My view on our school system is that it should be changed.

My changes would take place from the age of 13. At this point the child should have a basic education and it should be very obvious if the child is academically inclined or not, if not they should be transferred to classrooms that teach subjects like carpentry, bricklaying, motor mechanics, plumbing, hairdressing, secretarial, etc, receiving instruction in these subjects would be the first stage of an apprenticeship for a job that they were more likely to follow when they leave school thus helping their future employers, and would provide a reason for attending this type of school.

Those remaining in the academic stream would be in easier to handle class sizes without "time wasters", higher educational targets could be achieved, all of these schools would achieve the status of grammar schools preparing the students for university.