Sounds like an America thing to me
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DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 days ago
I’ve been saying this for years.
A kid who can kick a ball or swim fast gets coaches who help guide them and make sure they are well adjusted.
A kid can get all A’s and never get a drop of guidance.
Smaile@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 days ago
There is no single ‘American’ school system.
Each state makes it’s own rules, and the local counties all have their own ‘Board of Education.’
Two high schools can be five miles apart and have totally different curriculums. One might have a $5 million computer lab and the other might have a $5 million football stadium.
snooggums@piefed.world 4 days ago
And a third high school might have both because their property values are high!
A forth doesn’t have either because their property taxes are lower.
Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
For a long time, I was a middling student. 65-75% grades, with the occasional 80 in something I was interested in. It’s unbelievable how much that limits you when you want to go further, or apply for a bursary or the like.
Part of it for me, was that I was slotted in the lower stream/special needs stream during high school. This was largely because I was bored to tears in school, had a ton of home drama going on at that time.
I did a pile of upgrading, and ended up graduating with 150 of the 100 credits needed. I managed to get accepted into a smaller collage, transfer to the university, I wasn’t exceptional at really anything until my 4th year of B.Sc., where the specialized topics came in and I could fill my boots. I worked hard, though, which was all I really had going for me.
I pulled up my socks enough to get into grad school, and welp, here I am 10 years later (15 years experience in my field) doing what I set out to do.
CannonFodder@lemmy.world 4 days ago
And ya tell that to kids today and they won’t believe you!