I think that's exactly my point.
However, in the U.S., partly because we base our educational tracks on "parental choice" rather than realistically looking at the students' achievement, abilities, and interests, we're still pretending to try to educate everyone for college.
Denigrating vocational education as "the slut track" doesn't help any, IMO.
If after 8 years, students aren't showing the interest or ability to go to college, I think they should be sent to apprenticeships, real jobs, or vocational training, as many other countries do.
If students who have the ability to do college work but don't work hard enough to succeed in a college preparatory curriculum later mature and decide they'd like that option, I think it should be available to them, but I think our system as currently constructed wastes the time and efforts of many teachers and students by pretending we're preparing everyone for college.
Denigrating vocational education as "the slut track" doesn't help any, IMO.
NEVER would I consider Voc the slut track. The slut track is for those kids who have no direction, are not going anywhere and have not the brains nor the ambition past their next high.