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Bottom line: what makes the difference are involved parents.

Who usually know no better. If they do complain too often and too loudly, the student's permanent record is marked.

Parents these days went through the same system. Often, the grandparents as well. (Thinking of the 35-year-old grandparents.)

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Then they are destinated for failure. Educators can’t see the forest for the trees and the problem with the education system is the parents. Two strikes against any child who has a bad home life.