The upshot of all this is, the teachers think they're doing the students a favor by giving them only enough to meet whatever ambiguous standards they go by. It appears it's more important for Junior and Missy to play after school than it is to do homework and turn in assignments on time. Educational standards have dipped into the swamp of oblivion. Time is wasted on activities that have no bearing on school at all. And half of these kids cannot write two lines of anything without losing concentration.
Homework picks up the slack.
Forget the classroom. The teachers are shoving that envelope on down the line to someone else. This is the dumbing down of America's kids. Mom and Pop would rather see the kids playing some sport. Every week, the Independent takes to the streets, in search of your opinion on the latest, breaking news.