Better US SchoolsIn most, if not all, school districts in America, if a student can not complete an academic path, he or she is so disencouraged that they drop out, or they are not allowed to graduate. This leaves a huge population that is not prepared to earn a living only because they did not get, or were not capable to understand, the academics. In many other countries, Israel and France I know of, during the 8th grade the student makes a decision to take an academic path or a technical one. The academic path will prepare the student for college. The technical one will prepare the student for earning a living! Skilled labor is needed in America and we need to be the ones to teach the skills, even to those who are not academically oriented. Other Donald S. Weiss Web Sites |