I know two other people on Atkins, both of whom have had very good weight loss and cholesterol-lowering results, but no one who's been on Atkins for more than a year and a half. I myself went off it because it was boring, expensive, difficult to maintain while traveling, and required large amounts of kitchen-time. Most cured meats contain sugars, not to mention nitrates, and uncured meats spoil, so you end up spending lots of time cooking fresh meat and cleaning up afterwards. I admit it. I did it.
Education begins at home.
Children must learn the value of learning long before they are imprisoned in our school system. Teaching is not the problem. Learning is the problem and the solution. My parents, too, never really had the opportunity for an education. But they encouraged me.