HEAR! HEAR! After the first of our four children hit the fifth grade and we discovered what the agenda was of the Department of Education we pulled him out of school and home schooled them all. I've since repeatedly stated and will continue to shout from the rooftops, if you love your children you will educate them yourselves.
You state, "It may be hereditary." Absolutely. Think about it. Why would parents subject their children to the same education they received when that same system left them impotent to pass on what they were supposed to have learned if it were not in their genes to shirk their responsibility to raise their children themselves?
Forgive me. I don't want to get started. I could rant all day about this.
Trying to get along with any of the officials or teachers is viewed as weakness to be exploited. All your kid means to public schooling is a source of money, vouchers might fix some problems, but not many.
Government schooling seeks to put parents and children at odds so both can be controlled by playing them against each other. Hollywood and "musicians" do the same.