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I'm glad we have a safety net. I think a person who works for 20 years, pays his taxes, contributes to the community deserves a little temporary help if he loses his job. We need to work to ensure it doesn't become a safety hammock though. That's the problem.

I agree with this. The problem is we have WAY TOO MANY people who haven't worked and put money into the system who are pulling money out.

I like safety nets. I hate our current system which rewards laziness.

On the issue at hand, it's 100000000% parents fault. Sorry, it is.

My daughter just started high school this year. Coming from middle school where she earned all A's and B's, she brought home a C on her first report card this year. I asked why and she said it was harder. I

. They have it SO easy now.

Luckily we have a system here in Florida that allows parents to check on grades and assignments. Guess what I found?

A bunch of missed assignments. It wasn't hard. She wasn't turning in her work.

After that first quarter, I checked every week. She had no excuse not to turn shite it but kept missing assignments here and there and I kept on her arse about it. By the 4th week in the second quarter SHE was telling ME that she missed an assignment but was turning in the work and that I could check. And she was right 95% of time. She tried to sneak one or two by me but luckily... I had her teachers email address. One email to the teacher solved ANY issues I had after that.

Long story short, she ended the year with a 3.7 GPA and only a few points shy of all A's.

Her friend who earned a BUNCH of awards for academics in middle school just failed 9th grade. Her mom didn't give a shite (she's white BTW) and is now wanting to drop out of school to party more.

It comes down to the parents involvement or lack thereof.