[bvw]

I agree that public education needs to be radically redefined. Many children in that 2008 public school environment coming from a chaotic household or chaotic, non-nurturing neighborhood are exceptionally poorly served by the current system.

The main heritage robbed from them: a quiet confident self-reliance.

That internalization must be achieved before a kid can learn -- otherwise they are like a cup full of holes. No matter what is poured in, it will be lost.

[bvw]

Quietude.

[wintertime]

otherwise they are like a cup full of holes. No matter what is poured in, it will be lost.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is a very apt why to state the problem.

[Amelia]

Many children in that 2008 public school environment coming from a chaotic household or chaotic, non-nurturing neighborhood are exceptionally poorly served by the current system.

Yes, but how could you fix that?