It isn’t illegals. Many that I have worked with from CA. have no geography or history knowledge. They are decent with math. It is pathetic.
You’re right, most illegals drop out of school. They have to work to help support their large families.
“It isn’t illegals. Many that I have worked with from CA. have no geography or history knowledge. They are decent with math. It is pathetic.”
Unfortunately, this makes sense. There is no money in being “well-rounded” anymore for an average person.
My grandfather was semi-literate and never finished middle school, yet he earned a living good enough to put his daughter through college and his wife didn’t work except during WWII, and that was only for patriotic reasons. He knew enough self-taught math to become an expert machinist.
If one has a trade and is very good at it, I believe that this can still be done.