>The teachers are basically heroes.
What? Why are the teachers basically heroes for letting a student to the next grade while he's failing that much? And also not informing the parent about it? Huh?
What? Why are the teachers basically heroes for letting a student to the next grade while he's failing that much? And also not informing the parent about it? Huh?
Promotion policy is probably administrators, not teachers. (There are other reasons, like the lack of apparent attempted active contact from teachers despite the number of failed classes, absences, etc., why the teachers here are not heros, but promotion policy probably isn't something they control.)
This line of thinking is really insulting to teachers.
Do you think for a moment the teachers have a right one way or the other to fail those students?
What would happen when the teacher decides to fail 80% of a class? Do you think that's allowed? Not for a second.
And 'informing the parent about attendance'?
You think the parents generally care one bit?
You think the parents don't know their kids are never in class?
What kind of parent 'discovers' their kid has not been in school for 2 years?!?
That it's the teachers responsibility to spend 4 hours on the phone every day as 70% of her class doesn't show up?
It is the expectation that students:
1) Show up. 2) Paid attention. 3) Don't join gangs. 4) Try to finish the work.
If they do those things, they will get an education.
Beyond that, it's really hard for schools - a school can handle a 'small handful' of special cases, but not much more.
The fact that this parent didn't know so many things for so long means that they are absentee. But they are holding 3 jobs, and for them to not know also indicates the failure of the school to keep the parent informed.
Sure, but it's also typical for school admin to lie about the same thing happening when it did not.
parents are normal people too, they sometimes suck too, just move on.