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StoobieStoobieDoo 43 points ago +43 / -0

Absent 272 days in a school year

HoW iS my SoN FaiLiNg?

Well cover me in butter and slap my ass, when you look at the school stats it's no wonder this happens.

Scroll down to "data profile" and click that for an enlightening discovery.

https://www.baltimorecityschools.org/schools/430

Less than 5% of students attending are proficient in math to an Algebra 1 level.

Less than 5% of students attending are proficient in english (Language Arts)

48% graudation rate

61% average attendance rate, where the district average is 88% and a state goal of 94%.

434 students, 132 suspensions

Avg SAT scores--- Math: 361 Reading/Writing: 375

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booblitchutz 32 points ago +32 / -0

Yeah 272 absences and she says “the school failed him!”

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Chopblock 3 points ago +4 / -1

Why do y’all keep assuming that showing up on time to cellblock B8-12 homies-room would actually imbue this kid with additional life skills?

Is it the extra 45 seconds of individual instruction by teacher union substitute #5?

Is it the ‘socialization’ he’d receive interacting with an artificial state-constructed set of age-peers?

Maybe it’s the calm study environment, or having a more relaxing trip through the metal detector?

Public Schools teach the very kind of life lessons that convince these kids (and their parents) that putting in effort, using logic and reasoning through problems and transforming oneself with knowledge is a futile endeavor that doesn’t bring any positive effects, and only exposes you to bullying, attacks, and a brutal wall of indifference (and similar effects from the classmates too!).

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StoobieStoobieDoo 2 points ago +2 / -0

School teaches children how to follow a schedule and time management at a basic level. Effective baseline skills for life that are not learned when a child decides they don't want to learn them (and in this case no one tried to course correct along the way (parent(s), teachers, guidance councilors, coaches, the janitor, literally anyone). Good luck learning the hard way that the way forward in life is learning how to manage your time effectively.