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Making grades meaningless so that everyone advances is doing a disservice to kids' education.
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this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
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COVID fucked up my kids education so badly they are still trying to catch up. They were in 3rd and 4th grade in 2020, so they lost those prime reading comprehension lessons. But at the same time the schools failed to catch the students up and now they are struggling and instead of helping them they just push them along and pass the buck to the next grade.
If your kids are fucked up so badly that they can't handle the next grade then they shouldn't be in the next grade. Who cares if they graduate high school at 18, 19, or 20? None of that matters anymore. But you got to be right for your own kids and hold them back if they need to be held back. If you think the school is doing the wrong thing then you got to step in. Don't just let it happen and complain on the internet.
It is infuriating seeing Parents complain that schools are simultaneously doing too much, and too little for children. Be a Parent, help your kids succeed and stop blaming everyone else for not doing your job for you.
It reminds me of another thread on here from weeks ago where someone made a meme about ignoring their kids when they talk about their interests. What the heck? Why did you have kids just to ignore them?
When people stop understanding child care and education is everyone's job societies collapse
They (public school) convinced us that they would take extra time with all the students after COVID. The school was fighting parents trying to hold back their kids. We did change their school to one of the charter schools and they are doing much better.
Yeah of course they're going to fight because they have rules from no child left behind that say they must graduate children or they don't get money. But we're 20 years into that now and parents have to realize this or their children will suffer. It's a personal family problem now. We can advocate for better public schooling in government and help our kids individually at the same time. Don't just wait for the system to fix itself before your kids get fixed.
I'm really sorry to hear that. I think a lot of parents are in the same boat, and we're going to see the effects of it for years.
My son was in 8th grade, he lost prime socialization time. It really pains me to see him struggle to make social connections now.