What I see happening a lot (my best friend is an elementary school teacher) is that children who aren't really at the level to pass the grade are being passed anyway. Supposedly failing a year is bad for a child's self-confidence, I guess. I don't see how it's supposed to help by passing a child who isn't yet ready though - it just creates more problems, for that child as well as for the others who will be slowed down the next year because of that child.

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Si à travers nos veines coule encore le sang...
Si dans les jeux d'enfants on entend encore l'accent...
Si nous sentons encore l'espoir de nos grands-parents...
Si dans les voiles du large souffle encore le vent...
Y'a jamais eu de Grand Dérangement.