America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I could, and I had no formal training.
Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
Honor is a gift a man gives himself. You can be as good as anyone that ever lived. If you can read, you can learn everything that anyone ever learned. But you've got to want it.