Same scenario hated school and hated the teachers, It was always the push of if you don't intend on going to college you're wasting your life. The week before graduation they sat about 8 of us down (Class of 34 students) and summed it up to basically they were concerned for our futures, and didn't expect us to amount to anything in life. Well fast forward a few years and here I am working from home making 6 figures a year, and the "educator" that made these comments died last month from complications of diabetes due to her obesity.
Yea how about not putting ND, SD, NE, KS, and MO in with those other shitholes. And yes IA is a shithole, have you seen Des Moines?