And enable that behavior by making excuses for their "disadvantaged childhoods".

I work in a public high school, where criminals and the biggest troublemakers are "rewarded" for bad behavior. Cause enough trouble, and you can go to an "alternative program" where you can watch BET and have taxpayer funded pizza and ice cream parties. I kid you not.

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“‘Sort of’ is such a harmless thing to say...it doesn’t really mean anything. But after certain things, sort of means everything. Like after ‘I love you’ or ‘You’re going to live’ or ‘It’s a boy.’

Demetri Martin