Comment: You should do your homework before making profoundly ignorant statements in public. My Chickasaw mother was born in Snow, Oklahoma at the height of the dust bowl era, and knew third world poverty. In an act of desperation my grandma and her 12 kids thumbed a ride to Oregon coming here destitute to look for work. My mother grew up in a one room dirt floor shanty. My mother went to work fulltime when she was 13 so she could finish high school. In those days a public education was worth fighting for. My mother scrimped and saved to send me to England, to live with my legal immigrant father's family so I could attend school as she could no longer ignore the absolute incompetence of Oregon public schools. To further address your ignorance, I live well below the federal poverty level. All 3 of my children went to college because I made damn sure they had an education. As for your profound stupidity, I'll point out the obvious, Singapore has already shown you how it's done.