Public Schools in the US is a form of Child Abuse. Bullying is commonplace because teachers have no control of their classrooms. Many teachers were not able to academically major in anything else-Most teachers score much lower on the SAT and ACT exams. Most Admin in schools were teachers that were poor teachers, so they were promoted out of the classroom. If you think your child teacher is wrong or doesn’t understand something, you are probably right.
The parents of most public-school children are not interested in their children’s education. These parents have no clue what is being taught nor do they really care as long as Sue Snowflake has a place to go for 8 hours a day so momma or daddy can go to work or shopping. Homework is no longer assigned in most cases because momma and daddy complained to the school about having to help their child with homework. Heck, teachers are happy because they don’t have to grade the homework.
The curriculum has been dumbed down so that Ralphie with an IQ of 60 is now in the Gifted or IB program. Reading, Writing, and math are a second thought when social issues are deemed most important. Sure, Bubba can’t read, write or count past three, but he sure knows he has a choice in his gender or how Republicans or Whitey is evil.
I have taught in a Vocational college (Trade School) and in Corporate America for 30 years and this is what I have seen and have had to deal with over the years.
Once again, most public schools are a form of child abuse(neglect).
Yet personnel departments complain about, and reject, applicants who are educated - for being “over-qualified.”