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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Same boat here.
I'll admit that I had the slight advantage that my parents were part of said system. However, they NEVER went behind the scenes to pull strings. Everything they did and had access to were things that any parent could do and had access to. They were just more familiar with what those things were.
But the reality was that I spent 13 years (including kindergarten) in the LAUSD and got an excellent education. For 7 of those years I was with largely the same set of students. Most did well. A lot did not. Of those that did not, my observation was that most of the reason was that education was simply not a priority in their home. There were certainly a few for whom the public system simply did not have the capacity to help. But, to my eye, they were the exception. The majority of those that were struggling would have been perfectly capable of learning and achieving within the system if they actually tried.
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I am also a
victim product of the LAUSD, but I credit that system with nothing. This is the system who, after a great deal of effort to meet with my counselor, get pre-approval on coursework I'd be taking on foreign exchange, etc., called my parents in October of that semester to ask why I wasn't in school. Good job guys. And mind you, it's not like the system provided me with any info about foreign exchange either. Anything outside of the box or dare I say it, enriching, like that was completely beyond their ability to comprehend. That's just one example, but I found it to be the case across the board. Anything over and above the lowest common denominator was beyond the system's abilities to deal with. LAUSD bites.