Al Capone only had a Middle-School education

First, Capone's contempt for authority and those who did not respect him was evident from a young age. During a class argument in sixth grade, a female teacher called Capone a dago and slapped him, which enraged Capone to the point where he punched the female teacher in the face, breaking her nose. Al Capone never returned to school as a student and Al Capone only had a Middle-School education.

Following the incident, the Capone family relocated to a new neighborhood, where Capone met the man who would forever change his life. Johnny Torrio was the most successful and respected gangster in New York at the time, and his headquarters were directly across the street from Al Capone's new home. Torrio became Capone's new role model almost immediately, and Capone even got a job running small errands for Torrio and his crew. Capone spent every waking moment with the Torrio organization, which served as his new educational system because he no longer went to regular school. Torrio moved to Chicago after a few years, but Capone would soon find a new influence to further his street education. Before moving, Torrio arranged for Capone to work as a bartender/bouncer for Frankie Yale, where he earned the moniker Scarface after a late-night scuffle left him with three knife cuts on his face. It didn't take long for Yale to be impressed. Many people believe that Al Capone went around murdering and torturing people for the sake of it, but the truth is that he only harmed people who tried to harm him or the people he cared about.

We're sure Al Capone could have found a happy life doing something else, but he was never given a fair deal from the start of his life, so he took the only real education he ever received and turned himself into an American legend.