Y'all sick with the "Hey, big head" shit.
Anywho, school is what the household makes it out to be. Most parents probably could teach their child(ren) themselves, but a TON of them are too tired from their own jobs or flat-out too lazy to do so, which is why they palm their kids off on teachers. We went over this before when some posters here thought that teachers were nothing more than baby sitters.
The biggest issue in the public school system is that it doesn't teach survival skills as kids progress in age. It's all academic-based, which is somewhat hopeful that all these kids are going to college, that aren't at trade schools. However, most schools don't teach basic financial literacy, and classes like Home Economics have been all but eliminated due to it being considered outdated thinking for women and the rise of third-wave feminism. They call it "Family and Consumer Science" classes now, and not many schools even bother to teach them anymore. I guess they figured kids won't need to know how to boil eggs and hot dogs when they get hungry, cause they can always order out, or they won't have to iron pants anymore cause all work environment should be causal dress.
It's sad when you consider the things that have been eliminated from basic curriculums today:
How to tell time on an analog clock (because all clocks are digital)
Cursive writing script (like no one signs anything with their name anymore)
The Dewey Decimal System (who goes to libraries, still.....right?)
Roman Numerals (Because all the US Amendments/building foundations should be regular numbers now, right?)
Sewing (just buy a new one if it rips)
This is the just the beginning.....