Inner city schools can be bad but they usually have more opportunities than rural ones. Rural ones literally have nothing to offer. I’ve talked to enough people

Inner city schools can be bad but they usually have more opportunities than rural ones. Rural ones literally have nothing to offer. I’ve talked to enough people who went to inner city schools - they had way more opportunity than I could’ve ever imagined. School might’ve had disruptions but opportunity was very much available. My school was so poor they went to a four day week and cut all electives. No one went to a target college and people struggled when they did go to college (many changing their major from a hard one to an easy one). I think I went to the most prestigious college out of the entire group (not even that good) and I certainly was not prepared. The average student at my university was infinitely smarter and harder working than people at my HS. It was the first time in my life I had to actually work at schooling. Mind you - I chose one of the most rigorous and difficult majors. So, it was hard even for the kids who did come from good schools. Anyone else from my school would’ve dropped out - I had unparalleled grit and that was the only reason I was able to continue.