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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in nyc where there are plenty of private schools that are pretty well known for grade inflation.

Here's an example of grade distribution:

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I 100% do not assume public schools grade more leniently than private schools. Usually it's the opposite. Public schools kids can actually get a C or a D [/quote]

Yes. Former private school teacher, public school student. The one time I tried to give a C student a C at my private school faced extreme pushback from the family and then the school. At public school, lots of kids actually get Cs and Ds. [/quote]

Not anymore. The pressure on public school teachers to get kids to get at least a C is immense. My DH is constantly having to contact parents and get kids to do retakes is ridiculous. He’s basically begging kids to do work. It’s pathetic. [/quote]

My brother is a high school teacher at a title 1 school and goes on and on about how hardworking kids are and how much responsibility they have. They all have jobs or real home responsibilities, like they cant' stay late at school b/c they have to pick up their siblings, make the dinner, etc bcs mom works til 11. He had a student who missed a week of school and when my brother asked about it the kid said he can never get to school during Restaurant Week because it's too slammed. This is not a kid working at his mom and dad's place, which is super common too, but a kid who literally is working a full-time job while providing for his family. But sure, they're all lazy at your husband's school I guess. [/quote]

Sounds like those kids shouldn’t bother with school. Let’s be honest. They aren’t going onto college and if their parents can’t even support them, their future isn’t much better than their parents. [/quote]

They do pretty well at college, thanks for asking. A college schedule has a lot more flexibly. And his high school does a great job educating kids on what regional schools give huge merit money for ACT above a 28. These are not colleges people here care about, but it's a solid education. And their future will be more secure bcs they're literate. Also, as an aside, I think parents who manage despite enormous odds to leave countries in terrible crisis and get to the united states and launch their kids here are courageous and on their way to extraordinarily successful lives themselves. My brother often meets these families in the first hard years here. The immigrant experience is the American experience.  Let's be honest.[/quote]

They don’t go to college if they have to work to support their family while they are still in HS. Be realistic. All of this college ready crap is ridiculous. A kid who needs to work to help pay the family bills isn’t going to college. [/quote]

Do you have any idea how many college kids also work? Most. [/quote]

A college kid who works is different than the students you are writing about. Those students miss tons of HS because their parents need their income to live. They aren't going to have any money for college.[/quote]

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