ÇSo did I, and we don’t have these tracks here. That’s just a reality of standardised education, you can’t serve the interests of everyone at the same time.
It’s a shame she didn’t have access to do what she wanted immediately, but she did have access eventually. That’s not harm.
You can try and make a plan to give every child what they want as soon as they want it, if you design a program like that and it has better outcomes I’m sure it would be implemented somewhere.
Despite what she describes as a turbulent journey through school, Amelie believes that without the flexibility to change path along the way she might have dropped out altogether.
Now aged 20, she hopes to pursue a career in education and is currently training to become a teaching assistant at a vocational college in The Hague, ROC Mondriaan.
ÇSo did I, and we don’t have these tracks here. That’s just a reality of standardised education, you can’t serve the interests of everyone at the same time.
It’s a shame she didn’t have access to do what she wanted immediately, but she did have access eventually. That’s not harm.
You can try and make a plan to give every child what they want as soon as they want it, if you design a program like that and it has better outcomes I’m sure it would be implemented somewhere.