Re:The American Dream Isn’t Alive in Denmark
by mrweasel on Friday August 05, 2016 @09:08AM
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>However when your school doesn't know that, doesn't have a history of sending people to college
I see your point, but remember that Denmark is an extremely small country. There are literally no high schools that don't have a history of sending people to college. Of cause there are relatively poor part of town in at least some cities, but mostly those cities aren't big enough that only student from one particular neighbourhood is present in a high school. The high schools will always have a mix rich and poor, highly educated parents and parents with little to no education. Areas of Copenhagen might be the only exception, but I don't honestly know.
The schools can of cause advise a student not to apply to college, but in the end they can't stop the student from applying for college.
I see your point, but remember that Denmark is an extremely small country. There are literally no high schools that don't have a history of sending people to college. Of cause there are relatively poor part of town in at least some cities, but mostly those cities aren't big enough that only student from one particular neighbourhood is present in a high school. The high schools will always have a mix rich and poor, highly educated parents and parents with little to no education. Areas of Copenhagen might be the only exception, but I don't honestly know.
The schools can of cause advise a student not to apply to college, but in the end they can't stop the student from applying for college.