> Teachers can't bear to carry that load themselves. So I'm gonna make the assumption that "teacher" still somewhat means the same thing in the US, and that th

> Teachers can't bear to carry that load themselves. So I'm gonna make the assumption that "teacher" still somewhat means the same thing in the US, and that they must be teaching the kids something. What in goodness sake are they teaching the children if not how to read? Isn't that the very first thing you should be teaching them after kindergarten? If there is ONE thing a kid could learn in school. Wouldn't you pick how to read over literally anything else? The second thing would imho be math. But on that point people may say geography and history are also important and I can't really disagree cause I happen to be good at math and shamefully bad at the other two.