At least half of the high school graduates have such poor reading comprehension that they couldn’t possibly get an education no matter what college they graduated from. Then if you throw in reasoning ability there’s no hope. Yes, everyone needs to be encouraged to do their best but that can’t happen with our current system.
So? How are you going to educate the louts? The best thing is the strong family leaning on and supporting the individual. It has worked through the ages....