The biggest problem is the fact that families do not have the ability in many cases to help their students and to support them in getting an education. This is something that I see in my school where the majority of students are poor and have families in which no one has ever been to college. The families say that they value education, but they have no idea what that entails. They aren't able to help with homework and such and they don't really push their kids because they don't know how much work is needed to succeed.