Anza, If you read my first post you would see, that at least when i was younger they did have different levels according to academic ability. the Govt. thought this was bad and got rid of it. They once again have an enriched program but i think it is screwy as well. you have to apply to get into it (not all schools have it) hen it is run as a separate school within the school, different start/stop times meal times etc. but once your in your in. if you don’t get in when you start high school you can never get in. Also it isn’t separated by course it is the whole program. so a genius at say math but who isn’t very good at the topics will be put in the "regular" program and thus be forced to take a math far to easy for them, often losing interest out of boredom.
And no i don’t think all kids are cookie cutter copies of each other. I think our politicians and the bureaucrats the place, believe we are and that is where many of the problems come from..
