Yes, that is the **real** world and the law of natural consequences. People are fired for lack of competency, inability to produce, or inability to work cooperatively with others to produce a desired result.
So?....How often are children “fired” from government school for lack of competency, or inability to get along with others? Hm? No, they are not “fired”. Instead they are “humiliated” and the other children are taught to “scorn” them.
Which is more humane?
1) Is it kinder and more considerate to humiliate and scorn children who are government captives in a government prison-like facility ( children whose only crime was to be born),...
... or?...
2) Do as private schools do? Inform them that they are not a good fit for the private school and the other children, and ask them to leave?
Which is more “real world” and better preparation for the adult world of work and social relationships?
I teach in private school. I don’t humiliate, I don’t scorn. All I do is ask the same from all the students, to reach the standard that I’ve set.
If they don’t reach it, it means I have to work harder with them and they have to work harder too.
The kids don’t want to look bad in front of their peers, and the kids know that I’m not going to ask of them what I don’t ask of anybody else in the class. I don’t pick on people, I don’t make examples of them.
But they know that I will call on them, and they will be expected to know the answer, and I will work with them until they are confident.
Unlike in the real world, you get second chances, as many as it takes until you get it. They also realize that I’m only with them for one year, and that next year, if they don’t work, the consequences will be dire.
Most of them respond. Two haven’t really for the entire year. But every class I keep pushing them along and trying to get them involved in the class.
I don’t and haven’t had to use the stick. Yet. So far the carrot has been effective enough to motivate most of the students. Yes, they compete with each other and I encourage them to do so.