child failed. parents are outraged that the school district would their kids in front of all their peers. listen. it causes public embarrassment and humiliation among their peers and makes them feel embarrassed and make them feel like they re dumb, they re not as smart as the other kids who did pass it. you know, i m all for competition, but not all kids are created equally. i ve got a dyslexic kid at my house who will get up, study all day, and read the material over and over, go to school, take the test, and come back, read it over and over and over because dyslexic brains are simply wired differently. she doesn t get she s tried so hard to fit in with all the other kids and has done a fantastic job because of hard work. some kids aren t good test takers. with that wall of would that wall of shame motivate the majority of kids? you used it when you tried out for a team and found out if you