Ok, maybe this is the new math at work, but the above is, as far as I know, the lads grades for the 8th grade.

Then, in the mail this week comes an advancement certificate saying he will, indeed, be a freshman in high school next year.

I don’t get it. Way to set the kids up for success!

It’s not that I tried to hold him back, because I did. The school frowns on it because they see it as punishment. PUNISHMENT? Then what would you call rewarding someone for failing?

I know out here in the ‘real world’, if I were to fail at my job, I would get fired. If I failed to obey laws, I would go to jail. But, in the inner santum of the Lake Elsinore Unified School District, failing must mean it’s ok to pass Go and collect your $200 thankyouverymuch.

Maddening. Absolutely. Maddening.

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