| The educational system in the United
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| | careers and be experts in their field.
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| States is a mess. Pretty much everyone
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| | The educational system has more problems
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| knows it, but what to do about it is a
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| | than just how to best teach children.
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| huge problem.
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| | Many of the problems in the schools
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| It's easy to point to various symptoms
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| | relate to students' home life. Uninvolved
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| and declare them the problem. High
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| | parents are an issue as well, but not one
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| dropout rates, as high as 50% for some
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| | that the schools themselves can easily
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| cities or 1/3 for some states, are often
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| | address.
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| pointed out as the problem, but really
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| | Perhaps the greatest challenge comes from
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| they're more symptomatic of the issue.
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| | figuring out how to route children
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| The problem in many ways is that the
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| | appropriately in school. At what age do
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| schools aren't addressing the needs of
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| | children know what they want from school,
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| the students. There is a huge emphasis on
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| | much less their lives? How can the system
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| sending kids to college, no matter their
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| | be flexible enough to cope with uncertain
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| aptitudes or interests.
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| | and changing interests.
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| A college education is a wonderful thing
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| | Sound impossible?
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| for many people. It makes great jobs
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| | Absolutely it's impossible as the schools
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| available to them and on average
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| | are now, and changing them won't be easy.
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| increases their income. But it is not the
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| | It will take a long time to figure out
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| road to every job, and not every child
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| | how to implement a workable solution.
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| wishes for a job that requires a college
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| | Figuring this out doesn't mean changing
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| education.
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| | everything at once. Better would be to
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| Don't get me wrong. Every child should
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| | try changing things carefully.
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| have the opportunity to choose to go to
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| | The focus on making college education
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| college. But if their interests and
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| | available to all has driven us to focus
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| aptitudes are elsewhere, shouldn't that
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| | almost to exclusion on getting children
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| be encouraged?
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| | to the point where they can go to
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| This can be tough. The trades and
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| | college. But this ignores the needs of
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| vocational skills lack the status of a
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| | many students who are not well served by
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| college education. I doubt there are many
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| | such a focus. To improve our schools we
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| people who expect that to change. This is
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| | need to work on serving the needs of all
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| true even though these are vital skills
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| | of the children, not just the ones
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| and those who have them can have good
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| | heading to college.
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