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Public school is often what you make of it. Where I live the high school has a ton of great programs like tutors that will come to your house, advanced classes, different clubs that focus on various academic pursuits etc. The thing is you have to take the initiative to ask about these things and take advantage of them.
If you are like my nephew was and you don't give a shit and all you want to do is smoke weed, steal your mom's Valium and fuck off you will fail every class and eventually get expelled and most teachers won't care. The school told his mom several times how they can help him, but she couldn't be bothered. However, my niece who is a senior in high school this year (at the same school) gets great grades, has a plan for what she wants to do after high school and is well regarded. She and her dad (my brother - he and his wife are divorced and the boy is from a different father) take advantage of many of the things they offer and it has provided her with a pretty strong education.
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