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As a parent I always wanted to see my kids report cards.
Since the school kept promoting him to higher level courses each year despite the failing grades, why wouldn't the Mom expect the school to issue him a high school diploma upon the completion of his 12th grade year, as well?
Since the school kept promoting him to higher level courses each year despite the failing grades, why wouldn't the Mom expect the school to issue him a high school diploma upon the completion of his 12th grade year, as well?
Get real - do you have kids? A responsible parent would ask to see the report cards or call the school if they didn't receive it as they would want to know how good or bad their child was doing. Just being passed on to the next grade doesn't let the parent know how well or poorly that child is performing.
Since the school kept promoting him to higher level courses each year despite the failing grades, why wouldn't the Mom expect the school to issue him a high school diploma upon the completion of his 12th grade year, as well?
Because normal parents ask to see report cards BEFORE the end of the school year.
You know, it's called caring for your child.
All of us went to schools where we know other kids who had strict parents regarding academics. How? Because you could see the seriousness they took in their coursework and the disappointment they had if it was not an A.
My parents weren't strict but in order for me to continue playing sports, my grades had to be passing so there was no other option for me. The kid in the OP clearly didn't participate in any extracurricular activities.
Get real - do you have kids? A responsible parent would ask to see the report cards or call the school if they didn't receive it as they would want to know how good or bad their child was doing. Just being passed on to the next grade doesn't let the parent know how well or poorly that child is performing.
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Since the school kept promoting him to higher level courses each year despite the failing grades, why wouldn't the Mom expect the school to issue him a high school diploma upon the completion of his 12th grade year, as well?
What would make the Mom believe that the school wouldn't issue a him a high school diploma since they were already promoting him to higher level classes even when he failed the prerequisites?
The school had been signaling for 3.5 years that failing grades were not cause for having to repeat classes, being held back, or being demoted like he is now. The school was signaling that they were just nothing but low grades, not something that would prevent his graduation.
There are a lot of kids who earn low grades and parents accept it because they honestly think that's the best their kids can do. The tipping point in this case was the sudden demotion after 3.5 years when the school had been signaling the opposite (the kid would still progress) all that time.
Still, the best solution appears to be a multi-faceted approach that includes;
increase in the construction of dispersed affordable housing to break up the "critical mass" of poverty in the inner cities,
universal pre-K, Head Start for ages 4 to 6
re-introduction of vocational curriculum/training in schools for jobs such as plumbing, carpentry, auto mechanics, etc.
"increase in the construction of dispersed affordable housing to break up the "critical mass" of poverty in the inner cities,"
You must not be old enough to know history or seen it in person.
When public housing is inserted into an area, the area starts to deteriorate and then the decent people move out and MORE low income housing people move in. It is like locus traveling and destroying everything in path way.
And when they are now becomes inhabitable, they move on and the cycle continues.
This travesty of learning is occurring even in New York City, which is not nearly as deranged as Baltimore. See "Remote" Zoom Learning - Drug Deals or Academics? Rap videos about drug deals are part of the Zoom education.
The school had been signaling for 3.5 years that failing grades were not cause for having to repeat classes, being held back, or being demoted like he is now. The school was signaling that they were just nothing but low grades, not something that would prevent his graduation.
Bingo. These schools are so bad, they have to just push the kids through then give them the bad news when it's time for graduation.
Try holding back failed kids and you're going to have some angry parents on your butt.
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"increase in the construction of dispersed affordable housing to break up the "critical mass" of poverty in the inner cities,"
You must not be old enough to know history or seen it in person.
When public housing is inserted into an area, the area starts to deteriorate and then the decent people move out and MORE low income housing people move in. It is like locus traveling and destroying everything in path way.
And when they are now becomes inhabitable, they move on and the cycle continues.
I've seen it work very well if Section 8 renters are truly spread evenly and thin.
It's true, if you put up a huge Section 8 complex, it tends to drag down the adjoining blocks.
But when you sprinkle Section 8 rentals throughout an existing middle/lower middle class neighborhood, it works pretty well.
I remember specifically one family, after living in a middle class neighborhood for about 3 months, when I went to visit them they had bought a used lawnmower and were mowing the yard. Doesn't sound like much, but that sense of caring for the property is a BIG step up from where they were. They were assimilating into the neighborhood.
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