Jesness informs the reader that even he was part of the floating standard, which is a standard put in place so that if students are not preforming well, then the standards will drop to meet the low education levels. He mentions, “Americans want quality education,” (42) but they think the standards are too low and the students aren’t getting a good education, however, they enjoy seeing their child’s high grades and successes in school. He indicates that due to the floating standard everyone is happy, the students feel they are smart as a result of their grades, and since the students are doing so well the schools are getting more funding’s. Jesness edifies that this, “flexible standard,” (42) cannot be fixed easily due to the fact that schools
