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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by spacecowboy_lon on Friday March 11, 2016 @03:59AM (#11265519)
Ah just like the old System the UK had with Grammar schools for the middle class and Secondary modern for the working class kids whose role in life to leave school at 15/16 and work in industry.
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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by tremon on Friday March 11, 2016 @06:11AM (#11265912)
It's got nothing to do with "working class kids" and their "role in life". I've had classmates from very affluent parents move into vocational training, and I've had poor friends complete a university degree.

That the US and UK fail in this matter doesn't say anything about the rest of the world's ability to provide equal opportunity for all children.

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Re:America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries... by spacecowboy_lon on Friday March 11, 2016 @07:11AM (#11266103)
Lol that wouldn't fly in this country (UK) vocational training is for the "Plebs".

And from what a German HN contibutor said here its funny how all the "dark skinned" Germans get put into the vocational track.

Germany is unfortuntly an outlier.

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