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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get your frustration but do you, deep down, think these kids are so different from their UMC or private school peers? I would not underestimate the % of parents that bully ("advocate") their kids through schooling. It's unfortunate but same-same, just different optics.[/quote]

NP. Yes, they are. 
Sure there are kids from well off families who wouldn’t normally meet graduation requirements and somehow get pushed through. I have one myself. It’s impossible for a kid to be held back. Schools just won’t do it. Luckily we have the means to support this kid in developing skills that will hopefully help them be gainfully employed one day. 
But kids growing up in poverty, around increased rates of crime, with parents who often don’t have a lot of education themselves, really have much lower rates of reading and math fluency than their middle class peers. 
Schools (and society) are failing these kids. I know tracking has its issues, but I believe that there needs to be a system that meets these kids where they are at. It’s not serving us as a society that we end up so many young adults who really don’t have the skills to have a job. [/quote]

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