That's what we've done with literacy in the US for the past few decades and literacy rates have decreased. An abject failure. What a terrible idea for society

That's what we've done with literacy in the US for the past few decades and literacy rates have decreased. An abject failure. What a terrible idea for society -- religious zealots only teaching their children one religious book (whichever one they like), people afraid of math teaching their children to be afraid of math, thespians only teaching theater, violinists whose children never get to try cello.... parents who don't speak English doing what exactly in English? It works fine if you're a shoemaker teaching your kid to make shoes. But I've seen what my kid learns from her teachers and peers. It is really fun and stuff I'd never come up with.