There are some dumb people who are intelligent but have no education to magnify that into something good, and there are dumb people who have an education that just regurgitates the same bullshit they're told.
You can see scenario #1 in hood rats who are somehow incredibly crafty, handy, able to cook up drugs in some cases, evade capture and being killed, and very good with money in the least expected ways. If they applied themselves and got a good education, there are a multitude of potential paths that are legal and wholesome for them.
Because education is not intelligence.
There are some dumb people who are intelligent but have no education to magnify that into something good, and there are dumb people who have an education that just regurgitates the same bullshit they're told.
You can see scenario #1 in hood rats who are somehow incredibly crafty, handy, able to cook up drugs in some cases, evade capture and being killed, and very good with money in the least expected ways. If they applied themselves and got a good education, there are a multitude of potential paths that are legal and wholesome for them.
You can see scenario #2 in the OP.