评论家们说职业教育没有充分重视数学和阅读等课程。一些青少年——尤其是一些来自贫困家庭和少数民族的孩子——被不公平地指定接受这种培训。

Owing to the remarkable development in mass-communications, people everywhere are feeling new wants and are being exposed to new customs and ideas, while governments are often forced to introduce still further innovations for the reasons given above.

Critics say that vocational training did not place enough importance on subjects like mathematics and reading. Some teenagers—especially some from poor and minority families—were sometimes directed toward such training unfairly.