Student sent back to 9th Grade from 12th Grade

[@willowstarzkool]

Imagine getting such bad grades you have to be on the news 😭

[@keshawnbowen8054]

Crazy as hell 😂

[@blak3brutus229]

Tbf I skipped over 100 days my senior year and somehow graduated not knowing a single fuckin thing below 9th grade basics.

[@blak3brutus229]

Yet publix is a job 😂

[@MisterGenesis64AK]

That’s because nobody gives a damn during senior year

[@TRUMPeterswan1624]

😂

[@laneyperkins840]

“He did all of it for nothing” he literally did nothing 😭

[@pg3dgaming634]

Lol

[@AjasAura]

Yah I would love to know all of WHAT does he think he did 😂 he couldn’t even get an A in gym

[@jasmineartis5754]

He ditched ALOT. Running the streets. His mom should’ve been on that ass.

[@pauldavis9387]

@@AjasAuraHow do you not get an A in gym. All you have to do is show up.

[@aaronroberts799]

For real!

[@miketrissel5494]

Not to take a bite out of your story, but just how responsible is a mom who didn't know her kid missed 272 days of school, and flunked 22 classes, and yet is trying to turn it on the school. They are not his parents! Who signed his report card ... did she not look at it?

[@Leviatiemily]

I think report cards are virtual only now..

[@Christobanistan]

@@Leviatiemily And yet SHE did not ever LOOK at it. Unless he's a master hacker...LOL

[@MG-iu4eh]

And she never took away his video games away and made him do his home work and study!

[@timekabolden5309]

❤❤❤❤

[@Savage.-_.Gamer1]

@@MG-iu4ehthis 🗣️

[@iBe_Vybin]

The fact he still did better than half his class with those grades is actually insane.

[@shelbbyte]

I think both are at fault. The mom for not responsibly checking his grades and the school for continuing to promote him despite the class failures

[@kencreel5660]

Does the child have No responsibility ? He didn’t go to class and he didn’t do the work. How old do you have to be to understand that is your responsibility in a school?

[@baddestbuilt6534]

@@kencreel5660well most of the students are beyond failing and have an even lower gpa than him.. sooo I think it’s time to look at the school also

[@nickmastro6870]

Everyone is responsible, including the student, but the whole community

[@sweetcherry7759]

They’re forced to pass kids along no matter what- I think it’s part of the “no child left behind” BS, now kids are d^mb af and don’t do any work or learn anything

[@sweetcherry7759]

@@baddestbuilt6534 yeah, bc of the “no child left behind” policy, kids have to be passed along no matter how d^mb they or if they do literally nothing.

[@belgnbor]

She went 4 years without even looking at her childs grades? While the school failed, she also failed. How can you not check how your child is going. Schools really need to be audited how they continue to push kids up the system for are failing or can't even read.

[@isabelle8836]

Don't the parents have to sign the report cards?!

[@alayhaferron1972]

The school faked his grades.

[@tempgirl00711]

She needs to look in the mirror. Period stop blaming everyone else for ur problems. His parents are the problem. They could've nipped this in the bud early on like 9th grade! They could've gotten a second job to pay for a tutor and bought extra textbooks from Library to teach him at home and help him. They could've been checking his daily work and test results, and looking at his report cards and progress reports and parent teacher conferences. Stop blaming everyone for what u should've been doing off jump. People think all u gotta do is pop out a kid, job done. But it's not there's a lot of work involved in doing that. And that work lasts for over 18 years. It's a daily full-time job! If her azz wasn't tired every day then she wasn't raising her kid. Cuz it should've been wearing her azz out. Just like marriages, it's all work. Sacrifice. How u not see his grades? How? She's ridiculous. And was lazy parenting.

[@alayhaferron1972]

@@tempgirl00711 1. She has three jobs already. She probably works 70 hours week or more just to keep a float. My mom had to do this when my dad left. She worked from 6:30 am to 11:30 and weekends too. Sundays were for sleep. 2. Most families can’t afford a tutor even with multiple jobs. 3. They’re in a low income area where textbooks are not widely available and schools don’t depend on textbooks 4. The schools were passing him and making false reports. Not just for her kid but other kids. If they don’t tell parents their kids are not in school or they are not doing well how are they supposed to know? This comment really speaks to your privilege

[@1993kennyb]

@@alayhaferron1972 that wouldn't make sense. So the school will increase his grades? Then what every other semester change them to a failing grade over a 4 year time period?

[@JorgensZelda]

As bad as his grades are, half the kids did WORSE?! Worse than 0.13? On a 4.0 scale? Like, what is up with that school? The whole thing needs to be thrown out.

[@seinfan9]

Notice that the single mom is clueless. The crux of the problem is the parenting.

[@carltoncoleman454]

Yeah, it makes you wonder what percentage of the students are actually passing. Someone with a 2.00 would likely be in the top 25% of the class the way these numbers look. The median GPA for most public schools is around 2.5 to 3.0.

[@Heavenly_Fury]

Honestly looking at his case there seems to be a lack of parenting. She a single mom with three kids that also works. She clearly not keeping tabs on her kids there a portal all she has to do is look at it. Her son isn’t failing cause of education he not doing the work large number of absences and the fact he failed gym (a class that only requires attendance and preparedness) to pass. School did play a role but parenting is the big issue

[@carltoncoleman454]

It starts at home first and foremost and is more of the mom’s fault than anyone else’s. I wouldn’t be surprised if her kids are by different fathers and none of them are in their lives.

[@brothermouzone1307]

The school? Try the parents.

[@Megatron797]

Half of his classmates doing WORSE than him is wild.

[@TariFamily-w8h]

He missed over 272 days of school, do you really expect him to pass?

[@Devinebreathe]

@@TariFamily-w8hdid you not hear he was one of the better students

[@Brandon-p9k]

Bro missed more than 200 days and somehow scored better than half of his class 💀

[@SpaceSheb]

He’s on the better half of the students…

[@gloriathompson6606]

As a parent, your child’s education is your responsibility.

[@freyastar4399]

lol yes and no.. as a parent you aren’t in that school with them. That’s why it’s also on the school to notify the parents when the kids are struggling in a subject.. THEN as the parents who now KNOW that they child is struggling with something, it is your responsibility to help them.. you see how that works.. the adults need to communicate. Something is missing from this story.. maybe a lot of some things. It is not normal to get “thrown” back to 9th grade from twelfth grade. Who allowed him to pass 9th grade to begin with? And then 10th? And then 11th?? The parents aren’t in charge of that.. so you see … it isn’t solely on the parents. Let’s not turn our heads to the fact that the education system is failing all around. I just came from a video of teachers saying their 7th graders are reading at a 4th grade level… how tf did they get to 7th grade? And the teachers said that the schools will just keep letting them graduate.. so let’s be honest..

[@Noname-si6jr]

100%

[@Noname-si6jr]

Teachers, a lot of times, are glorified baby sitters. Kids are going to school to socialize. I was always in my sons class. 3 jobs for what? Buy your child a tutor.

[@KamalaIsTrash]

EXACTLY! Any decent parent will be on top of their child 's education, every step of the way.. Of course this mother is choosing to cry and play the victim because that's all these Liberal zombies know...

[@gloriathompson6606]

@@freyastar4399 You know your child is going to school EVERYDAY, but you don’t bother to ask them about homework or report cards. I found that with my four children, if teachers know you’re keeping tabs on your child, they will get more attention.

[@FoNgThOnG]

I love how they show him playing video games while homie has the GPA of a rock.

[@ComicXanz]

I could never get away with this shit lol.

[@aleggett169]

THIS!!! 😂😂😂

[@Pack_Watch]

Ong how tf do you get away with this sht 😂😂😂 they put me on an ankle monitor because i missed only 20 days, let alone 272??!!! (Im a good boy now)

[@bcpr9812]

If he can hyperfocus on video games, but his schoolwork and attendance suffer, it's possible that he has undiagnosed ADHD.

[@abellewis3062]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joebirckhead5716]

The parent failed this child. How do you not check a report card in 4 years of high school? Otherwise, you would know.

[@RobRock1978]

How could they have set him back in 12 grade rather than recognizing his low performances in earlier grades. Why was he advanced to 10th grade, 11th and 12th! Pathetic!

[@JackHaveman52]

@@RobRock1978 The school is a mess but she should have known that something was wrong a long time ago. It means that she never ONCE looked at his report cards or grades. The school failed but she failed her own son by not paying attention to what her son was up to. She went to school. She knows what goes on there and she chose to ignore it.

[@mkevicus1755]

She didn’t go to parent and teacher conferences, she didn’t go to pta meetings, and didn’t see his report card, she fail him, this school should be shut down.

[@datgirlll._.luvvheartss]

Exactly, I’m just wondering through those 4yrs did she even glance at it??

[@tubester4567]

@@RobRock1978 The kid missed 272 days of school. The mother is negligent. This is what the woke demanded for black kids. To pass even when the kid hasnt done any work, or even showed up for class for most of the year. Now we have lowering literacy rates in the black community, kids are reaching college that can barely read. Majority of these kids are 3 or 4 years behind their age group. There was another story where the school did pass a kid even though he wasnt in school for most of the year. Many schools are passing kids for woke reasons, but some schools are reversing these policies because outcomes are much worse.

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

Imagine getting held back so hard you make the news

[@Tempest1816]

No ma’am. The school wasn’t the only one who failed him. You did!

[@dr.rickbooty]

School failed. It took them 4 years to figure out he was failing?

[@MrBoss-re6lp]

@@dr.rickbootyI think it’s just because they had to check if he met the requirements for graduation and when they figured out he didn’t they sent him back to 9th grade.

