Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA

Re:Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half ... by tyingq on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:33PM (#26363668)

I see equal blame. The school kept moving him up a grade, and into higher level classes, despite him failing the classes. They didn't actually "fail him" until the very end, all the way from Senior to Freshman.

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Re:Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half ... by WalterBright on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:52PM (#26363820)

Eons ago, when I attended public school K-12 exactly one student was ever held back a grade. This was in spite of teachers constantly threatening recalcitrant kids with holding them back. The kids knew it was an empty threat and ignored it. The teachers passed them to get rid of them.

It wasn't just one school, either. My dad being in the Air Force, we moved around a lot. The schools were the same everywhere.

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