People blame teachers and they don't look at the system.
It's crazy, you have kids that don't flunk because it hurts their self-esteem or that can't speak English, or that deserve to be paddled but can't be, or that couldn't tell you what the various Ammendments to the Constitution are, but if given a test on it could guess enough to pass.
It's sad actually. In another generation or two, we are going to have a lot of apathetic, drugged up, idiots that can't be fired from work because it would hurt their feelings, can do whatever they please and not have to take personal responsibility because they don't speak English or had a bad childhood, that can't read a newspaper or balance their bank account, etc. Yeah, we have some now, but just wait.