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It is an absolute misery. And now we are told we cannot fail any student this year (and this is high school) nor can we give them a lower grade than what they had on March 13 when it all began. So if a kid left school on March 13 with a 13% (yes, I have some) and you never hear from him again, he still passes. Now they are trying to make it hard to even give a D; you have to have consulted with his parents (who don't answer the emails) the school's "support staff," and an administrator for each D you give.

And the kids know it, by the way. So the Honors students, who are not necessarily gifted, but are hard working and cooperative, about 70% of them are still trying. (And literally, a 9th grade Honors student in L.A. means a kid who can read at 6th grade level, turns in all her work, and doesn't start fires.) But the rest of them? About 70% seem to have vanished. They could have left the country for all I know. But if they had a bare 70% in March (and you should see the contortions I have to go through to coax even that much out of them) then they are passing in June. Period.

It's such a relief to my mind and my digestive system that I am quitting. I can't believe I have operated in this fiasco for 16 years.