You got a priviledged education (there are public schools and there are public schools), and assume one is available for every child, if not for their evil pare

You got a priviledged education (there are public schools and there are public schools), and assume one is available for every child, if not for their evil parent preventing them to attend to. Also, you fail to take into account that with today's Internet, there's a miriad of resources that any reasonably intelligent parent can leverage to educate their kids in subjects outside of their are of expertise. It really would be easier for your parents to pull it off today, had they been so inclined (and been born 35 years later, of course)