I on the other hand, grew up in a family with a 3rd grade education and a mother with a 6th grade education. They were both from the Appalachians and spoke fluent hillbilly and nothing else. I scored in the 99th percentile on my SAT back in the day. My brother became a civil engineer and I somehow became a nuclear chemist.
By the way, though "uneducated" my parents were some of the most intelligent people I have ever known.
You must have loved the movie October Sky
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Sky
My family is 8 generations West Virginia
I... understand where you are coming from
One quickly learns to reason when everyday survival is at stake.
As an early Henry Fonda "hillbilly" character said, "I learnt along time ago that just 'cause its wrote down on paper don't make it so."
education and intellegence are two things that are not always related
education and moral reasoning are also not always related.