And that was my point - that the problem wS the education system - not laying a foundational basis of knowledge from which to assess things.

The same thing happened to my daughter in both the UK and South Africa. There seems to be the delusional belief that the only reason people don't achieve something is because they lack confidence.

It is actually the other way round. As people leRn things, they become confident.

The US, as the UK, is now too far gone to fix. In my opinion, anyway.