The alternative is to have your kid waste time in a classroom where classes are optimized to target either the stupidest or least interested in learning kid, wh

The alternative is to have your kid waste time in a classroom where classes are optimized to target either the stupidest or least interested in learning kid, whichever performs lowest. They call it "No child left behind", i.e. every child left behind. I doubt even John Taylor Gatto expected mass education to get this bad.