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(12-13-2015, 12:38 PM)cannongal Wrote: Where the hell is he going to find a job, as an adult, that will let him do nothing and still get paid for it?
Comcast (or any cable company), the DMV, a board of directors, or ironically - Schools.
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(12-13-2015, 01:16 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I meant that it would suck for the school and the other students, not necessarily for your son. I don't know if it would bother or please your son to stagnate.
But, if your son was held back just to teach him a lesson about the consequences of being lazy/apathetic, the teacher's class size would be increased and your son could skew comparative test scores negatively for the other kids.
Anyway, I get your point and maybe he'd be miserable enough socially to do the homework so he wouldn't be held back again. It just bothers me a lot more that some kids who have failed to master the subject matter are being progressed than it does that some kids who have succeeded in mastering the subject matter are being progressed even though they're lazy.
P.s. If he doesn't find motivation, your son might have a future in house-sitting. 
Sure, go all logical on me, why don't you?
I understand what you are saying, and I swear to Gawd that his English teacher passed him last year, just so she wouldn't have to deal with him again.
