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A better analogy might be to say that in one supermarket you can eat all the fruit you want, while in another you only have bananas to choose from. I’m surprised you think gaps in quality of education are a good thing, for the sake of “diversity”.
Ok, but obviously the school can’t control how much time parents spend with their kids. Children with highly educated parents will always have an advantage, but it would be great if some schools weren’t so underfunded. The schools I volunteer in are falling apart - crappy facilities and equipment, outdated textbooks, underpaid teachers. I grew up less than 5 miles aways from these people and went to one of the best public schools in the nation. Funding makes a huge difference.
Perhaps, but the system has changed. Many HS’s don’t teach classes like woodwork for students to learn hands-on skills anymore. The OP is right when she says the public education system doesn’t put much value on the blue collar trades anymore.</p>