Schools don't have teaching the basics as their primary purpose. They aren't even there for facilitating learning in general - if they were, they'd look a hell

Schools don't have teaching the basics as their primary purpose. They aren't even there for facilitating learning in general - if they were, they'd look a hell of a lot different. For one thing, they'd drop basically all the structure they provide and replace it with independent study and tutoring. No, the primary purpose of schools is to teach children how to be controlled by authority figures. As a side bonus, it watches over children for a large period of time. Controlling parents insist on the state paying for what's essentially day-care, so that's what we get. I have no clue how to fix things. Best advice I have is to opt out. "Homeschool" your children, don't force them into learning anything in particular, and pay attention to what their actual goddamn needs are.