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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unpopular answer: Any kid with SN severe enough to keep them below grade level and/or disruptive behaviors was not mainstreamed. There were plenty of latchkey kids, for sure, but most parents who were at least middle class made it pretty clear that 1. College was NOT optional and 2. Good grades were expected, and had to be earned.[/quote]

Boom. Agree. [/quote]
I disagree completely. Sure, affluent families have always expected college, but there has been a huge shift in the past 20 years into pushing all students to college, regardless of whether they have the academic aptitude for it or are even interested. I graduated from a high school in a very economically diverse area in 1992 and there was no shame in going to trade school. We didn’t have this huge emphasis on “COLLEGE READINESS” that I see now.

We need to bring back vo-tech training! There is a lot of money in the trades. We need to stop the madness of trying to get everyone “college ready” because not everyone should be going to college in the first place.[/quote]

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