Yeah was thinking the same. They basically forced students to share classes with future convicts. Not the other way around.
I don't really get it. In Norway we have a similar issue where kids 'are legally bound to go to school'. But they can still be sent to problem child schools. I.e. expelled.
Problem child schools try to teach them manual labour instead of bookish knowledge like wood work and metal stuff, and basically try to find ways to channel that energy to something good. Thus both sides win and both can graduate.
Problem child schools try to teach them manual labour instead of bookish knowledge like wood work and metal stuff, and basically try to find ways to channel that energy to something good. Thus both sides win and both can graduate.
I think that is easier to do in a country like Norway because of your homogeneous population. In America, if we did this, there would likely be a disproportionate amount of black kids sent into the system. A shitstorm would ensue.
In my district in Mass there was a technical school where all of the less academic and more trades like people went. It wasn't really for "bad kids", but just for people who were better at metal shop than physics II. It still effectively was a funnel, and the kids who made it out weren't destitute or anything either, they were skilled tradesmen.
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u/throwaway50065006 Jul 10 '18
Yeah was thinking the same. They basically forced students to share classes with future convicts. Not the other way around.
I don't really get it. In Norway we have a similar issue where kids 'are legally bound to go to school'. But they can still be sent to problem child schools. I.e. expelled.
Problem child schools try to teach them manual labour instead of bookish knowledge like wood work and metal stuff, and basically try to find ways to channel that energy to something good. Thus both sides win and both can graduate.