Education is full of irrationality. You can't say anything with bad connotations about children, because that's a big taboo. You can't say that a child is too stupid to understand something. You can't say that if a child always refuses to cooperate, it is impossible to teach them. The official hypothesis is that each child is perfect, so if they don't become Einstein, it's someone else's fault, and we should express moral outrage about such loss of a talent. In recent years, the consensus seems to be on blaming the teachers. So it is refreshing to hear an alternative explanation.

You know what's even bigger taboo? Blaming culture and attitudes.