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Educational Hierarchy..

Have you ever noticed how our education system is messed up. The best schools in the city have the best teachers and the 'best' students. Now re-read the last sentence. Getting there? No? Well let me explain. As most of you with young kids at home or maybe back in your own day had to have been exposed to the admission process of schools. Every school now has a set 'criteria' to admit new possible clients a.k.a. students to their numbers. A child must have certain knowledge and intelligence before starting their school. Mediocre or low grading students or students who are a little slow are usually rejected by well known upper class schools. They claim to have the best staff but, what beats me, is that if their teachers are so highly trained and well apt at their jobs, than why is it that they can only teach high caliber pupils. Why can't they just teach the lot? Shouldn't there be an equal chance for a slow learning child to gain from such highly professional ...