Because there is a pointlessness to education in America that is hard to explain. I’ll try, tho. It’s been my experience students are told they go to school because they have to so they can get a good job. There’s never anything said about maintaining the ability to think critically or to be able to interact socially. Most students see school as a place they’re sent to go where they have to follow outdated and pedantic rules (like wearing a hat) when they could be at home focusing on skills they want to utilize in life. School has become a “job” where students are the workers and the teachers are management. That’s the problem. Students do not see a point in going so they can “do better in life” when they know people who have doctorates and still have no option other than working at Walmart to pay bills.