A number of schools I attended had two classes for each grade through Jr. High. There was the dummy class and the bright kids. Some occasional flow between groups, I suspect to keep the dumb kids from figuring out just how limited their prospects for higher education might be. The same kids tended to pursue more trades and skills classes in high school. And made a good living in their careers while the rest of us racked up college debt and were essentially unemployable for a number of years after.
clay > On Jul 23, 2019, at 12:02 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Which is why support for "gifted" programs is so important - it let's those > who rise to the top reach their potential instead of staying with the > bottom of the class. Too bad it's frowned on these days as "elite" and > "those kids dopn't need anything more, they're smart already". _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
