Straight As.....

I don't think so......
Eldest DD(13) is no A grade student....never going to be....but I know if she made the effort she could do a heck of a lot better but....I can't stand over here with a stick and make her work, I can encourage her and hope she does the right thing, I can ask her if she's done her homework, even help her with the editing of it, help her find the research or steer her in the right direction etc(done that before), but I can't do it for her....
I know teaching is a damned hard job..(and I admire the dedication and effort that it takes to teach and I know I wouldn't be able to do the job...I'm sure too many parents would object to me yelling constantly at the children and sending them to corners or timeout LOL hell I struggle with my own 4 let alone someone elses 23+)....and it's a damned hard job especially in high school where a hell of a lot of kids really don't want to be but..I sometimes wish the teaching was a little different like the approach they take in the younger children's primary school of teaching the child not the subject(yes they still teach the subject....but in different ways ....they look at the kids and go I think a more hands on approach would work better for these kids or rather than just using a textbook get ideas from life as to how each subject is relevant....I know it is harder in highschool where each teacher has a hundred and one students....(or however many) and not in the earlier grades where a teacher only has one classroom full but there must be ways to make kids want to learn...ahh don't ask me I'm not an expert .....