If you think blaming the student is a rare occurence there's another reality that's never ever mentioned.Some students perform poorly academically because they are not very intelligent. That's right,some people are born smart and some are not.You can throw all of societies resources at the less intelligent and make little headway.That's not to say you shouldn't direct those resources at those students ,only that you shouldn't blame society",poor schools,not enough money,etc." for their failure.