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In Praise Of The F Word Failure
“A parade of students who are angry and resentful for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of average intelligence or better, they eventually quit school, concluding they were too dumb to finish.” (Mary Sherry, 11-14). Reading the article “In Praise of the F Word” the relationship between learning and grade are different. Most student who chose to not put school their priority and did poor in education wish they could go back and studied instead of partying and doing drugs. Most believe most of the time they fail is because they weren’t motivated enough to work harder.

One parent talked about their sen ior son work habit, attitude and priority changed after his teacher threatened him that she will

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