The single largest factor in determining how well a student does in High School is poverty. Poor kids don't have the support nor the means to excel. They typic

The single largest factor in determining how well a student does in High School is poverty. Poor kids don't have the support nor the means to excel. They typically have to worry about other things. Like earning money or working the farm or just trying to keep the family together anyway they can. While other kids have computers, you didn't even have a desk to do your homework. Other kids get dinner, you go hungry. When your mom was sick it meant staying home to take care of her. The potential that is lost to poverty is no different than the potential lost to Wars. Millions of people who could have changed the world never get a chance.