A teacher I know came to visit today. 
She was upset about her job and the fact that they only are keeping her part time and thank goodness she wasn't the music teacher because they cut the program.  With that said, I feel very empathetic, nobody wants to lose their job or be treated unfairly.  It is hard times we are living in.
But...
The conversation changed.  Not by me mind you.
She began to go on about how the kids need music for development.  I agree.  Then another person said "they (the powers at be) must intent the parents to stand in and provide what is missing"?
Said teacher gets cynical and says, "yes and we know we can't count on the parents to give children a good education."
Right now as I write this I am trying not to be mad. 
I am trying to remember that it is not the teachers' total fault for what she feels because she is a product of a system.  A system of thought that has crept slimily into our country and our homes.  A system that pulls babes from their mothers breasts at a very young age, so the mom can get some time away, maybe go make a little extra cash for the family.  A system that sends out beautiful babes off to a building with up to thirty other little ones jam packed into a little classroom where they are "learning" all day long.  While we do what?  Run around in our little circles, in the extra car we probably don't need except for the job we go to daily to pay the baby sitter of the infant and all the school fees for the older children.  Then we push ourselves to the brink of our nervous systems to stay at menial jobs that we really don't even like.  Day dreaming about something better being out there but not knowing what it is.
I know, I know, there are situations where what I am saying is not true to some people. And I respect you and the situation you are in. But, to a lot, this is a very true post and we know it.
This is why I home school.  This is why I quit my job, that paid well.  This is why I chose to keep my infant in my arms and nurse her during the day until she was eating solids.
All this because the system made me cringe inside.  It made me cry two weeks before it was time to go back to work after my six week paid maternity leave.  It was wrong, and deep inside I knew it.
I am now schooling my two oldest daughters and holding my infant during the days.
My girls are happy and are at the same place academically as their peers and in some areas further ahead.  They love people of all ages and have many friends. 
Last week they finished their "book work" then went and hiked to a waterfall with their friends.
Am I trustworthy to educate and care for my own children?  You bet I am.  Don't dare stand in my kitchen eating our home made goods and admiring my child's fridge art and then tell me I am an idiot.  You may leave now, thank you.