"If I have to teach my kid how to read, then what is school for?"

"If I have to teach my kid how to read, then what is school for?" SOMEBODY COMMENT UNDER I SAID YOUR KINDERGARTENERS SHOULD IDENTIFY SIMPLE WORDS, SIMPLE LETTERS, BE ABLE TO SPELL THEIR NAME WHENEVER THEY COME INTO KINDERGARTEN. AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA THEN WHAT IS SCHOOL FOR? WHAT? WHAT YOU WHAT DO YOU SCHOOL FOR? YOU. TALKING ABOUT? GOING TO ANSWER I WOULD RATHER LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE IMPLICATION OF THAT QUESTION. BECAUSE IF YOU WHO ASSUMES THAT SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO TEACH YOUR CHILD EVERYTHING. TO REMEMBER, KINDERGARTENERS COME TO SCHOOL AT 5 YEARS OLD. YOU HAVE TO TURNING 5 A LITTLE AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS GET INTO KINDERGARTEN. ARE A PARENT AND YOU ASSUME IS JUST GONNA LEARN EVERYTHING FROM IN KINDERGARTEN WHENEVER FIRST DAY, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING WITH YOUR KID FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THEIR LIFE? THE FIRST FIVE YEARS? A FIVE YEAR OLD CAN TALK. OLD CAN WALK. FIVE YEAR OLD IS PROBABLY POTTY TRAINED. A FIVE YEAR OLD IS A PRETTY INDEPENDENT BEING. WHAT WERE YOU DOING? THEM A, B, C, 1, 2, 3. A IS FOR APPLE, B IS CAT. YOU WEREN'T GOING OVER THE ALPHABET. FLASH CARDS. NOT WHAT WERE YOU DOING? THE POSING THAT QUESTION IN OF ITSELF AND ASSUMING THAT JUST GONNA LEARN EVERYTHING WHEN THEY GET TO KINDERGARTEN IMPLIES THAT YOU'RE NEGLECTING THEM. WHAT WERE. YOU Weren't READING? DOING WITH YOUR FIRST FIVE YEARS FIRST FIVE YEARS I AM SO I AM SO SCARED. WHAT ARE WE