And both the school and the mom failed him (why did the school move him up to next level classes if he failed miserably at entry level ones) but the blame lays solely on parent and son. She clearly knew her son was doing horribly at 9th grade, and so did he, and they did nothing to address issue then. At 17, that kid did the damage to himself.
Which is it; failed all but three or passed all but three? Article headline and then following sentence say opposite of each other:
Baltimore HS student fails all but 3 classes over 4 years, ranks near top half of class
A Baltimore high school student passed all but three classes over four years and still graduated near the top half of his class with a 0.13 GPA.
And both the school and the mom failed him (why did the school move him up to next level classes if he failed miserably at entry level ones) but the blame lays solely on parent and son. She clearly knew her son was doing horribly at 9th grade, and so did he, and they did nothing to address issue then. At 17, that kid did the damage to himself.
I mean he was still doing better than half of the class. That's pretty good.