The teachers spend too much time on the little things and forget the real reason why the children are there. Not only that, but the textbooks hold inaccurate information and do not contain the whole story. One book summarizes Abraham Lincoln's and George Washington's life in approximately six lines each. Not only are the wrong things written in the textbooks, they teach the children wrong values. In public school textbooks, marriage is never mentioned as the foundation of the family, and yet these books are supposed to be the textbooks that introduce the child to an understanding of American society.
Abortion is another issue.
Public schools are more or less encouraging our child to have sex and expressing to them that it is okay. After all, they teach our children that if it feels right, then do it. On the other hand, when adults think about educating their children, they often forget the option of home school. The idea of home schooling started many years ago, but it really began to flourish in the 1970's. For many people this was the only option, because either public schools lacked or the schools were too far away for them to attend.