Not all students are lawyer doctor fodder, parents can be unrealistic when it comes to this making them feel as thought their son or daughter is stupid or unable to climb the ladder of success. Missing from the curriculum or I should say un advertised, pushed or brought up from the basement is a physical trade like plumber, AC mech, electrician, maintenance, carpenter. These are great vehicles for success and good wages for a good life. Sadly the education system run by the extortion of the government is useless social degrees that only lead to loans that have to be paid back and nothing more.
Yes, sadly these skills were removed at the behest of liability lawyers. I was always college bound (I could master math and science anyway) but I got wood and metal shop and electronics shop too. I floundered in these classes but did learn some basics. I could have selected a contracting trade (and made more than I did as an enegineer) but I was destined to go into engineering the moment that the USSR flew Sputnik.
I talked with a retired school principal more recently and she lamented that the schools missed out by dropping the trade classes but she did not know how to bring them back.
Government education is designed to create dumb and obedient servants of the state.
It is the parents who want education to teach their children moral standards and useful skills in life.
We have the technology to get “education” away from the government and in the hands of parents.
All we need is the will to make it happen.