My report cards consisently said that I 'failed to work to my potential' - right beside the A's.

Oy. Yes, yes, yes.

I've finally said "uncle" to a lot of the school's nonsense this year. I explicitly told my DD that Phoning It In is a Fine Strategy, so long as it results in A's.

I no longer care, because it has been made Abundantly Clear that the school's stated learning objectives have very little to do with: a) reality, b) learning, or c) academic integrity. I'll get all three elsewhere, and I think it is damaging to insist that my child "pretend" that any of those things is happening.

We strongly prefer that our child enter adulthood with her B.S. meter in good working order, if it's all the same to them.



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Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.