[@Pack_Watch]

@@dr.rickbootyit took HER 4 years to figure out? What kinda mother isnt always on her kids studies??

[@dr.rickbooty]

@@MrBoss-re6lp That is BS. You are not suppose to be able to get to the next grade if you don't pass. As far as I see it, the school enabled him to not work. If you can pass without doing the work, why work?

[@dr.rickbooty]

@@Pack_Watch No progress reports, no report cards, only 1 request by the teacher for a conversation in 4 years, and she works multiple jobs to pay bills. She depends on the school to do the right thing. For me, this school staff should be arrested. They enabled students to pass without doing work. Let me remind you, this kid in question here placed above average in his class. So majority of students in this school do no work and pass. It is a student's dream. I had a class where I did no work and passed and it was my favorite class. However, my other classes werent like that. Only one teacher. Student will slack off if the teacher and school allows it.

[@pinkblackhole]

This honestly takes a lot of skill. Like how tf did you repeat high school all over again 💀

[@keyRobloxrp]

😂

[@watcheronly71]

Me bro...no need to mention

[@ThatPurpleWurmple]

Feels like some of my dreams

[@idontevenknow741]

Not doing any work requires no skill

[@danieldavid9887]

😂😂😂

[@nothisispatrick9778]

That woman is a definition for “educational neglect”

[@BritgirlTX]

At the beginning of every school year a parent fills out a mountain of paperwork - including email and pone number of parent(s)/Guardian

[@GTJOAT]

​@@BritgirlTXit is easy for a kid to put their own email and phone number on the papers

[@EnzymeDestroyer25]

How tf do you miss almost 300 days of school

[@SwaggiestCone]

Bro forgotten school for OVER A YEAR 💀💀💀💀

[@tigersfan1993]

Its actually over a year because you dont go to school for 365 days a year.​@@SwaggiestCone

[@DarthSidian]

How are there FIFTY-EIGHT students doing worse than this guy is?!

[@GenericPlasticWaterBottle]

It's Baltimore. What do you expect?

[@DavidJ-ty5jm]

​@@GenericPlasticWaterBottleSingle-mother households.. what do you expect???

[@EnzymeDestroyer25]

@@DavidJ-ty5jmNahh it’s baltimore

[@make_hi6365]

@@DavidJ-ty5jmBro what?

[@bobgaming67]

@@DavidJ-ty5jmnah its just bmore

[@imwatchingthisvideo7023]

Kid didn't try. Mom never noticed. School system sucked. Quite frankly, this is everyone's fault.

[@kitfisto1827]

How is it the schools fault? They cant teach the kid if he isnt there to learn.

[@talapeanutbutter4250]

I agree. Why don’t the parents show more concern with taking responsibility? Why doesn’t she know he didn’t attend school? Why didn’t her son know he failed classes. Finally, why hasn’t the school take notice throughout the 4 years and helped him? Failure from all of them. I feel for the parent and the student. It’s sad

[@mattmarzula]

@Carissa Wu never make excuses for people's life choices. And while I objectively do not care about this woman, her kids, the city of Baltimore, or the state of Maryland I can tell you that you're excusing failure. That's not helping anyone. You blame the school system for excusing failure in one comment. You excuse the student and mother's failures in the next. There's no consistency or logic there. What three jobs can a person possibly work where they can take care of three children? What three jobs can a person possibly work where they can not get more hours at one and quit the others? Does she work at Wendy's, McDonald's, and Burger King? How can anyone really work with fingernails like that? This woman has failed as a mother. That's the bottom line.

[@No_Frauds]

No, it’s the mothers faults and the sons fault

[@ioyom]

@@mattmarzula are you saying she lied about working 3 jobs?

[@michaelyoungs7108]

She blames everyone except her son and herself.

[@knos360]

That's exactly what I thought.

[@Pack_Watch]

Shes a single black mother, what behavior do you expect 💀💀

[@knos360]

@Pack_Watch Guess no single white or Hispanic or any other race makes mistakes..Thank Mr. PERFECT RACE..

[@Pack_Watch]

@@knos360 i mean those have less single mothers soo

[@andreaalarcon8732]

​@@knos360 a mistake for 3years? My Hispanic parents would notice right away of my bad grades and missed school.

[@bluhammer06]

Guaranteed he was a “behavior problem kid” in all his classes!

[@VoltaGhost]

I get that she’s overwhelmed being a single parent but damn, how do you not look at a single report card in 3 years?

[@greatconvoy9790]

Right!?

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

Facts. And also the kid just doesn't care. I'm the worst procrastinator in history and I somehow still get all As and Bs because my parents (and myself) care about my grades.

[@disruptivecapitalist5367]

I stopped showing my parents my report card since the 6th grade…and they never asked for it. I still graduated top 5% of my class. It’s personal responsibility by the end of it. Even if they held his hand until graduation and somehow managed to get into college, he wouldn’t last a semester with that work ethic. Absent for almost 300 days…it’s almost like missing over an entire year of his high school time

[@I1ght961]

@@TheSpacePlaceYT literally just trying and not learning you can get at least a C- in every class

[@Abdul-w1f]

She works three jobs with 3 kids, she can’t worry about the the small details of all three of them while also being that busy. A quick “did he pass” check is all she had, the school should’ve at least emailed/called her, and pull his grade back in the first year after not passing at all.

[@Jarail2004]

No one in this story is a victim. The kid put in no effort, the mom provided no accountability or oversight, the school passed him along to make him someone else problem.

[@Dillweed9001]

I feel bad for the teachers. they had to deal with the stress and pressure of teaching an inner-city school.

[@SJM6791]

Bingo!!!

[@juliematt1997]

Really!!!!!! Stop judging people,

[@Jarail2004]

@@juliematt1997 what part of my statement did you disagree with?

[@KevSon29]

@@Jarail2004 He could aleast go to Khan academy. I agree with you on that bro.

[@jamiemarie1369]

"He didn't deserve that"...he also doesn't deserve to graduate

[@Froslek]

he does actually, you have no clue of the pain people like him are going through and instead of making comments like this you should imagine yourself at his position and ask yourself if you really deserve to lose 3 whole years of your life for nothing

[@jamiemarie1369]

@@Froslek I was in his position. I stayed in class every break, every lunch as well as after school every day so I could graduate.

[@jamiemarie1369]

@Froslek Life is hard as hell! Nothing will ever be handed to those who are less fortunate. The underdogs have to work twice as hard in life. It sucks and it's not fair but that's life. There is no way he didn't know he failed his classes. This is when he can go to an alternative high school, bust his ass and graduate.

[@Froslek]

​@@jamiemarie1369 okay, but I think three years is a bit excessive. I lost two years. Grades do not matter or indicate intelligence. Additionally, you don't learn anything at all, and after you graduate, you forget everything. It's just for a stupid diploma that will get you a wage job that you will work for the rest of your life. I think sympathizing with him and his mother could be good, and not just saying that he didn't work at all and that he didn't deserve to graduate because you don't personally know him. You were in his position, so you should understand. Yes, it's not fair, and yes, you're right, that's life. But making comments like this is just rude.

[@jamiemarie1369]

@Froslek 3 years is a lot. The school failed him by not addressing the issue sooner. But that doesn't mean he should be handed a diploma. I think he thought he was getting away without having to do the work. I know as a single mom myself, we get caught up in life and don't realize we still need to check on grades. But at some point during those 3 years, his mother should have checked his progress and the school should have notified her. Not just by mail but also by phone.

[@jadenstar1038]

Whats outrageous is the fact that HALF the school has a lower GPA than him. While the mother is to share in the blame, its quite evident that this is a much more systematic issue with the School and its Administration as a whole, who have failed these kids (in life).

[@chrism2516]

Agreed. The teen is responsible for his own grades and showing up to class but 1/2 the senior class failing is a bit much

[@hundredseok]

I completely agree. I feel like nobody in the comments actually watched the video

[@tollpatschny3346]

It’s pretty wild because everyone is going on and on about how much the mother failed her son, but honestly it’s pretty reasonable of her to think that if they moved her son on to English 2, that must mean he passed English 1.

[@myrtlealley]

You can't teach people who don't want to learn.

[@KingBreadMan727]

​@@myrtlealleyThe solution to that is not forcing them.

[@Nille0212]

Everyone failed him, but ultimately your child's education is your responsibility.

[@ArtByAsh05]

Exactly. This kid was absent for 272 days out of 4 school years? That's roughly a third of that!

[@redzoom7857]

Yep, I wouldn’t have been bold enough to skip classes and not pass my classes. Her son knew he wasn’t doing his work and was skipping classes. That’s not an accident.

[@drgn5511]

​@@ArtByAsh05"Late or absent", high chance that these are classes rather than days too, for 4 years that isn't that bad.

[@bladewolf39]

The fact that the school still let him advance is appalling. The fact that this woman didnt think nothing was wrong with her kid, and thought the school was at fault is even more appalling. Like, ma'am, youre the parent! Youre supposed to be on top of your kid's grades and performance in school! What are YOU doing?

[@Nille0212]

@@drgn5511 it's not bad to be late or absent 272 times in 4 years?!? And that's actually not correct either because it's 3/4 months every year that school is out for the summer and breaks. So just going with 3 months a year not being in school anyway, that's really 3 years spent in actual school for your HS career. Being late or absent 272 times in 3 years is absolutely absurd! That's an average of 90 absences or tardies per school year! I had serious health issues in HS and I didn't miss that many days of school. And I didn't even finish my freshman and sophomore years of HS because I had to have major surgery at the end of each year! Sorry but I'm going to have to disagree with you on that point.

[@nursejim2129]

Poor mom. She thought all those F’s meant fantastic.

