Apparently America has been low on this rhetoric state. However, it can be fixed. If these rhetoric ideas can be taught from the 7th grade till the end of school then they'll most likely use it throughout the rest of their life. They could possibly be another Aristotle and have brilliant ideas. This will never be discovered however, if the education system doesn't start teaching these tactics.
*If you can't get help on this type of rhetoric tactics at school, then seek them somewhere else. You'll find help on this eventually and when you do; try to understand them and do what you do. :)