Alternatively, they could do as was common in my father's time (the 1930s) when all children were taught to a high level in every subject, on the expectation that only the very few would go on to college. My father's grammar text was college level. The text for cooking class was like a work in applied chemistry, explaining why heat was applied in certain ways for certain foods and certain cooking. Trigonometry was every bit as challenging then as it is today (and maybe even more so). The students were equal to the challenge. Most of my graduating class in 1968 were very bright. Once it became de rigueur for people to go directly to college from high school, the curriculum was slackened. With observable results. We now also have the problem of uneducated parents, who take no pride or role in their childrens' education.

Not everyone will take part in scholastic victory. I was also in the days when there was a "Special" class to deal with the mentally retarded. These were good-natured kids, but their light glowed only dimly. If a person does not feel pity for that, they have no gratitude toward God.