You (and by virtue, your children) are an outlier. The most vast swathe of people in this country are not like this. Schooling is not about learning. It's a m

You (and by virtue, your children) are an outlier. The most vast swathe of people in this country are not like this. Schooling is not about learning. It's a mix of daycare, social development/grooming for the workforce, and the removal of the parent's influence on the child's development, in order to serve the state's goals. Children that are motivated to learn something, will find a way to learn it.