I enjoyed your article very much so. However, upon review I think you may be missing the bigger picture. While education in our world today has improved greatly, I am sure you can understand the burden that one should place on themselves. A burden of personal responsibility.
School is a guiding path into, what should be more promoted, self education. But in order to create a sense of logic you must first create a basis in which your logical ideas are derived from.
This of course includes history, math, science, and as many other studies as possible. The bigger your collective, the more well chossen your choices in life will be.
Every subject intertwines with the other in varing degrees based in the nature of study. Science to math, math to English, English to history. It is unlikley to be successful in one fundamental without the others.
People of all ages do have the ability to study at will. Our schooling system has always been intended to keep a well informed public. Leave self study for your off hours as a child and pick your major for college carefully.
The fundamental learning of every study is extremly important. Learning is not always the easiest, but it is the most necessary to finding success from any point of view.
I want to add before I end this reply. You stated the wealthy as successful. I do not think he who dies with the most toys wins. I have always been a humanitarian by choice. I think you should reevaluate if what you claim to be success is in fact such. Then when you write your next article, give us your terms of success in detail. I would much like to know your views instead of having to interpret them.
Thanks for the read,