Our educational system is not perfect, and is geared towards sitting still on a bench and cram in theory. I'm sure most people here had no problem with that. B

Our educational system is not perfect, and is geared towards sitting still on a bench and cram in theory. I'm sure most people here had no problem with that. But there are also kids who get bored easily, who hate sitting still on a bench. They are therefore not that much less intelligent than the rest of us. They might also hate getting told what to do. I worked with blue collar people, and yes, a lot of them have their limits intellectually. But I also saw blue collar workers that had to correct lesser bright mechanical designers in their designs. For them it was "obvious" how something couldn't work. In Belgium, I see a lot of bright people that did not fit in our educational system, to become contractors (electricians, floorers, plumbers, ...) Technical schools play a role here where those kids can practically work with their hands and learn that way.