I disagree to an extent. You're not wrong that there are a lot of ****-awful parents out there contributing to problems in education, and that those ****ty parents range from the neglectful parents not taking responsibility for helping their kids to the overprotective not taking accountability for their kids' awfulness. However, I don't think you can place the blame on a parent when we don't provide current textbooks for entire districts, or when we hang on to teachers that have no business teaching children or cannot find new ones. As a society, we need to place a premium on the value of education, and take steps to make it a priority.