Im not sure that being uneducated makes people become criminal and have emotional problems for starters. There are LOTS of criminals in who are both educated and land high level jobs. And there in more depression and anxiety in affluent community teens than in the poor kids that just want a hot meal. Education does not make you a better person, it just makes you better adepts at hiding your assholeness (if thats a word). That said, I absolutely agree that education is important. I just think its done the wrong way. We should be doing away with all of these standardized tests that make the rich — poor discrepency even greater, We should focus mmore on teachig kids how to naviate the real word and become innovators and leaders.