<p>I’m not seeing anything in any of this that isn’t already happening.</p>
<p>@aonoshonen
I’m sure you noticed that the top colleges in this country require 3-4 years of each of the subjects you mentioned. I assure you, selecting for income, middle class and upper students are able to meet and surpass those requirements. Students from underperforming, mostly public schools will not - but that is lastly a question of curriculum, and persists among low-income populations in any nation.</p>
<p>What do you mean by practical subjects? Shop class and Home Ec? So, like, technical schools?</p>
<p>@Occams
Most colleges have distribution requirements such as the ones you list. I’m not with you on changing the UK system to fit that model - there are many students who are ready to specialize straight out of high school and therefore welcome the strict European curriculum. I’m not sure breadth requirements are a good thing, really. Maybe it’s better to go into a defined discipline and pull through to a degree, rather than languish in limbo for 2 years and maybe never graduate.</p>