Remember how modern policing forces in Britain were formed because it was considered that there needed to be a lighter, more regulated arm of enforcement than the military?
Funny how we in the US seem to have flipped that around.
You'd think the Free states would have better traditions in that area, but it would seem we all share in that slaver tradition instead. How... unfortunate.
My favorite are the ones that collect 50% or more from the VA for PTSD. You're getting paid because you're so fucked up and stressed but instead give them a gun and the legal right to use it.
If you were on disability for a bad back or something, and someone snaps a photo of you doing your best to mow your lawn or anything other than being bedridden, you'd be dragged into court for fraud.
For good grades you need to be willing to learn and either put in some work or be intelligent.
The kids with bad grades are often unwilling, few unintelligent.
Intelligence can lead to be uninterested if the teacher is a bad one, but if the teacher is interesting the intelligent kid will do great without that much of an effort.
Rewarding effort would be valuable for intelligent kid actually, since they often develop bad working habits because of it. But grades can never truly reflect it, and so no teacher is grading based on it.
(except on high level studies were you need both intelligence and effort...)
Intelligent or just able to memorize well enough to info dump for the test. My schools basically taught for the state standardized tests, I learned a ton more from random internet surfing than from school, unfortunately.