[@AnonymousLioness_97]

😂😂😂

[@nichtmehrals9917]

That's hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MarkoDimovski-xw3ei]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@EpicYoutubeHandle]

Los Angeles ass IQ

[@batmanbeyond1929]

Star vs the forces of evil reference

[@Aether-Beneder]

All those years, no one at home checking his work, or, attendance? Disturbing.

[@TheGirlAboutTown]

She sounds absolutely crazy! My parents were checking for homework, report cards, and calling schools! She completely dropped the ball!

[@ceceprincess4758]

Working three jobs Wheres the family

[@carontorliak2760]

Im sorry but I think you were quite priviledged then and not understanding the complete lack of care this school gave to their students.

[@kimpeater1]

@@carontorliak2760 it's not privileged. It doesn't take money to check on your kid every once in a while, to see how they're doing in life. Because for a kid, school is their life. Why isn't this mom checking in?

[@askosefamerve]

​​@@carontorliak2760 If you can't care about your child why have one?

[@carontorliak2760]

@@kimpeater1 for one, she is a single mom with 3 kids and 3 jobs. We don't know everything about her life but this in itself puts her at a disadvantage for her success in fulfilling the potential of her kids. Also, she saw her kid passing into the grade above so probably thought he was doing good enough to at least get a diploma. Also, based on what I have seen from Baltimore schools and the Baltimore project, she may have seen report cards and thought nothing of checking up because the school admin made fraudulent ones! Sure, she definitely should have caught onto this earlier but instead of blaming her for not investigating if the school was a fraud, i think the school should be more at blame for being a fraud.

[@popquizzz]

By listening to his Mom, I can see where the failure starts.

[@Pasan34]

I mean.. I CAN be uppity about it like you and I am all for self responsibility. But man.. In this case though. The school just fked up royally. The kid was promoted for 3 YEARS?! That's not right. The mom works 3 jobs and has 3 kids? She definitely has responsibility, but the school system failed much worse.

[@frankdank7439]

@@Pasan34 We get it you don't ever hold blks accountable.

[@ceceprincess4758]

Why

[@Havok4191]

😂😂😂

[@dr.rickbooty]

Well, he still has the same mom and he has a 3.0 GPA in his current school, so get your vision checked. It was the school all along and criminal charges are pending.

[@marsham.1731]

I am amazed at how the parent takes no responsibility. A parent is responsible for checking their kids grades. Her son skipped class and expected to graduate but the school is to blame. You and your son are responsible. No parental accountability.

[@earthwormscrawl]

If I had missed school even once unexcused, or gotten a single failing grade my parents would have had a good old fashioned "discussion" with me and it would have never happened again. The knowledge of this is why it never happened to begin with. That's why in my early 60's I'm making around $300K a year. My wife and I have six kids in their early 30's to early 40's. All are making six figures and all own their own homes. Total parent and child accountability on education from the day they're born.

[@suprmekai5]

Responsibility for what she’s not the one who kept promoting him to the next Grade and higher classes the freaking school did. No parents or teachers conferences that he’s failing or skipping class.

[@TRUMPeterswan1624]

well ya gotta have the victimhood all the time

[@theshadowfax239]

​@@earthwormscrawl Weird that you supposedly know your adult kids salaries... Do you employ them?

[@earthwormscrawl]

@@theshadowfax239 They've told me. They're very proud of their achievements and independence. They've also setup funds to cover for each other should one of them befall an unexpected disaster.

[@thecharlespowell]

0.13 GPA is crazy bro 💀😭

[@m.htruth8880]

It's something I guess lol

[@arichardson5903]

All 3 needs to be held accountable: the parent, the child, and the school system!

[@russianbear54]

The parent has to be accountable. The schools can't do anything in terms of enforcing attendance and discipline, else Al Sharpton will come with a bull horn and cry "systemic racism."

[@TheAnarchist99]

@Tod Black people have a rate of child abandonment higher than any other ethnicity.

[@trippleprod.1980]

If your in highschool you will remain a Freshman until you reach 5.5 credits. You must earn 11.5 credits to become a Junior and 17.5 credits to become a Senior. He only had 2.5 them moving him to the next grade is saying he is passing. The only ones to get the blame is the school

[@trippleprod.1980]

@@russianbear54 stfu

[@kennethhardrick3550]

@Tod wdym? the father isnt even in the kids life just like my dad and I still graduated, even if the school system isn't working still strive to be better than everyone at the school, its not the fathers fault this is just the result of no ass whoopings at all and no punishments

[@patriciaanndemello4652]

Parents are failing their children by not being involved. There's probably not a lot of literacy at home. I was raised by a single mom and she read to me and took me to museums and made sure I attended school. There's no excuse for this situation.

[@haleydavila6471]

I’m a substitute teacher and you’re absolutely right. I sub for 3rd grade and 4th grade and it’s sad how many students still cannot read. They can’t do their assignments and at this point in the grade, we’ve moved on learning how to read

[@alycewich4472]

No excuse? A single mom, working 3 jobs and has 3 kids, that sounds like a big reason (not excuse) to me! She is NOT on welfare or she wouldn't be working 3 jobs! So lots of points for Mom. She also told her son he had to FIGHT to do the work even if he had to got back to 9th grade. She's teaching all of her children by example. I'm PROUD of her! I'm going to assume that this young man is her firstborn. She TRUSTED the school. They were passing him, so he must be doing well enough to graduate. From other comments in this thread, he apparently transferred to another school and ended up getting A's & B's. Other comments were that some teachers cannot fail kids, they have to pass them on or the administration with fire them. Not an environment I would want to work in. The stunning thing to me was that her son's GPA was better that most of the "graduating class." So how many other children from this specific "school" didn't graduate and were told that they had to restart their education and how many took up the challenge and did so? I remember when my sons were in grade school back in the 90's. I discovered that the elementary school was passing on kids even if they failed. Why? The answer floored me. Because they have to stay with their age group! At some point in time, they'll be so embarrassed or finally decide to put in the work and they'll be fine! This was in one of the best school districts in the city!

[@Smokr]

Failure of a mother, failure of a school, failure of a student. They all failed. Miserably. None of them put in any effort at all. None. ZERO.

[@_TheDarkHalf]

Regardless os the legal terms regarding his age...F that it's 100% this kids fault.

[@CrimsonSurvival]

Yup

[@shadowyzephyr]

@@_TheDarkHalf If it were just him you could solely put the blame on him... but 58 other students failed?! Half his entire class as a

[@LilT2o00]

@@_TheDarkHalfThe initial F's yes. If you fail english 1, english 2, and they put you in English 3? He could have a change of attitude and put through his biggest effort and he was still gonna fail that shit. Putting someone in senior classes when they can't pass the freshmen level equivalent of the same class? dude could do nothing but eat shit, and study, and he's still got 0% chance of passing. They should have held his ass in English 1 till he passed it.

[@gavin2870]

@@_TheDarkHalf You are so ignorant yet so confident.

[@iamgawd6969]

3 years later hope hes enjoying his jr year

[@HooverDam1935]

For the second time lol

[@Hi_times_2]

“Where my hug at”?

[@kay.a7652]

She sounded ridiculous.. She won’t accept the fact that her child did NOTHING for 4 years!

[@rsokon24]

I completely agree. I’m a teacher. I notice that many parents don’t even care about their children’s education until it’s time to plan the graduation party.

[@Dogoria]

If you guys are teachers you really need to help students because I am failing 5 class and 3 pass class I am so disappointed in my self and even the school

[@jasoncarpenter7488]

@@rsokon24 yes! I have 3 boys. Two Graduated and one in the 8th grade. All the years that I have went to parent Teacher conferences there was hardly any parents that showed! I had a terrible learning disability all throughout School. I want to make sure that I can be there for my child to help with their Education! I talk to some of my friends with children that say...It's embarrassing to let their childs Teacher know that they may not be able to understand something to help their child! If that's the case I would much rather be embarrassed than not be able to help my child if they may need help! I have never had any of my kids Teachers makes me feel less than because I ask them...Please help me to help my child at home!

[@bentouta5]

@@rabbiezekielgoldberg2497 Troll, please listen. It has nothing to do with her ethnicity. It's a cycle of poverty that is maintained by horrible habits. Having children out of wedlock and having little to no education which forces her to work more than she should and to tend to needs like food, clothing, water and electricity while neglecting academic and social development. Countless well educated and successful African Americans were children of slaves and share croppers. Hardwork and dedication are learned behaviors but laziness and apathy are as well. Culture not ethnicity.

[@biscuitoffme]

and as a mother she didn't either. you have to try hard and be in denial hard as hell to miss this.

[@catjuice8420]

Let's be fair here. 1: The mother is not the brightest for blaming her son's failures on the school. How does your kid miss 300 some days of school and you dont know and you expect him to graduate for high school? Give me a break! WAKE UP LADY!!!! 2: how the school let him move on to the next class is beyond me.

[@vakhelset]

NCLB basically bullies school districts into passing students who fail.

[@DonJulio1942]

@@vakhelset uh just a lil side note but Barack Obama did away with no child left behind in 2015 lol

[@vakhelset]

@@DonJulio1942 Only the national effects, the rest was left to the states, and we all know how lazy State BOE's are.

[@Kodeuk]

The school let him move to another class and that they tried to give him another chance

[@Kodeuk]

@Riley Rhaburn he should be in kindergarten

[@killiantitan3711]

At that point I would just get a GED. How tf you gonna be 21 years old and still in high school. Thats ridiculous.

[@littlelettuce1215]

I was but I did not go to a public school. I went to a homeschool program that was funded by the school county and I completed my high school diploma online.

[@sct4040]

He gets kick out of school at 21.

[@osajiros]

I think my school had a 20 year old?

