Actually, I have heard that from everyone of his teachers....lol
and some of the support staff as well.
We live in a small but depressed city and the kids he goes to school with have less then ideal conditions at home. (supposing they have one)
So many are not prepared for school, and school is not a priority in their lives. By fourth or fifth grade, some of them have already joined gangs and are up to nefarious acts! Of course not all the kids are like that, some of them are from single parents that are struggling to keep food on the table. But many of the kids live in crisis. In his school there are a lot of kids who are failing. I heard that more then half his class will get a 1 or a 2 out of 4 on the state test. Because of no child left behind, they get less money to deal with the issue, which doesn't make any sense. And DS7 gets the fuzzy end of the lollipop so to speak.
