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Old 04-25-2008, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by jeezeweeze View Post
I know my grand children graduated with horrible grades....how does that happen.
My wife teaches High School and she's telling me that the leading cause of bad grades is not doing homework or just not coming to class.

Some kids do just enough to get by and D means Diploma.

No child left behind encourages schools to graduate as many students as possible because if the graduation rate drops they can loose accredidation.

And she's still listing reasons but I can't type that fast.
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