[@Marquipuchi]

@@osajiros you aren't allowed to be in public highschool past the age of 20. so thats the oldest you could possibly see

[@baselsalam]

The point is to learn, not your age.

[@mcaj81]

Your childs education is your responsibility.

[@m.htruth8880]

At home, not in "schools"

[@daughterofsekhmet81]

I refuse to believe that this mother had NO idea what was going on for 4 full years. Even back in the 90s before email, smartphones, and parent portals my parents always knew my grades(unless I managed to intercept the postman on report card day lol) and got a call every time I ditched a class. Nowadays you pretty much have to never interact with your kid's school and have no phone or email to not know your kid is doing poorly. I have no doubt she's a busy lady, but if she has time to get her hair & nails done then she has time to log into a parent portal. The school is partly at fault for passing him but I kind of get it, they're under immense pressure to pass everyone along with being held to DEI guidelines that say it's racist to expect black kids to pass on their own merit so I can see why schools just give up sometimes. But this is largely ignorance, laziness, and lack of accountability on mom & son's parts.

[@rongill1234]

i can believe it because when i was in 12th grade in 2000 to 2001 i would skip classes all the time and they never told my family... i was passing the classes tho... i had a kid in class start crying because he came all the time and never missed a day but he was failing and i didn't and i had a a average... the teacher didn't pass me because of attendance and i got in trouble hard with parents.... went to summer school skipped the max amount of days i could told the teacher i could pass the test in 5 mins..... did it then passed

[@sobetterwithyou]

Which weed are you smoking? The school is pressured to pass students? What BS is that? If a student fails, he fails. Simple as that. The school has FIRST HAND knowledge of the kid's grades but they chose to promote him to the next grade anyway. Four long years it took them to rectify their mistake?

[@RobRock1978]

How could the school set him back in 12 grade without recognizing his low performance when they advanced him to 10th, 11th and 12th? Blame doesn’t have to be laid in one place. The school must take responsibility too. How many other students get advanced with failed classes?

[@Aaron_R]

She also works 3 jobs because she couldn't work with the father or chose a poor father.

[@RobRock1978]

@@Aaron_R No father in the house is a big problem in the black community because the government trades welfare for votes. Part of that welfare gives mothers more money for each child. Why do some folks think blame needs to be laid on one central character. The government is part of this equation.

[@lady.leo12]

Parents like this woman infuriate me to no end. I'm a teacher who teaches middle schoolers. I'm constantly emailing and calling parents about their child's academic progress but they want to act surprise their child has 2-3rd grade math skills. They conveniently claim "didn't know" and it's the school's fault. There's no way she didn't know. Parents know when their kid is smart or struggles in school. Bottom line SHE failed him! She's the parent who sole responsibility is making sure her son is receiving a good education.

[@AuroraBoarder1]

Once I had a conversation with a middle school teacher, who told me about a student failing in his class. When he reported it to his single mother, she actually said, "That's your problem, not mine!"

[@kyleklmondwa9042]

If I had a pretty thing like YOU teaching me in class I never would have been able to focus on my school work baby girl. Whats ur snapchat mommy

[@Christobanistan]

​@@AuroraBoarder1That's the normal attitude for parents in these poorly performing areas. For decades the attitude in black homes was that "education is for white people," who they hated. Kids who excelled were shamed as "white." Today, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is all the rage, which puts enormous pressure on educators to pass black kids on to the next grade no matter what (or you're racist!). At the college level, Affirmative Action ensures black kids don't need to study, yet still get admitted to good schools with ease, where they fail in high numbers because they aren't prepared academically. So academics just aren't a priority in the America's black communities. Try to point any of this out, much less try to fix any of it, and a Democrat will call you a racist.

[@tempgirl00711]

She needs to look in the mirror. Period stop blaming everyone else for ur problems. His parents are the problem. They could've nipped this in the bud early on like 9th grade! They could've gotten a second job to pay for a tutor and bought extra textbooks from Library to teach him at home and help him. They could've been checking his daily work and test results, and looking at his report cards and progress reports and parent teacher conferences. Stop blaming everyone for what u should've been doing off jump. People think all u gotta do is pop out a kid, job done. But it's not there's a lot of work involved in doing that. And that work lasts for over 18 years. It's a daily full-time job! If her azz wasn't tired every day then she wasn't raising her kid. Cuz it should've been wearing her azz out. Just like marriages, it's all work. Sacrifice. How u not see his grades? How? She's ridiculous. And was lazy parenting.

[@JackieOwl94]

This is true. Parents have told me that it wasn’t their responsibility to do anything for their child, including feeding them. Those kids are just tax write-offs to these people.

[@norbertdx]

The old excuse "I got multiple jobs, and other kids" is no excuse for not taking your role as the parent to look and ask. Over 2 days absent, and you never looked at the report card to see he was failing. Yes, the school just wanted to get him off their hands, but the fault started with the parents. Who can he turn to you! who initially failed him? you! whose not taking the blame as they point the finger? You!

[@thomasgibson8025]

Did anyone notice the lack of a father in the story?

[@closer02001]

Most likely because she was treated similarly as a student in that same or similar community. She skated through, and consequently is weak in those very same core competencies. Out of pride, ignorance and/or fear she ignored the obvious; her child(ren) were not advancing, there wasn't any interest in or discussions of subjects in their classes, no questions or discussions about college or trade schools AFTER graduation, etc. This likely never happened in the home of her youth either. These issues are and have always been generational.

[@koguma.newyork1]

@@thomasgibson8025 women like her have the tendency to mate with random africans (w/ no papers) or transient criminals, which pretty much answers the question about "where are the fathers?"

[@romarqable]

As a parent, i dont care how many jobs you work. You have access to your childrens grades in some form. And no "good kid" has 270 tardies to their name. The mom is making an ass out of herself. As a parent its YOUR responsibilty to raise your kids right and guide them. She has failed herself and her son. This is just embarassing. All that said, the teachers and schools push no child left behind programs. So of course they pushed him through and up despite the fact that he should've been left back.

[@aliceg.199]

The parents are responsible first and foremost...ALWAYS. The school also has some responsibility in this situation, but it starts and ends with the parents.

[@HiThisIsMine]

I mean.. considering the SOLE purpose of school is providing education… it’s safe to say the school has more than “some” responsibility in this situation. School system let the kid and the parent down.. they didn’t take appropriate actions for a massively failing student or his incredible amount of absences. The school is responsible for the safety of the children when they are at school. They never took any steps to ensure the student was where they needed to be. The parent of course failed as well, for not taking a front row seat in ensuring her so son received proper education. It’s just as much her fault for not making sure he was at school.

[@DeftestAphid2]

Because I was a kid and remember it... it was up to me to pass my classes. I was threatened with getting my butt beat, but I was the one with the duty to prevent that tragedy.

[@HiThisIsMine]

@@DeftestAphid2 - there’s a large group of people who like to place the entire blame of children’s actions on their parents. If a child steals something, it’s the parents fault, if the kid fails in school.. parents… if the kid turns out to be a lowlife when they grow up… who’s fault is that?.. well, they blame the parents. Apparently, another human being, regardless of age, doesn’t have the ability to make their own independent decisions or be responsible for their own actions.

[@MsCarringtonsYoutube]

No it starts and ends with garbage public school systems.

[@bearswithglasses]

As a general statement I agree. In this case, I 100% disagree. The school should not have promoted this student. By doing so, they allowed for the illusion of actually passing and being proficient. This illusion actively hurts the parents' (and students') chances of addressing and fixing the problems while there was time to do so. Further, if you promote a student to level II when they don't understand level I, you are purposely setting them up to fail and essentially torturing the student. This is a choice. It's a choice that ensures the student does not show up to class because they do not understand what's going on, and they are receiving absolutely no help to remedy it, so the absences get worse. This is completely unacceptable, and as a teacher, this kind of admin bs really gets under my skin. It destroys lives. It makes me ashamed to be a teacher, even though most admin who make these decisions have *never* been classroom teachers. Whether we like it or not, a huge portion of the US population is not well educated and relies on qualified people (teachers) to fill the knowledge gap. This did not happen. The school failed. The US regularly scores badly in STEM... and even basic literacy... in the world rankings. This isn't a result of parents failing, it's a result of our education system failing. And it's 100% preventable.

[@stevemclovin1566]

He's a good boy, he didn't do nothing....he literally did nothing.

[@SunwardApple]

just sat on his bed playin fortnite probably

[@zeuskronos2018]

@@SunwardApple nah he was playing 2k I can tell on the screen.

[@yourselfrespect8201]

Exactly- he did nothing

[@AntonPogonin]

@@zeuskronos2018 Definitely.

[@yourselfrespect8201]

@@trippleprod.1980 No, but will it make him homeless? Yes.

[@kansasef5tornado91]

The fact that his rank is 62/120 does not make any sense

[@DutchKing]

there are more than 120 kids in a elementary school

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

That must mean more than half of students flunked out of school

[@whatisupmyfellowamericans8808]

@@DutchKing There are 120 students in his grade numbnuts

[@modelrailpreservation]

Remember the words of George Carlin: Look at how stupid the average person is, now realize half of them are stupider than that.

[@CalMarcy]

@@DutchKing its the class rank. Not the entire school. There are 120 12th graders

[@fidd1442]

NAH GPA 0.13 IS CRAZY NOT TO MENTION THERE ARE 58 OTHER KIDS WHO ARE ALSO HAVING TO REPEAT HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SCHOOL. EVEN I ONLY KNOW A GUY WHO HAS A GPA OF 1.4 BIT THATS THE LOWEST. CHRIST.

