Baltimore City student passes 3 classes in four years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA

[BmoreGorilla]

Aren't most Baltimore city officials black? I know the schol superintendent is.

Everybody is. The school superintendent, the mayor, the police chief, the fire chief. Everybody. I can’t think of one person whose in a position of power who isn’t

 

[mr heyzel]

everybody failed this baby

 

[Ake1725]

He can always transfer to another school or take summer courses.

Makes absolutely no sense why he would have to start over when in the 12th grade

This is partly why we are where we are. When you let white institutions such as the public school system raise your child albeit a poor job doing so.

He'll still be 19 in the 9th grade

 

[Dzali OG]

Aren't most Baltimore city officials black? I know the schol superintendent is.

But the city gets funding from and . They like to embarrass black cities and show them as incompetent.

 

[concise]

I see people blaming the kid, the mother, the father, the hood, the teachers, the district, and the politicians...


I'm not sure if I caught it, but did anyone blame themselves for not being part of the solution earlier?


The truth is, we can talk shyt about the father who ain't there but are we doing anything to make sure fathers are staying in theirs kids' lives? We can talk shyt about the mother, but are we doing anything to ensure that mothers have their shyt together? We can talk about the kid not doing his part, but are we mentoring young men to make sure they learn how to do their part? We can talk about the school system failing the kid, but are we doing something to contribute to improvement in failing school systems so they stop failing kids?

Politicians ain't gonna fix this. Teacher unions ain't gonna fix this. People who live in the suburbs ain't gonna fix this. Families that are already falling apart ain't gonna magically get their shyt together and fix this. Either those of us who care about that shyt step in, or we just accept that we're okay with the failure.

It's up to us, complete strangers who don't even live there.
Not his mom, who lives with him, his legal guardian.
Not the school board, who comes up with the academic curriculum and the policies.
Not the politicians, who are elected to make decisions in the best interests of the city.

But complete strangers who don't live there.

 

[Ozymandeas]

I went to a white high school for a couple years. One time I skipped last period with these white kids and the security guard came and found us at the mall. I skipped study hall. They send out search parties at white schools.


In some cities they cut your government assistance(if you have it)and threaten fines and jail time.

It’s so many variables that these dudes don’t recognize. It’s like they didn’t even think before they posted.

I know lol. They don’t play at white schools or private schools. Coli Republicans will never waste an opportunity to attack poor people and single mothers as if schools are not LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE to report absences to authorities.

 

[WaveMolecules]

Mom is a clown. Had this kid in your home all these years and didn't know he was "failing" that badly?

mom: how’s school?

son: good.

Mom: ok

Cry me a river mom.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

The sheer nature of being an educator means feelings are implied. Now there are some who don’t care but they aren’t gonna tell you that. Being in education and not caring is completely idiotic because of the stress. It comes down to who you deal w/. I have two kids. One teacher is the best I could ask for she cares. The other just just care about my kid. She could very well love everyone but him. So you are kinda wrong about the system.

You are right the world doesn’t care depending on who you are or what you have. That why you do your due diligence and document in every situation.

I kind agree with at the same time disagree.

you can’t just send your kid to any public school. Where I’m from you have a list of maybe 3 options and if you are in a poor area you might be fukked unless you get a good teacher. Because they send bad teachers to poor areas. Those area also don’t hold staff accountable because in some causes it’s just a means to an end/stepping stone/just a check.

yes, overall the value of education has eroded. But I can’t tell by your post you really don’t understand the nuances of this topic. It’s deeper than just”nobody that wants to learn can be stopped.”

the system is broken in so many areas of life, the issue is will it change in your lifetime or mine?

there's a lot of things we can't control in life but we can mitigate how they impact us. systematic things. the system won't change short term, so the focus has to change to what you can do vs when they will improve things.

teachers have to be held accountable as educators absolutely but do you have time to wait for education reform or is it easier to take control of the situation as a parent? depends on your sense of urgency. Kids go through school fast and most who start failing start having knowledge gaps early that they never recover from. there's a sense of urgency to education that can't be left to chance. your pivotal growing years are the foundation that defines the rest of life. literally can't be relaxed on education as a parent.

Stories like the one about the woman who went to prison for sending her kid to a better school in a different district show what some people go through and how much they care. A parent like her understands what is at stake short term.

I 100% stand behind the statement that nobody that wants knowledge can be stopped. The best learning happens when people quest knowledge from kids with inquisitive minds and beyond. Individuals can't charge society with incentivizing them to learn, the system will never care more about you than you care about yourself. It doesn't care about why people are disillusioned with western education. you will still be held to the same expectations come adult life. what does understanding the nuances do for that reality?

 

[KingBeez]

I work as a teacher now so f the mom for not having any accountability. As a teacher, we have sometimes hundreds of students and your son didn’t even bother to come. If students show, then half the battle is won and most teachers will make an initiative to get them out of there (pass them). Schools are CYA (cover your a**) so she’s been notified but wants to grandstand and play victim. He mind as well go the GED route.

However, the school does have some explaining to do. How the freak is a student with a 0.13 GPA a top 50% student? That’s the most blaring thing.

THIS. Everyone is talking about that one parent, yet there’s over 50% of kids even WORSE than him!! What the fukk is that school district even doing?

 

[BrehWyatt]

THIS. Everyone is talking about that one parent, yet there’s over 50% of kids even WORSE than him!! What the fukk is that school district even doing?

Not a goddamn thing, clearly.

All the teachers and admins who let that fly.... that school needs the Thanos snap (of unemployment, not ashes )

 

[newarkhiphop]

Only ran through the first page, but no one mentioned how he's in the top half of the class? Am I reading this wrong?

nothing to it. the rest of the school is just that bad.

 

[Dzali OG]

It's up to us, complete strangers who don't even live there.
Not his mom, who lives with him, his legal guardian.
Not the school board, who comes up with the academic curriculum and the policies.
Not the politicians, who are elected to make decisions in the best interests of the city.

But complete strangers who don't live there.

Yes, all of us. We must create a culture of excellence.

 

[HARLEM AL]

Dr. Johnson speaking on whats happening.

 

[NZA]

even sadder are the good students in that school. most likely, the curriculum was trash and those kids that actually pass are probably not ready for college and are in for a rude awakening with all those remedial courses they have to take in community colleges before actually getting around to the real college level coursework. i've seen that up close.

 

[Htrb-nvr-blk-&-ug-as-evr]

shyt. I had cousins that didn’t go to school. They just dropped out completely and got their GED. Why waste anyone’s time.

How are they making a living now?