Mark, if this is the case, we are wasting billions of dollars on prolonged adolescence in high schools. If K-12 does not hammer skills into students good and hard - the essence of educational Essentialism, the educational philosophy of this writer, not sentimental psycho-babble - we are wasting our money. This writer would oppose susidies for such catch-up programs. Apprenticeships that do not require basic academic skills are the option for those who will not learn. This has been the essence of the European systems, which have not had "gazillions" of dollars to waste on baby sitting. Third World countries are even more pressed to get return on investment, ROI, from their scarce dollars and do not put up with the adolescent antics that our K-12 tolerates. Do not worry. The crashing economy will sort things out. We do what we can afford. When we cannot afford it, it stops.
Canada relies on immigrants with hard skills, work ethics, and intact families to make up for the lack of discipline in its K-12 educational systems. At some point, the immigrants will tire of paying for the prolonged adolescence of their neighbors. In this, there is hope for Canada to avoid US model.
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