When I see this kind of stuff I always remember that Abe Lincoln had no formal education and was self taught...beginning with teaching himself to read.
The US spends tons of money on ‘education’, and kids know less with every batch of graduates.
What does that tell us? If you don’t want to learn and won’t apply yourself, no amount of money will get you an education. If you want to learn and you apply yourself, you will succeed despite all/any obstacles
The problem is that those TEACHING the kids are NOT "teaching" them (like my mom and many of my relatives did fifty years ago). Today's "educators" teach nothing, but tell the children that they "know things"...when in fact they do not.