Bunch of wise men saying yes I agree we should push and test students early, so those not academically inclined can be directed to the trades. This is a proven method that works.
But if this even was hinted at by an educator, same folks would be screaming "social engineering!" Trade tracks always existed. It was called BOCES on Long Island and in high school it was a given that on most days, a third of the students got on the busses to go to their shops and apprentice programs.
It's mostly dismantled now, because no school wants to fight the lawsuits parents will bring, if you say, "Yer kid would make a good plumber, not an astronaut/linguist."
And then those kids, who were cushioned from reality because their paretns can't deal, they have kids who, two generations into listless education, blame the schools for why things suck on an elf simulator forum.
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