternoon. It does not work as a record, because it was never built to be read by anyone other than you, on that same day, with the full context still fresh in your head.",[11,26,27,28,33],{},"The same is true on the positive side of the ledger — ",[29,30,32],"a",{"href":31},"\u002Fblog\u002Fstar-of-the-week-monday-morning-problem","a moment of recognition is just as easy to lose to memory as a moment of concern",". 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