Kids need self-esteem, granted. However, they do not need false sense of accomplishment. They should know that they have to work hard for anything they want, not just skate through with the bare minimum to graduate.

My 15 yr old grandson has not gotten good grades over the last few years. But he has it all figured out how he can take these minimal classes to make the minimal number of credits to graduate. And in the same conversation thinks he is going to get into U of M. I keep telling him to keep dreaming!