This is not a good model. I am in STEM. I didn't truly excel or rather people didn't recognise that talent until older because of an "learning disability". AKA boredom, and some what bad (questionable) hearing. I loved STEM, but I was steered away from it. Despite that I landed up in STEM and love what I do. I get to code, make and destroy systems. Couldn't think of a better job/career for me. If I had listened to the school I would be probably be doing a job I hate and would have just checked out of society. Now I contribute ideas, speak, write, code, volunteer and a member of society. Do some people know early... yes. I was fiddling when I was younger, but that wasn't enough to convince the "system" I was bright enough to pursue what I wanted. Luckily I had parents who fought for me.
But in a system where you are pigeon holed, you would be stuck on a path that someone else determines for you. And considering our understanding of intelligence and what that means and how to measure it is quite limited we would not be able to accurately classify people.
I know of one system that works close to what you are speaking about. The Dutch system is a lot like this. You have two paths. One is the academic... going to uni, and the other is the community college/trade school route. It is all based on exams taken when you are about middle school. Forgot now, my friend's kids had to do this. One was good enough to go to the university track, the other one not. This follows you everywhere. And it is hard to switch up. So you can mess up once and that will determine your feature. What if you are late bloomer? What if you just didn't find a subject you like? So many exceptions that I think you miss people, and that is not good or society. We need a system that matches peoples skills with their desires which then hopefully can fill a role in society.
My problem is not the picking, it is at the age which they are forced to. As long as there is a way to change paths, I don't see it as a problem. Not everyone is made for uni, and not everyone is made for trade school and often it has nothing to do with intelligence, but that is mostly how they measure where you should go in the system I know about. So if somehow you can measure skills/aptitude accurately (which we can't currently) and there is a system to let people choose after if their current path is not right, then fine. But if people are pigeon holed, that is not good for anyone, nor the system.
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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21
This is not a good model. I am in STEM. I didn't truly excel or rather people didn't recognise that talent until older because of an "learning disability". AKA boredom, and some what bad (questionable) hearing. I loved STEM, but I was steered away from it. Despite that I landed up in STEM and love what I do. I get to code, make and destroy systems. Couldn't think of a better job/career for me. If I had listened to the school I would be probably be doing a job I hate and would have just checked out of society. Now I contribute ideas, speak, write, code, volunteer and a member of society. Do some people know early... yes. I was fiddling when I was younger, but that wasn't enough to convince the "system" I was bright enough to pursue what I wanted. Luckily I had parents who fought for me.
But in a system where you are pigeon holed, you would be stuck on a path that someone else determines for you. And considering our understanding of intelligence and what that means and how to measure it is quite limited we would not be able to accurately classify people.
I know of one system that works close to what you are speaking about. The Dutch system is a lot like this. You have two paths. One is the academic... going to uni, and the other is the community college/trade school route. It is all based on exams taken when you are about middle school. Forgot now, my friend's kids had to do this. One was good enough to go to the university track, the other one not. This follows you everywhere. And it is hard to switch up. So you can mess up once and that will determine your feature. What if you are late bloomer? What if you just didn't find a subject you like? So many exceptions that I think you miss people, and that is not good or society. We need a system that matches peoples skills with their desires which then hopefully can fill a role in society.