[@emelyramirez2871]

The lack of accountability is crazy! So it’s the school’s fault her son didn’t show up and pass his classes!? 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@MsCarringtonsYoutube]

It's the schools fault for Promoting him to the next grades When they knew he wasn't doing enough from the beginning. And Instead of holding him back the 1st year, they choose to do it a whole 4 years later. So it IS the garbage schools fault.

[@codingvio7383]

It is funny how he missed in total 272 days out of 3 years. Each school year has on average 180 days. That means he was only present 49% of the time in all the years of highschool. I looked at my transcript from all of highschool, and I only missed 7 days, half of them being sick or doctors appointment.

[@terrie6738]

@@MsCarringtonsKZbinschools do not hold back students anymore and haven’t for years. Him not even showing up to school, shows whose fault it is.

[@Christobanistan]

@@MsCarringtonsKZbin "t's the schools fault for Promoting him to the next grades When they knew he wasn't doing enough from the beginning" A small, small part of the problem.

[@brucelee5576]

In Baltimore they pass students regardless of grades , they mark students present even if they show up. That’s how they get funding , it’s not uncommon to find ppl in Baltimore who graduated high school and can only read and write at second or third grade level.

[@stevenzheng5459]

How the hell did his mom not know he had failing grades for 4 years?

[@Yourmanjeff]

she didn't even know he wasn't even at school most of the time.

[@cha0ticClipzz]

i bet she did, i bet she just never gave af

[@axa3687]

She works 3 jobs. You try that.

[@gabbycraft7035]

The school never told her

[@albizzle1280]

Youre dumb. Enabling people to be idle. ​@axa3687

[@12larrykathy]

He can't read, write or do math. He can't support himself. Why is this mother defending him? In my day the parent would have gone to jail for kids missing that many days of school.

[@queencupcake09]

real talk

[@_TheDarkHalf]

Jail????? No.

[@HeathenofthePineyWoods]

@@_TheDarkHalfyep. Truancy was taken very seriously.

[@gabbycraft7035]

The school is clearly an awful place anyways if that many kids are failing. I doubt he’d get quality education regardless unless he tried extremely hard. The school needs a massive revamp.

[@collinmc90]

At the worst they can be fined or sentenced to community service and the child can be taken to juvenile detention, A kid I knew in high school had tweaker parents. The court actually made a DHS worker escort the kid to and from school and the parents had received a monetary fine . @@_TheDarkHalf

[@nebyelats9542]

I like how they said he was late 272 times I can probably count the amount of times I was on time to high school on one hand and I still got all As

[@letspumpsumballas238]

congrats wanna cookie?

[@nebyelats9542]

@letspumpsumballas238 just saying that tardiness is not a good measurement of academic ability or intellect

[@letspumpsumballas238]

@@nebyelats9542 thats not what your comment was saying at all?? huhh 😭😭

[@NathanWoyessa]

​@@letspumpsumballas238 sounds like you need to retake highschool as well

[@Cbd_7ohm]

Your comment makes no sense.

[@kivakarmen8628]

"He's embarrassed and feels like a failure." One of the most powerful things my teacher told me after I bombed a major test that I didn't THOROUGHLY study for was: "Some times we all must face defeat." I was in the 5th grade and this Beautiful Teacher took me to the side and walked me through every question I missed and showed me a way to study and overcome my defeat. She was German teaching in an all black school. My point: Defeat makes you an Overcomer. This young man and his mother need accountibility. He didn't show up or put in effort. He should not have failed gym period. Mom did not do her part and help with homework , look at a progress/report cards, or conference with teachers. They both failed . Now that they know the problem, they need to overcome. THAT PS4 NEED TO BE LOCKED DOWN.

[@bambi9609]

This. There’s clearly something wrong. Whether the kid was raised with poor work ethic, there’s a mental or social issue happening - there should have been intervention. I blame the kid partially because at some point you must advocate for yourself, but I find the mother and school most at fault. If a kid is failing all of their classes and never showing up - you call CPS. You have a welfare check done. You contact the parents. If you notice your kid is refusing to go to school, not do homework, etc. You intervene. You speak with counselors and your child and figure out why (poor work ethic/lack of motivation, bullying, mental illness or disability, etc. literally whatever) and you create a solution. Of course, he’s embarrassed. At the end of the day, the school system kept letting him move on with social promotions and then he finally got held back way after the fact. He didn’t face the consequences of failing until it was too late to pick himself back up. The defeat should have come right after he failed his first class, not three years after the fact having failed his whole high school career. Counselors and parents should have spoken to him about what he plans to do after high school. It would have been a slap in the face to him that caused him to pick up the slack once he realized he can’t even get into community college at the rate he was going at. Now it’s too late and everybody failed him. I find it hard to blame him when you see how much neglect. Considering the mother hasn’t mentioned bullying or disability I do blame him partially for not stepping up to the plate, but you also need good mentorship to know to do that. Conflicted.

[@ninjaguyYT]

I mean, he IS a failure. I graduated early AND still ranked 60 / 660ish without trying... and this was at a "white people school". Yes, I'm asian, but still - I didn't try and ranked in the top 10%.

[@nieshamccoy9419]

@@bambi9609 Not a very good idea about CPS. They're already overwhelmed and very short staffed

[@starryskies113]

@@nieshamccoy9419 o

[@YouGotOptions2]

His mama couldve did everything right, but unless HE applies himself then it's all for naught. Kids these days are lazy AF and willfully distracted, with ZERO sccountability for their actions. At some point in time as a highschooler YOU have to give a damn. If HE doesnt give a damn, then it wont matter. PERIOD

[@benzoentertains]

I can’t imagine the embarrassment of having your grades and school records shown for the whole world to see😰

[@NazbolGaming]

Lmao

[@NazbolGaming]

😂😂😂

[@noobtry4735]

His fault for not even showing up

[@alleycat616]

A kid and mom like this clearly have no shame so I’m sure they don’t care. You can tell she’s just trying to find a way she can sue even though it’s their fault.

[@nieshamccoy9419]

That's Fox45 for you

[@phoenixjensen]

“stay strong son” man wtf you talking bout 😭 he failed every damn class he took

[@iLikeCok]

Almost

[@Asher-xz9hp]

@@iLikeCok D is basically failing. Yeah, you get credit for the class but even state colleges aren't going to accept a D average student.

[@masterninja9716]

That’s your white privilege talking 🤣 (just kidding, sarcasm doesn’t always translate in text)

[@masterninja9716]

@@Asher-xz9hpIn medical school the motto is literally “D is for degree.” I went to graduate school alongside medical students. Trust me, if you’ve seen what I’ve seen you would not trust any doctor.

[@connors3356]

@@masterninja9716i went to medical school I got an ğ (it’s higher than an A) when you get a ğ they let you eat the brains in the jars in the lab . i ate the brain and got its power

[@bigkatsmyth2351]

I can’t believe someone’s GPA would be released publicly like that.😢

[@someidiot4311]

prob the parent going to the news about this to call out the school or smth

[@RogerThat1637]

I like how when they're interviewing his Mom, he's playing video games in the background.

[@devinreis5811]

The video games are probably part of why he failed constantly.

[@obsidianeyedgoddess1994]

Honestly if that were my son, he wouldn’t be getting the privilege of playing video games. He would be doing nothing but his homework and chores instead 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ShamanTiers]

No I think it's the skipping 272 days part@@devinreis5811

[@natehenson71]

GTA 5 is probably preparing him more for his future life than Shakespeare, sadly.

[@syndicatebest7160]

Don’t blame the video games I played games and was top of my class it’s the individual not video games

[@jseon87]

I would be embarrassed to show my face let alone be interviewed about my son’s failures. Stop blaming others and get a grip lady. The real world is a tough place, start training yourself and your son to be able to navigate through life.

[@MrBoyhumongous888]

AMEN TO THAT! HOW EMBARASSING!! IF YOU WERE NORMAL!!! A NORMAL PERSON WOULD BE MORTIFIED!!!!!!!!

[@alycewich4472]

She did fight for her son! She's working 3 jobs, has 3 kids and is telling him that he has to FIGHT to be stronger and better. If she's working that many jobs, she's not a welfare mom. The really sad part to me is that he's just a little higher than the GPA AVERAGE for that's school's "graduating class." So don't tell me she's not in the right to fight to figure out what is going on. Is she late to the party? Yes. Has she learned a lesson? Yes. From other responses he transferred to another school and did well. My guess is that she was more on top of her other 2 kids education that his as I'm assuming he's her firstborn. KUDOS to this Mom who shone a light on a school that isn't doing it's job and learned hard lessons through it! 🦾💪🦾

[@Nicole-kc1vx]

​@@alycewich4472 3 kids, where are the daddies? Why is she the only one sustaining them? Why have 3 kids when you can barely afford to look after yourself? I doubt she was wealthy prior to all the children, so why did she keep getting pregnant after number 1? You should be asking these questions instead of talking about how hard she's working. This woman should have stopped spreading those legs after the 1st one, and now her child is completely failing cause she doesn't have enough time to make sure they are completing their education, and it's the schools fault? Schools aren't second parents.

[@SpikeGames7]

@@Nicole-kc1vx have people not heard of birth control? damn

[@Digger-Nick]

​​@@alycewich4472You didn't understand the situation. They moved him on to the next class despite having a failing grade. The new school most likely is just giving him a passing grade despite still doing no work. This is common in black areas because they hate going to school and never do the work.

[@LadyDae]

As a mother, I would NEVER TRUST A BROKEN SYSTEM to raise my kid. You must be involved with your child’s education, health care, their whereabouts, everything. The school system did not give birth to him. It is a resource, and the parent needs to reinforce.

[@PrintsInTheSoil]

This.

[@Nuffsaid876]

Well said

[@KevSon29]

Well said ❤️

[@sarahlu7797]

Perfectly stated!

