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Old 08-29-2006, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 33girl
I don't know what vocational-technical schools are like in your neck of the woods, but ours certainly wasn't a problem child dumping ground. Quite a few of the kids who went there were very intelligent and could have easily excelled in the college prep curriculum - it simply wasn't what they wanted to do and their parents (thank God) weren't closed minded snobs who were going to force them to do it.
I understood RC's point to be that your run-of-the-mill public schools aren't intended to prepare students for the "real job world," but vocational schools are. I'm sure he'll correct me if that isn't what he meant -- but FWIW, I agree with the statement.
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