The Stakes Are Just So High, Like, They Feel So High

Lake: "Not a day goes by where my permanent record from middle school is not dangled over my head, by the police, by the i r s, banks, plawyers, everything" He says schools should base academic grades on weather students have learned what was expected of them during a course and not penalize them for behavior work. School closures that happened disproportionately affected the grades of black and latinex students," he adds. Lake: "I feel that nstre media is a society of strayay students. A lot of aft students goin, get and buy onnepotism."