Perhaps, mom should have maintained some control in here household and with her daughter and made sure the kid did her homework.
An award for “Incompetent Parenting” should have been given to mom.
Hear, hear! It's obvious the mother isn't helping or making sure her child do her homework and hasn't bothered to look at her report card or what I'm sure were numerous notes from the teacher. The mother shouldn't blame the teacher for her own failings.
Not doing homework was a punishable offense in my home if the school reported it to the folks. There were no excuses and we were never asked if we had homework when we came home. It was expected of us to do the homework assigned.
The punishment was more then verbal and no one ever heard of grounding back then.
That's a good idea but it could get very expensive if taken nationwide.
Lazy parents today have all the convenient excuses they could ever need custom-made for them by fund-lusting government agencies and advocacy groups - - your kid has: "ADD", "ADHD", "autism", etc., etc., etc. Just pump him/her full of Ritalin and your energetic little dumpling will be the perfect classroom zombie. No need for the troublesome hassle of discipline.
Pray for Ammerica.