One thing I noticed about kids that were in the top of the class, they usually had parents that took an interest in their homework and projects outside of class.
think a lot of parents these days feel guilty about not being able to spend more time with their kids and a quick band-aid solution to make them feel better is to have schools do things to avoid having their kid do poorly. That way parents don't have to deal with the emotional distress it causes.
Too many parents treat schools like they are babysitters instead of places to educate children. Teachers aren't their to "mother" the children, but that does seem like the expectation these days.
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