A "street" education is not what we're after. We paid attention in class. We got educated. Opinions are opinions. Everyone has an opinion. A reason to rape someone. Only a charlatan could think of that.
Life Science Earth Science Biology none of those text books are opinionated and they do not teach you to be opinionated. "You" have got to learn that the Bible doesn't teach people to be a respector of persons. We are not Muslims and we despise the male chauvinist so wasting anybody's time explaining gibberish to people who read text books and the gibberish is "I" want to rape someone and "I" have a reason is pure dribel. You have to respect the law and people's wishes. Not what this person or that person wants because run roughshod over people raping and pillaging. Uneducated is uneducated. Everyone doesn't want nor need a "street" education. Leave the streets where they are. Nobody cares. I don't.
This essay should be in Articles, but I read it and agree with what you are writing. I grew up in a bad neighborhood where street smarts were valued for those on a pathway to prison. Like you, I stuck to the books and didn't rely on opinion to carry me without an education behind it.
Unfortunately, there are people that come from the streets and become CEOs of companies. But once again, I can assure you from experience, that the higher echelons of, the military, private enterprise, government, religion and academia are filled with sociopathic followers of Machiavelli. All wishing to get ahead in their egotistical minds, by stepping on all of those below them until they reach the top and implode.
Democratic Dilemmas and Divine Inspiration examines the significance or relevance of the idea that the U.S. Constitution was, as many believe, divinely inspired. How much did that belief matter to founders of the nation and how much does it matter no