{"id":798,"date":"2022-05-02T19:55:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T19:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=798"},"modified":"2022-05-03T19:57:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:57:13","slug":"well-whos-fault-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"Well Who\u2019s Fault Is It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not mad<\/em>, exactly, just \u2026 really?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently witnessed a news story out of Baltimore \u2026 a 17 YO high school senior is getting ready to graduate when he (and his mother, apparently) discovered that he had only completely sufficient credits for the ninth grade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From his report cards, he\u2019d only managed to pass three classes for the past four years … and had missed or been late for some 250+ days \u2026 so, starting in the fall, he was starting the ninth grade.\u00a0 As a 17 YO senior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One bright spot (really? Is it? You sure?) \u2026 the kid placed near the top half of students in the district \u2026 62nd<\/sup>\/120.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the mother\u2019s refrain?  \u201cThey failed.  They<\/em><\/strong> failed.  They failed<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d  Referring to the school district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her excuse?  Three kids, three jobs, zero father(s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not to critique, but to insult \u2013 the hell?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One guess as to that flavor of American I scream, and the first one doesn\u2019t count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK so thus when this my next question is \u2026 Accountability?  Responsibility?  Birth control?  Abortion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the real nut-kicker is viewers get to watch the kid play video games in the background.  They were merciful enough not to show his face, but Mom\u2019s weave was looking right<\/em>.  You go, Mz. France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fun little ditty by John Ogbu, Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb \u2013 a Study of Academic Disengagement<\/em> (say that three times fast), studied the academic gap between black and white students with equal access to educators, facilities, and resources in Shaker Heights, OH, and this study reached the conclusion that the singular most important predictor of academic success was \u2026 [duh-DUH-DAH) \u2026 parental involvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oops.  {Proverbs 10:1<\/em>}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The schools can\u2019t do it without the parents, and the parents can\u2019t blame the schools for the parents\u2019 failure.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parents owe a debt of responsibility to their child, to prepare a plan and have it in place for that child’s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that monkey is HUGE<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you can\u2019t be bothered, don\u2019t bother.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not mad, exactly, just \u2026 really? Recently witnessed a news story out of Baltimore \u2026 a 17 YO high school senior is getting ready to graduate when he (and his mother, apparently) discovered that he had only completely sufficient credits for the ninth grade.  From his report cards, he\u2019d only managed to pass three classes … <\/p>\n

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