[@sarahlu7797]

@Jay Jay We all agree that it's lack of Accountability by the woman and HER son. Well except for @Christian 🤷

[@DanielaBodoh]

Honestly, everyone is at fault for this kid’s GPA being that of a toaster. The school for letting him move on, the mom for not checking his grades, and the kid for not doing any of the work.

[@realninja561]

What I'm shocked about is the fact he ranked 62 out of 120. This means there are way more worse people than him, the news reporter couldnt say it 🤣

[@cranbers]

I bet you anything, all the kids have to do is show up and they get to graduate, passing classes is optional. he missed too much school, that's why they kept putting him in new classes just don't drop out stand show up sometimes and you're good.

[@realninja561]

@@cranbers yes that's definitely happened

[@jcgamer1650]

@@cranbers yep that's the truth it doesn't matter what grades you get. If you show up late too many times I can garuntee you're not walking up on that stage at graduation.

[@eruzaaa6492]

If he were to be put into a asian school I bet you, he'll would still be in grade 7.

[@cameron8056]

@@eruzaaa6492 makes no sense

[@Bubblez914]

The school AND the parent failed this child. She keeps saying he was passing. He WASN'T passing. He was literally failing ALL of his classes but the school system makes it so hard to actually fail a student and make them repeat a course or an entire grade. My mom's a teacher, my best friend is a teacher, and I have other friends who teach in public school at various grade levels. All of them have told me how many hoops you have to jump through to retain a student and have them repeat a course or a full grade. And sometimes repeating a class or a year is exactly what these kids need.

[@miscmisc1023]

in 4 years he only passed 3 classes you expect your child to graduate?

[@stiras1]

I agree. I don't teach in the US, but in my country I have to try my best to get my students through my class. I can fail them, but I need to formally notify the student and the parents (if they are under 18) that they are failing. I must also notify them in time for the student to still be able to get a grade if they make an effort. I failed a student last year because 1) he was absent too many lessons, and 2) he did not hand in any work or show up for any of the extra tests I offered him, even if I gave him special treatment. I gave him an extension on the work he had to hand in, and I asked a coworker to supervise a test if he showed up, and I talked to the principal and asked whether she could excuse some of the absence if he made an effort to pass the class. Unfortunately, he had decided he didn't want to pass and didn't do any of the stuff I asked of him, and because he was over 18, I couldn't get his parents to push him. I was told repeatedly by my school to do whatever I could to get this kid through my class. I believe the mom of the teenager who says that the school failed, but I also think that both she and her son failed as well. She should have taken an initiative to find out how he was doing in school, and he should have done what he was supposed to. However, the school should have reached out to her, knowing that her son was failing almost all of his classes. In my country, a parent gets notified for each class the student is failing. The parents are called and invited for a meeting with the school. How is it possible for a student to be failing everything without there being a meeting between the parent and the school?

[@Chortzy]

"so he just doesn't get a chance?" a chance to go out into the world with a whole diploma after passing only THREE classes??? girl...

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I don't see her advocating for him or even paying attention to him. The school also messed up royally, but the reality is that the diploma that he gets will be completely worthless if he's allowed to graduate with a GPA under 1.0. There are just so many people that screwed up here, and the kid is ultimately not set up for even bare minimum type of functioning in society.

[@CadenPowell1]

Legend has it he’s still in high school to this day

[@theredcupcake]

the fact that he’s doing better than half of his classmates… bruh

[@remenant7372]

I personally like to imagine the guy in last place got kicked back to kindergarten

[@stillsimba7]

@@remenant7372Kicked back to the womb

[@biswaranjanmallick7407]

​@@remenant7372 😂 lol.. there ya go! Learn ABCD again.

[@bluecube7247]

HE wasn't a senior he IS A FOUR YEAR FREASHMAN... with 2 credits

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

In most highschools especially in Baltimore you would be able to graduate JUST by showing up. Kid has no desire to learn and the worse part is that he's not the exception.

[@ateensmindvlogs2324]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@mattmarzula]

Remember, he's in the top half of his class...

[@home4life505]

In inner cities, many failing students pass simply by showing up.

[@DarthVader1977]

worst* part

[@mycitysucks8096]

@@home4life505 please name these schools

[@coreysmayfield]

Her lack of accountability is the problem.

[@juanaboynkin1196]

It is HIS education. He needs to be responsible for his education. If he isn't doing his homework, it is his fault.

[@d.lawrence5670]

No, he was a kid who was ALLOWED to not do his homework. What kid does homework (from the beginning of their school career) without being forced to/encouraged to? ZERO.

[@zb2845]

High schoolers should do their homework without being forced.

[@JacquelineLumsden]

what did she do the 1st time he failed, this is partly her fault, why did she choose to highlight her son like that, he’s going to be teased

[@ijnyamato643]

I could understand this if he was 20+. The kid was 17, he wasn't even 18 yet. While it was his education, the authority above him still should have monitored and/or looked out for him and tried to help, whether that be his mother or the district

[@ren.8137]

Hes not a kid. When I was 17 (just a few years ago) i knew damn well I needed to do my school work to graduate. If he was 10 years old you could use the “kid” excuse. These dumb*sses just want to pretend to be gangster and expect to graduate

[@SequoiaMoonSpeaks]

The fact that this Mom is taking NO ACCOUNTABILITY is mind boggling! HE is HER son and ultimately her responsibility so if he has to repeat it all over again... that’s her fault. She can start by taking away the video games 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@lonniecfireillbemayorsomeday]

😅 so a lot of people are missing the point of this story. It is to get this information out there about that school system.

[@nostepsnek2931]

you missed the point@@lonniecfireillbemayorsomeday

[@deborahsemaan1341]

@@lonniecfireillbemayorsomeday Parents are the first teachers. This didn’t happen just in high school.

[@lonniecfireillbemayorsomeday]

I agree with all of you on points but if you look further into this news coverage You'll find that this is one of the first stories Where someone came forwardnot a situation like this and discover others came for it afterwards. Showing this whole system is very flawed. And in real life that young man would not be playing video games in the background. Because he has a lot to answer for Because he would definitely be Getting snatched up in my household but others step forward because this mother told her story.

[@LoantakaBrook]

Mom never read the report cards until now? Mom doesn’t know 70 is passing? 🐘Where’s dad? Mom’s going to keep voting the same people?

[@TheSlayerN]

Bad parenting, but this school district seems to be run backwards as well. If the assumption is correct that 50% of their senior class has a GPA below 0.13, something needs to change.

[@Rantsnrambles808]

Think about it..I saw it in my school 3-4 shit heads derail a class...if half the class has parent that doesn’t give a fuck, there’s no class

[@bluebird1694]

@@Rantsnrambles808 umm those 3-4 shit heads are supposed to be sent to detention immediately. So your teachers just sat there and did nothing?

[@Rantsnrambles808]

@@bluebird1694 soft bigotry of low expectations. Most of the time teachers would plead that the kid just shuts up or send them outside. But what are the teachers here gonna do? like 2/3rds the school belongs in detention

[@bluebird1694]

@@Rantsnrambles808 get some actual authority like cops to monitor classes since they can't act right. It'll be an instant change

[@Rantsnrambles808]

@@bluebird1694 I get it but this video basically shows all the context we need. Parent is blaming the school for her and her sons failure. It really is shocking to think someone has so little awareness

[@mulematt6225]

She the type of person to say. Well he still alive. So that means he MUST BE THRIVING... RIGHT?

[@groundzero2939]

Bruh how he fail that bad and still be 62 out of 120

[@rabbitskipper2707]

Imagine the bottom quarter of the class GPA.

[@BigTTown502]

That’s where the systemic issue comes into play but she’s a garbage parent

[@bon7029]

It's by design. The school is nothing more than a Democrat Party voter factory. Little education goes on in that school. It churns out young adults who don't know anything, will have no chance of succeeding, and will be trapped in the inner city vote plantation until they die. The children they inevitably churn out will suffer the same fate. And because they blindly vote for the same politicians time and time again, nothing will ever change. It would take some sort of miracle black renaissance to turn that around.

[@mycitysucks8096]

@@bon7029 so true. I'm black and have spent the last 4 plus years trying to tell people that were being played. No one cares so now I'm just gonna sit back and watch

[@bon7029]

@@mycitysucks8096 when I mention it, I'm called a racist. I know how it goes. Too many people are blond to the truth and want to live in their own preconceived world where their political party are paragons of virtue and the other party is their mortal enemy

[@raiderwarrior2725]

Sorry but You failed your son. 4 years and how can you not know?

[@divulgewithchip1099]

@TeddyBearKnows 😂💯 like what the hell going on?

[@Dogoria]

Naah I am not blaming the kid I blaming the school I have the lowest gpa I only pass 3 class and I had 4 but now it 3 because I have dd

[@Stoonk]

Wrong to make a kid repeat the school kept years after letting him promote

[@Dogoria]

@TeddyBearKnows you know what you do at home and at school in school you awalsy time and at home you don,t even check time to get of if the game

[@The_Ballo]

DEY FEL

[@user-456-3-4]

She had time to get her nails done but no time to check a report card

[@pants15]

I don't know of anyone that works two or three hard jobs and has nails like that, she's doing some basic bullshit bum on seat, smile at the customer farce that's likely only a few a hours a week each job. Honestly the people that do work their asses off don't measure the work they do by jobs but in hours a week worked and even then wouldn't bring it up if it dropped under 60 hours a week...... below that is slow and almost holiday mode.

