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Re:Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half ... by unishark on Friday March 05, 2021 @07:59PM (#26364249)
> ...they decided to do exactly nothing.

They were very slow and weak about responding, but you're overstating. They did a few things over the three years, up to and including finally bumping the child back to 9th grade.

The mother apparently did exactly nothing. Until the school's actions finally hit home hard enough.

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Re:Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half ... by rusabd on Friday March 05, 2021 @08:14PM (#26364330)
The headline literally says "ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA". So it is not an isolated incident. That is a lot of mothers who did exactly nothing
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Re:Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half ... by unishark on Friday March 05, 2021 @08:39PM (#26364439)
Maybe? I don't know.

My complaint is with your misuse of language to make a point. "Exactly nothing" means beyond zero is excluded. At worst you need to use "essentially nothing" or some such vague/weasel words rather than stating logical falsehoods.

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