Anchorhold said:

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I figured OP was talking about tsips because 2nd grade how far they all got before dropping out of school.

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Come on.

You can do better than this.

I'd just wanna make sure that they wouldn't eat crayons if left unsupervised

CDub06 said:

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Athanasius said:

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Sending children to public schools is a bad idea.

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I went to public school. My kid goes to public school. We're doing just fine.

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Same here. We even went the next step and put our kids in the school they are ZONED to. We're the odd man out on our street!

Back in the old days , Alabama just used IQ scores

agnerd said:

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The problem is that when you're living in a suburb, EVERY PARENT thinks their kid is special. When the tests show them that their kid is just average, parents have them take tests showing they possess an heretofore unknown learning disability.

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fify

1990Hullaballoo said:

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As a former CTE teacher at a medium sized 3A school, our school required one of us to go to the incoming freshman orientation to preach about the advantages of enrolling in our classes.

Most parents whose student were already showing animals were shocked to learn they had to choose between taking CTE classes and GT/AP/Dual credit classes.

I explained to them the only way around that choice was to begin taking the GT/AP classes in their 8th grade year. This also meant they had to take the correct advanced level class in 7th grade to even be considered for the 8th grade class.

So basically, if a student wanted to be adequately prepared to be accepted to a major university, the had to begin taking the correct classes by the time they were in 7th grade(if they wanted to take any CTE courses as well). So basically the decision needed to be made at the end of their 6th grade year as to whether they were going to a major university or whether they were going to take CTE courses. Quite the decision for a ~12 year old or their parents.

I guess it has migrated all the way down to the 2nd grade now. Guess we are getting more and more like China everyday - where a person's career is decided for them at a very young age.

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What is CTE?

Career&tech ed.

My wife is a counselor at our district's 2 year old CTE campus; they're expanding and growing.

A dozen or so pathways for juniors and seniors;
Aviation, cyber security, nursing, building controls, architecture, future educator, culinary/hospitality, emt, robotics, advanced manufacturing, electrical.

Plus new ones starting next year of ev tech and construction trades including construction management, HVAC and plumbing.

Nearly 1000 kids attend this campus coming from 9 district high schools.
No full time students here, they go twice a week. They get industry cents and college credit in all pathways.

And it's free

Nice to see the focus shift from 4 year university being the only option.