[@Rantsnrambles808]

@@pants15 3 “jobs”. For all we know it’s only fans, 3 hours of Uber eats, and a few shifts at bk. I know some hard working people but nobody is really working past 90 hours a week

[@devibezshow]

Oooh yeah, them mugs fresh

[@ethan3949]

Priorities

[@enmanuelgonzalez5476]

School forced you to go what the fuck do you expect School is not for everyone

[@ZeroPC1]

Bro lost his save file and had to start from a previous auto-save

[@CrimsonSurvival]

No, he just didn’t want to learn anything.

[@Sunshine-un5ww]

We don’t know he may have a undiagnosed learning disorder like he hadn’t been tested. Obviously his mother cares but shes not a teacher.

[@FatdaddysGarage]

No he doesn’t care.

[@Ch0sen1NE776]

​No ur just a clown 🤡 ​@@FatdaddysGarage

[@madero-jb5ri]

@@Sunshine-un5ww, if you watch the whole video, you will see that it wasn't just that single student with really bad grades; the whole school had the same issue.

[@erin3851]

@@Sunshine-un5wwI would think it would be a learning disorder too if he didn’t miss damn near a whole year of school 😭

[@jyan21]

The mom keeps blaming the school, and that's what's wrong with 99% of parents out there. The primary responsibility is with the parents, and it's the parents' fault when your children fail in school and in life!

[@doomclasher9287]

To be fair, the majority of the kids are failing as well, so the school is definitely to blame to some degree

[@believestthouthis7]

Amen! The Bible says that a child left to himself will bring his mother to shame. That means it's on her and she can't blame anyone else. Proverbs 29:15 KJV - The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

[@doomclasher9287]

@@believestthouthis7 Didn't God kill children, on multiple occasions? Are you sure that's the best place to get parenting advice?

[@believestthouthis7]

@@doomclasher9287 Jesus loves children and wants parents to love and raise their children correctly. The Bible says for fathers to nurture and teach their own children so that they won't hate them as a parent. As shown in the first verse I posted, a mother isn't supposed to neglect her children either, as this mother has done, because it brings HER to shame. Mark 10:14-16 KJV - But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. Ephesians 6:4 KJV - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

[@barbaras676]

HE FAILED!!!! NOT the school!!!! Should they have held him back earlier? Yes. Explain how Mom did not know that he wasn't passing any of his classes!! She's lying that she didn't know. How ignorant can you get???

[@tyme4348]

I wonder if they ever heard of a report card

[@alycewich4472]

A mother working 3 jobs, and has 3 kids. She's not on welfare or she wouldn't have to work 3 jobs. Working that many hours and taking care of 3 kids blows my mind as to how she manages to keep it all together. When she discovered that he wasn't going to graduate, she encouraged him, saying he had to fight to get his degree. From comments in this thread, he switched schools and ended up getting A's and B's. A far cry from failing his classes. I'm assuming that he's her firstborn and she TRUSTED the school! Unfortunately, the school failed her and her son. According to the report, his grades were HIGHER that 61 others in his senior class! That sends shivers down my spine! Imagine over 50% of these teenagers would fail to graduate, leaving them behind the curve in finding jobs and moving up out of poverty. Other commentators mentioned that some administrators will fire teachers if they don't pass on the kids that are failing. The administrator that FoxNews interviewed, who didn't want to be identified as he could lose his job, said the school failed this family. On a personal note, my sons were in grade school in the 90's. I discovered that our school district also passed on kids that had failed. When I asked the principal about it (I was a parent volunteer so he knew me), his response shocked me. "We need to keep these kids with their age group. They'll either decide to work on their school work or not. Hopefully by the time they reach middle school, they will realize that they need to work on schooling." And this was one of the top school districts in our city! By the time they reached middle school, I homeschooled both.

[@faizane401]

@@barbaras676 those words just flew right over your head didn't it LMAO

[@barbaras676]

@@faizane401 hahaha. No, I think they flew over your head. I'm asking you to take a stand and you are waffling on your opinion. I guess it's too much to ask...

[@willwailes9298]

He failed, she failed, but the school failed too. They didn't even hold him back. They sprung this on him last second. They could have intervened a long time ago, and half his classmates are in the same situation. Clearly the school is failing these kids, again, not that it absolves them and their parents of their responsibilities.

[@christine3941]

Everyone is at fault here! The school, the mom and the son! The mom is in denial, the school allowed him to move forward knowing that he failed his classes, and the son is just lazy and apathetic obviously.

[@beatle7809]

Dude got exposed by his local news 💀💀💀. Also the mom not knowing about credits and what you need to graduate shows she’s a dropout as well.

[@Plug4dabrain]

So the parenting? U dont look at ur kids report cards? When do people take responsibility? This is nuts.

[@jpvanden1]

@DOA V 2.0 It's not racism. At all. No one made him be late or absent that often. No one made him perform poorly in his studies. You actually think that a kid who is absent or late 272 times in 3 years is actually working at all towards, or cares at all about, his education? We aren't stupid, we can see he doesn't. If he cared, he'd have been to class, and his mom would have made sure he was attending school and looked in on how he was doing sometime in 3 years. Stop blaming everything on racism. If the school doesn't promote him they get criticized for holding everyone to some unattainable standard and they're racist and blah blah freaking blah. There's no rules or laws or anyone holding him back and denying him a quality education, except himself and his absent support system. That doesn't absolve the school of everything, but take some damn responsibility.

[@moniquelove1158]

@DOA V 2.0 I totally agree. Damn right. County school system would've handled the sit. much differently. Racism always involved!!

[@disf5178]

Racism has nothing to do with it.. unless of course you have NO SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. blaming "racism" is such a crock. That 'mother' never saw a report card...and never cared to ask.. maybe she threw it out like junk mail.. but sure, go ahead and blame racism. pathetic

[@mattmarzula]

@@moniquelove1158 That's a lie. You're the type of person that'll call out a system for being racist because the black kids fail. You're the same type that would label a system racist if they pushed them to achieve higher standards. When everything is racism in your mind, you're the one shackled and held back by it. If that kid was afforded the same education for free that I had to work for he'd have failed. I worked three jobs in high school from the time I was 16. Making fried chicken at Hardee's because no one else could handle the guts. I pushed buggies at the supermarket. I cleaned a country club after hours. I averaged a 52 hour work week to afford $4,000 a year tuition and continued working through college until joining the Army. Does that sound like the type of white privilege everyone keeps talking about? That kid's a worthless waste of government sponsored education and it shows.

[@jpvanden1]

@Carissa Wu With the policies removed, and the same opportunities, there is no excuse. This isn't the past, and none of these children experienced Jim Crow, nor did most of their parents. Enough with the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you are given equal opportunity to succeed, and don't, that's on you, for a variety of possible reasons. This school doing a terrible job doesn't have to be systemic racism. It could simply be a terrible school, for everyone involved. Not checking up on your kid who is late or absent for 272 days in three years, or to see their current GPA/grades, or attend even a single PTC, has nothing to do with systemic racism, and more to do with apathy. There is plenty of blame to go around in this case for all involved.

[@shantimattie9916]

How did his mother not know how much school he was missing? Did she not look at his report cards? It’s not solely up to the school, parents have to actually check in. Did you notice him playing video games as an intro to the story? He needed to put the PS4 away and pick up a book.

[@codingvio7383]

He probably doesn't even know what a book is.

[@montyferguson4657]

It's difficult to imagine a parent not wanting to check the progress of their child in school. The school, mother, child and teachers are terrible at what they do.

[@IamFrancoisDillinger]

She's probably illiterate and didn't even know what she was looking at. lol

[@laraantipova389]

They are not even teachers, they will hire anyone that has a pulse to teach there

[@tyme4348]

I guess it looks like they have three more years to think about it

[@Kyle_Lurz]

Four years and she didn’t look at a single report card.

[@SweetCaramel7983]

She failed at parenting. How does a kid live in your house and you didn't notice that he was failing classes.

[@Rashaed]

There is no defense of France; she is NOT a victim. But having 3 jobs makes you practically homeless. You just happen to have a place to sleep for 5-6 hours at night. France should still have found out something within 1 school year.

[@pants15]

@@Rashaed Willing to bet those 3 jobs were all VERY part-time.... it's not like she'd be working 80 hours a week with nails like that or an attitude that screams everyone else is responsible for everything.

[@pants15]

@Tod one of them will be back from the store any day now.

[@Rashaed]

@@pants15 One can be full time. One can be night job 5 nights a week. The 3rd can be a weekend job (like a back up hotel auditor).

[@pants15]

@@Rashaed Sure they can work like that, but with the way she presents, do you really think she's rocking a fulltime job, a night shift and then a weekend job?

[@antmaster360]

“What was all this for?” He skipped over 300 days of school stfu 😂

[@Ikki..]

We have 10 months of school not excluding weekends or breaks, since we have 2 months off for summer. To sum it up he didn’t go to school. 10 months x 30ish days = 300 days

[@jerryhernandez1895]

It said he was either late absent and or both for 300 days not that he was absent for 300 days.

[@mycitysucks8096]

@@jerryhernandez1895 late, absent...what's the damn difference when you have a .013 GPA?

[@samuelhowie4543]

@@jerryhernandez1895 Doesn't matter if you're late or don't go at all. I have a nephew who has sistic fibrosis and misses school because of it, but nowhere near 100 days a year.

[@nicolefrancois2263]

No aptitude for classes. Where's the family support and the interest on his part to study? My daughter left her adopted Caribbean country for the USA high school, did Grade 9 thru 12, but graduated in grade 11, in eight months. She did both day and night classes. Now she's in university. As we say in our country u got to work " hard" to make it happen. Show determination and a willingness. I took away cable tv. Had tutors. Caribbean parents, we are serious about our children's academics for real....

[@DevinDomino]

The kid failed gym...GYM! All you have to do is show up to pass gym.

