Do you believe that if the instructors were more than marginally qualified, that more US high school students would be capable of college level work?
Or, even better, what percentage of US high school graduates do you believe are intellectually capable of college level work, assuming the best instruction and optimized funding?
I say it's less than 10%.
Our national delusion is that it's 100%, or close to it.
As long as that's the case, you will have a system founded on fraud and susceptible to bribery and many other forms of corruption.
At best the Left wants the schools to produce some Betas, but mostly Gammas and Deltas.
Jim, when I graduated HS in 1960 maybe only 15-20% went on to college and most of the guys were jocks on scholarships, while the girls went for degrees in Education.
The vast majority of grads went to military service or blue collar jobs, while girls went into retail or clerical jobs. Many married at 17-18 and toughed it out.
I agree with you that most HS grads of today would not even qualify to get into college under the old standards for entrance. ...The HS courses have become a joke and the teachers just pass them to the next grade, instead of failing them and making them re-take the courses in Summer school.
I’ll stop now, before I run my mouth to excess...
I agree...