[LetsRok]

"It's been hard catching up with my work," says Kenneth. "I lost out on a month of my high school life."

Here's part of the problem. This thug and criminal in training treats high school as a place to socialize and act out instead of a place for learning.

[summer]

This thug and criminal in training treats high school as a place to socialize and act out instead of a place for learning.

There's a valid point in what you are saying, as schools that are successful often share the following characteristic: the students KNOW they are there to LEARN.