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Well, I don’t think kids who were slated to go to trade schools were mentally deficient.

No no no

That was NOT what I meant. I should have added more explanation. Many schools started 'mainstreaming' special ed students in the 70s and after. That created problems for those students, for other students, for teachers. I mentioned that only as an example of the same Libthink interference.

Trade schools are/were for students who didn't want or didn't have the smarts for the academia of college. Colleges and universities had higher standards for entrance and retention. In more recent times, those colleges and universities have been coerced into reducing standards to retain students.

Got it!

I think the UK still slots kids into certain schools after they pass the “O” levels - whatever that is. They then go on to different schools according to their abilities. John Lennon was slotted into art school which didn’t seem to hurt his earnings potential!