[@spyder7336]

“Absent or late 272 Times” 2:17

[@MsJonesy]

Actually he got an 85 in Health Ed. I assume that’s gym. The rest were 50 and below.

[@DevinDomino]

@@MsJonesy he got a 50 in personal fitness which is gym

[@MsJonesy]

@@DevinDomino Oh!!! I didn’t see that one! That’s ridiculous!

[@KevSon29]

@@DevinDomino yeah and it's easy to do.

[@Oluchi26]

Sometimes its best for the child. My niece had to repeat three classes because she wasn't doing well at all. Yes she is a bit older than her class mates now but she is doing a lot better in school and we wouldn't need to be scared because we are confident she can pass the state junior exams. Its sometimes best to let them repeat classes so they don't end up as high school graduates with nothing in their heads and it teaches them to take school work seriously. This really helps in college.

[@JacklynReyesNeaman]

How embarrassing to go on TV and play the victim. To basically show everyone how much of a responsible parent you are. I will grade this parent the same as her kid. F for failure.

[@waterthugs]

Really? He's passing. The school is passing him. How would she know he's not passing when the school is passing him

[@paulbailey456]

there are such things as report cards. what world do you live in?? id be furious if my son was passed with nothing but two Ds. he wouldnt be playing no video games til i see at least some Cs and Bs.@@waterthugs

[@paulbailey456]

this mom obviously didnt care about her sons education or else she would have checked his progress herself. just another person who wants shit handed to them without putting in any of the work.@@waterthugs

[@gabbycraft7035]

She is a victim. The school is extremely neglectful if they let kids fail like this and not hold them back/ tell their parents. Yes she holds some fault but the school holds most of it.

[@pear-zq1uj]

she has absolutely no shame at all. It's no wonder the kid failed, he was doomed from the moment he was born

[@jenniferjohnson5683]

Ummm? He didn’t deserve this? He was late or absent 272 days!! Who’s fault is that? 🙄

[@KevSon29]

The kid of course. The mother would blame the school for his tardy and absent.

[@elduderino2404]

I bet he’s a champ on that Xbox though

[@KevSon29]

@SunTai yep, it's a school, not a babysitting woke program.

[@asmith7276]

Well, in these Progressive times of coddling and expecting 'somebody else' to pick up the slack for individuals who have not learned 'personal responsibility', I don't know why the school didn't assign a 'personal handler/tutor' and limo to this kid. It's QUITE apparent the Mom couldn't be bothered AT ALL about what or how he was doing. Attitudes such as this are what leads to a future life of poverty, crime and/or minimum wage jobs.

[@Rantsnrambles808]

How the fuck the teacher gonna do anything when it’s day 30 and they’re meeting for the first time

[@collinscott8696]

He does NOT and should NOT start over… the same exact thing happened to me in high school… In 3 years of high school I had passed just TWO classes. It was entirely my fault. I didn’t study and rarely showed up on time. At 18 I dropped out and got my GED… I went to work full time and at age 27, I went to community college and gave it my all…I had to start at the bottom (mostly with math) and work my way up from there. I got my associates degree with a 4.0 GPA and am now at a University working on my Bachelors… It can be done!

[@huebuckle8198]

Good to hear you did'nt let it drag you down

[@jayway2005]

You made something out of nothing, respect.

[@mrsmm1483]

Kudos to you!

[@kammialexander2289]

Everyone falls down sometimes but it's all about the lesson you learned when u get up Congrads to your and your continued success

[@SrAntonio301]

Nothing wrong with this. This is what this kid should focus on. Getting his GED. His mom needs to be more involved in his life. Kids probably just playing call of duty all day.

[@billuncle796]

Perfect example of a lackluster parent, all excuses, “it’s not fault but the schools fault.” All the access we as parents have now to our kid’s attendance, grades, etc.

[@Vespyr_]

"He didn't fail, the school failed him." Big yikes, red flag there.

[@Ch0sen1NE776]

You people are clowns🤡

[@nicolestanley38]

Everyone in this story failed--the mom for not taking the time to even look at his grades, the son for not doing what he knew at age 13 he needed to do, and the school for pushing him through like brain dead cattle just to keep up a graduation quota for federal funding. A damn shame on all levels.

[@Belovedfire]

Both honestly

[@SongSingsSoprano]

This lady can't be serious. She should be embarrassed. My mom worked A LOT!!!! When my reading called her and said I was struggling with writing in cursive, she had me up at 5 am writing in a notebook to learn cursive.

[@stephenjuarez2446]

That’s kind of insane ngl

[@lilnohomo5833]

@@stephenjuarez2446yea that is😂

[@mitchbrown6652]

@@stephenjuarez2446 LOL its only insane because it was over learning to write cursive. Its completely out of date and worthless to know now 🤣🤣

[@MartVale1]

That’s what you call being serious about learning. Parents nowadays can’t do that because their angel is sleeping or they would consider that abuse.

[@melindafenstermaker4994]

As a MD teacher a parent has to actively make sure that she has no idea what is going on with her son. Access to grading systems 24/7; report cards sent home either on paper or digitally, an automated phone call when a child is marked absent, etc. If she is constantly changing her phone number and not checking her email of course she would not know.

[@ladymire]

I hope people know that this means this mother didn’t ONCE, in those 4 years, look at her child’s report card or check the school portal. Neither did she pick up the calls from the school letting her know that he was absent from class, which always happens. She failed that kid too!

[@parrotcracker6629]

This is an actual recurring nightmare for me and I'm 30. I dream I'm in high school even though I know I graduated. I panic realizing I shouldn't be there.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

Same. I keep having nightmares of me back in high school. It was trauma cause I was one of the most unwanted people there.

[@aoeu256]

For me I think I have nightmares that I forgot to graduate from college or forgot to get a certain class to graduate, forgot I had a certain class and just skipped it, I think it comes from having my degree sent by mail instead of going to graduation. I also had nightmares of going to school forgetting to put my clothes on...

[@rossthef0x]

Same here, but it was mostly thanks to the old GOAnimate videos.

[@SerifineAzailius]

Oh shit same

[@Jacqueline967]

Same, must be bc I didn’t do well in school. I should’ve never been passed to the next grade level but I was.

[@tramainem8872]

She got the nerve to blame the school! C’mon ma’am the responsibility falls on you. If you see that the school is passing your child with an “F” , you should’ve been at the school to speak with the teacher and principal when the doors open. Summer school, tutoring, a mentor…. No excuse!

[@TsukabuNosoratori2]

Agreed. 3 jobs and 3 kids is just an excuse. Sounds like the kid got caught flunking/skipping school so much then blamed the school and is having to face some form of consequences in having to have to redo his education. How do you not check the report card during the entire school year to make sure he's actually attending? He was saying things were gravy when they weren't.

[@adithalee8660]

The parents think schools are day care. They don't understand the function of a school. I think before any kids go to school at the beginning of each school year the parents need to take a class about the role of a teacher and the role of a parent and the role of Summer School and the difference between a tutorer and teacher along with the difference between a teacher and a mentor and the various functions of each role they're all supposed to fulfill. Maybe, if they understand CLEARLY the defined roles then the kids will start to learn.

[@TheThirdTree]

do you not understand that it is equally everyones fault, school did nothing and passed the kid on to higher grades, it is also definitely the parents fault as well for being so negligent.

[@laceyclawson]

@@TheThirdTreeschools always do that in high school though. When i was in high school 20 years ago i failed every single class and missed most of my freshman year and moved into my sophomore year even worse because they said they can’t hold students back in high school only keep them from graduating. I ended up in independent study where i thrived and had to do classes at the college to try and get the credits i needed to graduate by my senior year which i did thankfully.

[@BOBMAN1980]

She might not have to 'work three jobs' if she didn't waste the money on the video games, cable TV, big screens, and the monthly internet services to support them. Take the kids to the library--spend a few books on some 'classic' books at Salvation Army--and tell them to read.

[@BT-kt7gb]

Everyone sucks in this situation! The school, parent, student, and the administration. If he didn't understand something, he should have spoken out. Things you learn from your parents. He's embarrassed because he thought he would skate by and nobody would notice. He is a product of no child left behind.

[@JW-ku7nn]

Parents never want to admit their own fault

[@crazyperson_223]

How is her fault does she go to school

[@jacobshirley3457]

True. However, the parent, the student, the school, and the school system are all clearly responsible (to varying degrees). They all failed.

[@evanweathersby3126]

Yeah the school should've held his ass back after his freshman year, not wait until he thought he was about to graduate

[@thecriscokidd290]

​@@crazyperson_223 The parent is responsible, along with the school and the child, for her child's education.

[@crazyperson_223]

@@thecriscokidd290 she is not responsible for his grade bruh dude in highschool not elementary

[@SCFLEUR]

Ma’am he should feel embarrassed and feel like a failure. He did this to himself- he didn’t go to school.

[@TheLightShines]

Well human worth isn't dependent on grades. Not defending what he did...but I wonder if he's depressed or has learning disabilities.

[@nikhilsinha7730]

@@ngpdreamteam2k4 the kid refused to go to school and was late that was his choice. If he actually went to school every day and still did this badly then yes it isn't his fault, but unfortunately this was his choice and it's partially his fault

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

@@nikhilsinha7730 your missing the point I expect kids to be short sighted. It’s parents and the teachers who are supposed to be far sighted. If kids behaved automatically like you claim then why would they need guidance?

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

@@nikhilsinha7730 his mother let him down by not thinking about his future. He didn’t get to choose his parents or neighborhood.

[@ngpdreamteam2k4]

@@nikhilsinha7730 the mom didn’t even know he missed 359 days of school. How is that even possible?