Texas Public Schools Now Majoraly Hispanic

**gaelic cowboy** · 03-26-2011, 19:31

3 out of 10 so 70% will have diplomas, that's sounds normal to be honest we can assume that a big proportion of those 3 out of 10 will obtain apprenticeships in whatever trade they fancy like plumbing, carpentary etc etc apprenticeships start round 16/17 usually

Edit: checked wiki seems like apprenticeships start in America at 18 which is a bit strange if you ask me, which prob means you have to obtain a high school diploma, therefore 30% cannot even get a trade now that is bad.

**Centurion1** · 03-26-2011, 22:24

Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy

3 out of 10 so 70% will have diplomas, that's sounds normal to be honest we can assume that a big proportion of those 3 out of 10 will obtain apprenticeships in whatever trade they fancy like plumbing, carpentary etc etc apprenticeships start round 16/17 usually

Edit: checked wiki seems like apprenticeships start in America at 18 which is a bit strange if you ask me, which prob means you have to obtain a high school diploma, therefore 30% cannot even get a trade now that is bad.

yeah blue collar trades dont work that way here. everyone is expected to achieve at least a high school diploma.

**Rhyfelwyr** · 03-26-2011, 23:00

Originally Posted by Centurion1

yeah blue collar trades dont work that way here. everyone is expected to achieve at least a high school diploma.

I always wondered why in American films/TV shows you see people going to fancy graduation ceremonies with their academic robes on just for finishing school. You don't get to do that until you finish Uni here.

**gaelic cowboy** · 03-26-2011, 23:21

Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr

I always wondered why in American films/TV shows you see people going to fancy graduation ceremonies with their academic robes on just for finishing school. You don't get to do that until you finish Uni here.

Yea you can leave in third year here which in America is I think grade ten or something, in fact it is entirely possible to go to Uni never having finished secondary school. You could leave and do a trade after the apprenticeship do a bridging course for first year of technical college later transfer to uni.

**PanzerJaeger** · 03-26-2011, 23:25

The value of a private education cannot be overestimated, and that value will only increase in the future.

**gaelic cowboy** · 03-26-2011, 23:31

Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger

The value of a private education cannot be overestimated, and that value will only increase in the future.

The value of the old boys network it gives you is far more valuable I would say.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 03-27-2011, 22:42

Public schools used to be great. Most still are, but they are being bleed slowly it seems.

**Centurion1** · 03-28-2011, 00:42

Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy

The value of the old boys network it gives you is far more valuable I would say.

trust me going to a private school in the states does not equal an old boys network. they are as prolific as cod. Many are catholic and there are thousands of those. Sure you have schools like Exeter prep in NH or Sidwell friends or Bullis down in northern virginia and DC but many aren't what i imagine you are thinking about.

**PanzerJaeger** · 03-29-2011, 01:04

Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy

The value of the old boys network it gives you is far more valuable I would say.

Possibly, but I was referring more the discipline it instills in children. I was educated by the meanest collection of old curmudgeon's I've ever encountered, Lasallian Brothers. They had no tolerance for indolence, rebelliousness, or failure; and they made sure my parents understood that before I was accepted into their school. It was their mission to educate their students, and everything else including sports, extracurricular activities, and personal freedom was secondary to that.

I wasn't much of a troublemaker, but I remember one particular example of their methods which would never fly in public school. In my sophomore year, I had a very high average in English - so high, in fact, that I calculated that I could skip the final paper and still come out of the class with a B. So, on the last day of before summer break, I was asked to stay after class to discuss my failure to turn in the paper. I casually explained my position and my contentment with a B in the class, expecting an expression of disappointment and to be let go. As Brother McLaren explained, however, the assignment wasn't about earning points towards a grade, but about me learning the material, and my school year wasn't over until I had learned it.

As all my friends were headed off to parties and freedom, I was accompanied to the library where I worked on that paper until just after midnight as Brother McLaren looked on. After that, as my paper wasn't in a format suitable to turn in, I was taken to the computer lab and forced to type it, which lasted until well after 1:00 AM. Finally, I had to wait around while he carefully read it over several times, grading first for content and then for grammar. His grade? A-, marked down to F for lateness.

I hated that place, but I'm so very glad my parents sent me there. It taught me life lessons that go far beyond grammar and arithmetic. College and work have been more than simple in comparison.