Sadly it is not satire but accepted practice in our schools for certain cultures to belittle those among them who try achieve academic success
Several different cultures
“In related news, British academic Adam Swift charged that “parents who read to their children are giving them an unfair advantage over children whose parents are unable or unwilling to read to their children.”
He’s wrong...there is no advantage for the kid, when the parents read to him - no different than telling the kid a story from memory. The liberals concocted the entire “read to junior” meme to keep parents busy doing stuff that doesn’t help the kid, rather than stuff that does help.
But there is a HUGE ADVANTAGE for the kid, when those same parents take the time to TEACH the kid to read for himself...which is doable for any (non-disabled) kid by age 4. But that takes EFFORT, so 95% of parents will let their ‘free’ public (and private) schools attempt to do that (with usually crappy results).
Fortunately, my kids are in the 5% that were taught to read well before the schools got a hold of them - but I realize most parents have higher priorities for their precious time.