Most cite unrealistic expectations of No Child Left Behind as their motivation. The law calls for 100 percent of students to be proficient in reading and mathematics by 2014, a goal widely viewed as unattainable.
'Unrealistic expectations'?
How can mathematics, i.e.: adding 150 + 25, or multiplying 12 x 12 be "Unrealistic"?
Ditto for reading:
"See Spot run. See Jane chase Spot. See Billy chase Jane."Is that an unrealistic expectation?
"See Jane's father get his shotgun. See Billy marry Jane."
(Maybe to Billy, but not for Jane's father
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'Series'. They only have to 'proficient'. Not solve the Grand Unification Theory in Physics. Or write a tome like War and Peace. So really, what's the big deal?