I blame the US education system for using curves that protect themselves too.
Failing kids would show how bad the teaching has gotten along with parenting. Parenting has probably gotten harder by the 10th power. :P Imagine keeping your 15 year old off of Everquest or the X-box, so they do their homework. (Parents' Epic Quest)
I would rather see the McDonald's cashier that can not count back change without their H.S. Diploma. I would like to see high school diplomas actually mean something again.
There was a time when farm families took their children out of school, and the education system fought this by enacting truancy laws. This started out as a good reason, because most did not finish 10th grade. Nowadays it seems that the taxes are paying for babysitting service for K-12.
This is unfair really to a young person that from K-12 they were told they were smart and they did not need to try that hard. They then take a much harder ego hit in college when they fail miserably. Some drop out, others change majors, and some just figure it out by hitting the books harder with determination to never quit.
Life is never an undefeated season. -- Quoting some wise individual I remember the quote but not the name.
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Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. -- Gandhi
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