There's actually some truth to that logic though. In Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers" he talks about the phenomenon of how the greatest achievers in school, be it in sports or academics often have one thing in common, they started school a year later than their peers. This gave them a natural edge over the competition because they were a year older. Then teachers and coaches naturally spend more time nurturing those children because they are doing better. And like dominos falling, they keep getting the good opportunities again and again, and it translates into a vastly more successful life. All because they started school a little later than other children.

Brilliant, that is no falsehood, many successful figures in our modern world and the previous centuries didn't go to school and were still successful.

Great quote!