I've met adults like this. The system was designed for students to drop out and get a job they can handle. Now that all jobs require a highschool or even university degree, the schools just try to get rid of them.
It takes a lot of work to help students catch up, and faculty at schools don't want to spend their money doing this. Each student with known problems has a plan and dedicated workers to help them. However, I've seen schools try to pretend the money doesn't exist, or it's the parents fault, or anything else to explain where the money went. There's a lot of pressure to just move them on.
The grade system is at fault. If Timmy has a problem with reading, he needs help reading. If Jenny can't do math, then she needs help on that. The school lumps both together and demands everything work like it did 80 years ago.
I've met adults like this. The system was designed for students to drop out and get a job they can handle. Now that all jobs require a highschool or even university degree, the schools just try to get rid of them.
It takes a lot of work to help students catch up, and faculty at schools don't want to spend their money doing this. Each student with known problems has a plan and dedicated workers to help them. However, I've seen schools try to pretend the money doesn't exist, or it's the parents fault, or anything else to explain where the money went. There's a lot of pressure to just move them on.
The grade system is at fault. If Timmy has a problem with reading, he needs help reading. If Jenny can't do math, then she needs help on that. The school lumps both together and demands everything work like it did 80 years ago.
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