You know George Carlin and his schtick about being only smart enough to work the machines? Yeah, public school is like that.
My kid qualified for a magnet high school (math, science and engineering), ranked 9th in the country. We went to the orientation and I was excited to have him get a huge head start on life.
During the orientation, they started talking about how they were very "progressive", which is a buzzword for liberal nutcases. I ignored that, thinking a higher education at his age is too important to pass up. We went to the library and that's where I fucking turned on the off button for this school. The magazines they had were all liberal bullshit, as what stuck out was that they were ALL either pro-obama, anti-Trump, or anti-America. I kept my mouth shut, but continued on the tour.
When it came down to decision time, I said nothing and allowed my kid to make his decision. HE mentioned how he wouldn't do well because he could tell he'd be fighting with his social studies and english teachers based upon what he saw in their classrooms. Apparently, he saw some woke shit in there he didn't like and said no.
Bottom line, even though MY kid can see through the bullshit, the other 10 thousand fucking morons protesting, I mean rioting and burning shit down while attacking those they don't like - those dumb fucks are ruining the country. If you can't see that, then maybe you need to take a long, hard look at what you want out of life. At some point, you're going to be a victim of the mob.