[Wildcatk23]

If you guys know any teachers, ask them about how state mandated tests are "dumbed down" year after year so kids can meet the percentage based requirements of academic achievement set forth by the No Child Left Behind Act.

I applaud this teacher for placing responsibility/fault where it lies, with the youth and/or with the parents who raise them.

Its all up the children. I know kids who was raised in a 1 bedroom trailer with nothing but dope heads and now has a full scholarship to UK. Then i know kids who has strict parents that require there kids to do there homework and study all while the kid ended up on crack.

Its all up to the kid. His want to and will to better him or herself. Blaming the parents is just an excuse for laziness.