And about the underachieving students supposedly not trying harder because they see college educated people applying for fast food jobs, I think that's just not

And about the underachieving students supposedly not trying harder because they see college educated people applying for fast food jobs, I think that's just not true. And if they really do think that way, I'm sorry but they deserve the poverty they are stuck with. Why do they deserve it? How is unrewarded work a virtue? Why should people who have very little when it comes to most resources (including emotional and intellectual energy) be shamed for choosing not to invest it in something that appears fruitless to them? Because society might right itself in 20 years and have appropriate roles for them? I'm not saying "education is worthless". Far from it. For privileged people like most of us, it delivers a lot of value (objective and subjective). However, most people who are deep in poverty see no way out in it, and I don't think they're wrong (for them).