I blame the parents!! I don't know this for a fact or have any evidence to back it up but I'd be willing to bet that parents from the places where the scores were highest were a lot more involved and put forth more effort to ensure their child's success.
I know parents here who let there kids stay up as late as they want to every night of the week, or wake their kids up 10 minutes before they walk out the door to go to school. There is no enforcement of homework, no set aside study time, the TV is a babysitter, parent teacher conferences are an inconvenience, and on and on.
It's disgusting, I hate it!!
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