as someone who gets decent grades, yes
not because "wah english is boring", but just the sheer fact that no kid's really learning
like instead of having a-f at my district, we do this thing called "1 - 4" where 1 is the worst grade and 4 is the best - which pretty much lets the school redefine grades to make it look like their school is doing better
actually, allow me to elaborate on that - an f is a 1, but the rest of them are c - a, therefore allowing the school district to say "everyone's getting a B" where they're really getting a D, but due to the vague definitions of the numbers, the district can make themselves (and most of the state) look better even though the kid's doing terrible and needs serious help
also, I really hate the "no child left behind" stuff - instead of focusing on every student and making sure everyone can reach their maximum potential, they only focus on the problem children who screw around in class and get no work done, while the kids getting good grades get no attention and therefore, get in trouble more for smaller things and anger the teachers for dropping below like a 96%
basically saying, we're not trying to advance a new generation, we're trying to herd them into average sheeple