I didn't go to school in the US . But the school where i went to was in Asia , and over there , back in high school , they have classes for the " super smart ones - fast paced " and " smart ones - regular pace " and finally " and okay ones = slower pace "

This worked just fine for us , we didn't have label this or label that , despite the fact that our classroom was divided based on the intelligence of each students . We still hung out with each other , we never said you're slow learner , or you're the smart ones . Well we acknowledged that they're from which class , but we never really thought it would label us and stick to us forever .But again , this worked just fine for all of us .