If the student isn't being bullied, then the parents are. If they try to participate in their child's education beyond volunteering for the teachers' pet projects they get slapped down and criticized and told they aren't good enough and should butt out.
Home schooling is an alternative, if you have the opportunity. Not just for religious nuts; it's for anybody that wants to see their kid get more than <10 minutes of attention a day (which schools fall woefully short of). You can beat the school curriculum by a large multiple in the first half-hour of your home-school day.
But good luck trying to check out a curriculum from your public school - you'll get glared at and lectured to and forbidden from checking out any curriculum that isn't 'age-appropriate' even though your child did all that stuff 2 years ago.
Home schooling is an alternative, if you have the opportunity. Not just for religious nuts; it's for anybody that wants to see their kid get more than <10 minutes of attention a day (which schools fall woefully short of). You can beat the school curriculum by a large multiple in the first half-hour of your home-school day.
But good luck trying to check out a curriculum from your public school - you'll get glared at and lectured to and forbidden from checking out any curriculum that isn't 'age-appropriate' even though your child did all that stuff 2 years ago.
Anyway, sorry, hot button.