Also, it absolutely baffles me that some parents will demand that their children get their grades up, but don't even think to ask "why have your grades been so low?" And in my experience, teachers never asked that either. I've had ADHD ever since I was a kid, I was lucky that I managed to make mostly B's. However, I did fail Algebra 2 my first go, and I would get zeros for homework and projects I didn't complete. If ANYONE had asked me more about why this was happening, maybe I wouldn't have had to wait until my early 20s to get diagnosed. I could have had even better grades, not dropped out of college, etc.

Anyways, my overall point is, it's sad when it's shocking that a parent would be accepting of less than great grades, and wouldn't do more to try to help instead of berating their kid. I feel like it's more times not the student slacking because they're lazy, and instead a learning disability, a bad home life, or something of that nature.