LAUSD HAS BECOME TOO COMFORTABLE WITH BAD EDUCATION
(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)
Human beings are creatures of habit and as such seem to become uncomfortable when you ask them to deviate in any way from what they are accustomed to, even if what they are accustomed to is clearly an inferior public education that leaves them with a level of achievement that will cause them frustration for the rest of their lives and is far below what they would be objectively capable of attaining under a more rigorous and nurturing system. The longer one waits to address these avoidable deficits the more engrained they become and the more likely it is that teachers will have less success in surmounting them. IThe older the student