You miss the obvious. Those even in community college want to be there.
newsjunkey,
I think you are missing the obvious.
The desire to learn didn't just spring up like a pimple on the face over the 12 week summer break between high school graduation and matriculation in high school. These illiterates and innumerates wanted to learn while in high school.
The high school had, and has, children who **want** to learn but our government K-12 schools are failing miserably at the job. I suspect two reasons:
1) The government schools are allowing disruption.
And/or
2) The community college is using **effective** teaching methods and the high schools are not.