” I never bothered trying to educate ‘educators,’ because I was just a HS grad. But I did ensure that my children were taught, by me, the things that would help them become functioning adults.””
It wouldn’t matter if you had a PhD. You, as a parent are DESPISED by public school teachers - particularly those who educated their children before the teachers could get their hands on them. Sure, they’ll smile at you at parent/teach ‘conferences’, because they have no choice, but put a few drinks into them and ask them what they REALLY think of parents, and you’ll get the real answer.
I have never been to a parent-teacher conference that wasn’t a **complete** waste of time for both me and the teacher.