Judge Judy

Yes, I have a friend who's been teaching 8th grade English in a public inner-city school for over 30 years, where the overwhelming majority of the students don't speak English at home, and don't care to learn English in school. The stories she tells me are heartbreaking: her students have no ambition or interest in getting a good education or going to college as they find it's more lucrative to sell drugs and weapons on the streets (as their older relatives do). The parents of her students have zero interest in school or how their kids are behaving. The majority of them don't have a working phone (most just get disposable burner phones) nor email to even get in touch with them in case of an emergency.