Vocational school? Apprenticeships? Reform school? (Remember reform school?) Or just boot the little troublemaker out of school and force the parent to put up with him at home all day! Perhaps then the parent will discipline the little darling and make him stop being disruptive and disrespectful in class!
For some reason, we assume everybody is college material. They're not. Some are not even high school graduate material. For some, teach them the basic reading, writing, and arithmetic and then teach them a job skill so they can be useful.
yup !
The educational system is by design necessarily segmented by intelligence and ability. There isn’t anything wrong with that IMO. Needs in this world are fulfilled by those best equipped to meet them at their best and highest level, and you can’t legislate and browbeat your way into equality.
Yes, not everyone can be a rocket scientist or Rhodes Scholar, and you can’t force a functional idiot on society and pretend it’s a win-win.