At this point the system has started to cross the line into simple corruption. Teachers know that those 10 students who never turned in any homework and continuously disrupted the class do not deserve to get a passing grade but they do it anyways. Then the next teacher does the same god damned thing.
Well, I object to the term GD
That said, teachers have power like everyone who was mandated to take drugs. They can say no I’m not doing that. I’m not passing that child. The administration can face losing teachers or shaping up.
Teachers give away their leverage pretending they need their job. They could stop living beyond their means. That’s all