No Child Left Behind but ......

[btb87]

Working at a Community College, I see many students that probably should have been left behind. . .

Many of these students come in complaining that they have to take prepatory classes ("It's a waste of my time", "I have to PAY for these and not get credit?") and then end up failing. Some are bored, others really don't even have a Blue's clue. Many of them don't have the basic fundamentals, but manage to "pass" and then get here and find out that it's not 13th grade.

I agree with CountryGirl - if he wasn't sick, then he woulda been at school. And if for some reason he wasn't at school, then he woulda been studying something and not doing the play station thing all day. Unfortunately at that age, many kids don't see the value of school. But to answer your question, I probably would have held him back. Maybe when he realizes that he's gonna be the only 22 year old in the 9th grade he'll wake up and get to crackin' them books.