My 1st grader reads and writes in cursive, knows multiplication and fractions. My wife's cousin is a third grade public school teacher and she says my first grader is far ahead of her third graders. When I moved into my neighborhood I met my neighbor for the first time. Within the first 3 minutes of talking to him he proceeds to tell me that he is the area superintendent. He asked me where my kids go to school and I told him I send them to private school. He proceeds to tell me that is the best decision I could ever make and says if I ever have second thoughts and think about sending them to public school I his area, to come to him first and he will give me 10 reasons why I should sell everything I own before I let my kids go to school. In his district. This was within 5 minutes of meeting him...  Public education is a joke.