I would have been happy if I had been able to help my children with their homework but being taught the German System. It was impossible for me. The result came out the same, but still.
Even as far back as the 50s when I was in elementary school, public schools had started their descent into liberal mediocrity. We were a military family and moved often. During one transition while I was entering sixth grade, we moved to New Jersey and the parents decided that the public schools there were not to their liking. I was sent to a Catholic school (with the dreaded nuns). Boy, what a diff. Yes, the nuns were strict, but I found that virtually every class was far advanced from what I had previously experienced. I am particularly thankful for the math classes which, when I started, appeared to be out in space, but turned out to start me on a career based on math.
I still give thanks that there were alternatives to gubmit education even back then.
Its fine except if you have to WORK for a living