‘Poor” people often make poor choices.
The reality is that many poor people make poor choices because they are stupid. They have low intelligence and low IQ.
The old saying “the fruit does not fall far from the tree” is factual. However, occasionally children are born that have the aptitude and desire to improve their situation. They are willing to accomplish this by some other means than being an professional athlete, drug dealer or criminal.
This is why we need charter schools. Schools that children can go to for free if they desire to improve themselves. Most of these schools you have to test into. That is the case with the one down the street from my office in Nashua, NH.
The Academy of Science and Design(NH) is a charter school in the Nashua school system. Any NH resident can go there for free. They only provide bussing in the city of Nashua. So, every morning I pass a line of cars of parents dropping off their children. Some drive from over an hour away. That is because after being in existence for less than a decade it is now rated as the best public school in the state.
It is so well regarded that some people are choosing to send their children there instead of private high schools that cost tens of thousands annually.