On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 19:38:31 Bianca Gibson wrote:

> On 1 February 2014 15:24, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote:

> > Another easy way of improving the school system would be to expell the

> > students who have no hope of passing year 12 when they are 14 and make

> > them

> > work at McDonald's.

>

> How would that be decided fairly? How would it avoid picking up a huge

> number of disadvantaged students? Would a better solution be to put under

> achieving students in different classes?

It wouldn't be fair. But the current situation of having such students hang out in class, not learn much, become bullies (if they are big enough, become victims otherwise), and have a high chance of ending up in the prison system is much less fair.

> I'm guessing you wouldn't want to actually force them all to work at

> McDonald's and that is just an example.

It's an example. Any other employer would do. Some kids who do that would return to school the next year determine to study as hard as necessary to avoid a career at McDonalds, that would be a good thing. But the ones who just leave school and never return would be better off doing so at age 14 and cause less harm to those who stay at school.

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