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What stinks is the Baltimore public school system. Inner city public schools are, in most cases, corrupt (you can tell because the employees quoted here feared

What stinks is the Baltimore public school system. Inner city public schools are, in most cases, corrupt (you can tell because the employees quoted here feared retaliation), worthless, dangerous, and too expensive (because of the corruption). There's unfortunately not a deeper conspiracy here than a public school system which advances students whether or not they learn literally anything. Also: I sympathize with a single working mother, but "notification process" aside, the fact is, this means she didn't look at her kid's report card in 4 years. She might otherwise be a perfectly great parent, but she was 0% engaged with his education.

nickthemagicman 6y ago
Feel bad for this poor kid and all of these kids. Their lives are significantly hurt by crappy parenting and a crappy school system. It's like they never had a chance.
bluefirebrand 6y ago
In the article she admits she knew he was failing classes, but since he was still being advanced she thought it was fine.
harrisonjackson 6y ago
I am not trying to defend her but she was aware he was failing lots of classes but assumed it was not going to prevent him from graduating since he was promoted to the next class. Spanish 1 -> 2, English 1 -> 2, etc. How is someone going to pass Spanish 2 after failing Spanish 1?
- MattGaiser 6y ago
  > How is someone going to pass Spanish 2 after failing Spanish 1? Failure is not a barrier to passing evidently.
- bluefirebrand 6y ago
  It is kind of a weird assumption on her part, but also weird behavior on the part of the school. It all just stinks is what I mean. Basically no one took any kind of responsibility for this kid's education and success.
misiti3780 6y ago
It's still a bit confusing no - that the mother knew he was failing classes but thought everything was fine?
- prepend 6y ago
  Sadly, the mother probably graduated from this same school system so it’s a vicious cycle.

nickthemagicman 6y ago

Feel bad for this poor kid and all of these kids. Their lives are significantly hurt by crappy parenting and a crappy school system. It's like they never had a chance.

bluefirebrand 6y ago

In the article she admits she knew he was failing classes, but since he was still being advanced she thought it was fine.

harrisonjackson 6y ago

I am not trying to defend her but she was aware he was failing lots of classes but assumed it was not going to prevent him from graduating since he was promoted to the next class. Spanish 1 -> 2, English 1 -> 2, etc. How is someone going to pass Spanish 2 after failing Spanish 1?

MattGaiser 6y ago
> How is someone going to pass Spanish 2 after failing Spanish 1? Failure is not a barrier to passing evidently.
bluefirebrand 6y ago
It is kind of a weird assumption on her part, but also weird behavior on the part of the school. It all just stinks is what I mean. Basically no one took any kind of responsibility for this kid's education and success.

misiti3780 6y ago

It's still a bit confusing no - that the mother knew he was failing classes but thought everything was fine?

prepend 6y ago
Sadly, the mother probably graduated from this same school system so it’s a vicious cycle.