I think you may be overestimating the amount of education many high school graduates have as a practical matter. Similarly, I know people that never finished hi

I think you may be overestimating the amount of education many high school graduates have as a practical matter. Similarly, I know people that never finished high school that achieved more in computer science disciplines than most people that post here ever will. Most things of value you have to teach yourself, no matter how much schooling you have, and that has far more bearing on outcomes than people like to acknowledge. For people that didn’t graduate high school, being a moron typically was not a causal factor. Knowing how to write and do basic algebra is sufficient to bootstrap yourself to anywhere you want to go, and many people get an adequate foundation in that before they ever get to high school, never mind graduate.