This is especially puzzling in presence of advanced athletics in the West and especially US. People have no problem saying "no pain, no gain" or admitting some

This is especially puzzling in presence of advanced athletics in the West and especially US. People have no problem saying "no pain, no gain" or admitting some have great genetics for sports. But as soon as it comes to mental prowess there's no aptitude, no training and nobody can fail. If a student doesn't understand something it's the teacher's fault. Oh, and rich and white kids succeed in school because their parents apparently do their homework. Parents in the USSR, with few exceptions, would laugh at their children if they asked them to do homework. Ones that did had been neurotic types who believed their child is a misunderstood genius who is being picked on by teachers.