re: The biggest problem in schools that no one is talking about

Brought this thread up to my wife, who is one of the select few who takes her profession as a teacher very seriously. She pretty much completely agreed with the OP.

She spent the first 5 years of her teaching career in a Top 5 parish at the elementary level, we moved and she took a job at a Junior High School in a parish that is towards the middle of the pack in the state.

She said it is unbelievable how many 2nd chances, lowest grade dropped, participation grades and homework grades she is required to count as part of each students grade. We are simply enabling the lazy, unmotivated to be more unmotivated.