I am a Adult Education/GED instructor. I’ve seen and heard a lot of sad stories from my students. The one that moved me the most was a young man who came to me to help him because he hadn’t passed the ASVAB exam to enter the military. He had a diploma from a public high school and a 2 year certificate from the vocational/technical school.
As I tried to help him with the questions, it became apparent that he could not answer the questions because he could not read the questions.
This young man wanted to enter the Army. This should be an achievable goal for any average high school graduate. The fact that he was GIVEN his diploma and certificate without the necessary education, he cannot not achieve this goal and his dream of being a soldier cannot come true. So, so sad.
When you meet a government teacher or principal, please remember that this person is a LIAR. If they weren't they would have been fired within their first year of teaching.
Illiterate and innumerate high school graduates liter the American landscape. Everyone of these former students, their parents, and the taxpayers were LIED to by their teachers and principals.
Personally....All of these teachers and principals should be prosecuted for criminal fraud on a massive scale because it costs up to a quarter of a million of PUBLIC money to house these kids in prison-like institutions ( under the threat of police action) for 13 or more years and the teachers and principals LIED about what these kids were doing.
Also...Each of these teachers and principals should be sued personally by the parents, the former student, and the taxpayers in a class action suit. Gee! If a physician **deliberately** withheld critical information about a life threatening cancer a lawsuit would almost certainly be forthcoming.