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Originally Posted by mineistaken
Wow. This is unbelievable. How is that even possible? In any civilized country you must pass all classes and only then you are eligible to move to the next grade...
And in US you pass only 3 of 18 and still get to the next grade?
Shocking news to me... This one thing explains EVERYTHING. Simply unbelievable.
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My brother just assumed he would have to 8th grade over again (which is how it used to be), but he was told by the school that they will only hold a student back if the parents request it and his wife (my brother is the stepfather to this kid) insisted that he move on because she didn't want his friends making fun of him.
Much of this can be traced to Bush's No Child Left Behind. One of the provisions of it is that schools with higher graduation or "promotion" rates can get more money so many grade school now just promote everyone no matter what your grades are.