Aye OP, been there done that.
I was not from a glamorous background either, never finished elementary or high school, got bored and frustrated, dropped out.
Sailed on Merchant ships and drove taxi cabs, got bored with that too.
Bought into a US flight school at at age 21 and got my CPL, IR and MEL in 1978.
DC-3 Captain 8 years later in St. Thomas, B-747 FO 2 years after that and B-747 Captain 1996.
Then on to a major airline in the US.
Long story but all doable. Never went to schools, English not the native language.
Hard work, good attitude and more hard work will do it.
Don't ever give up kids, you will get the god life and the good jobs if you really, really want it.