What is with parents these days?

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I would also argue that there is only so much time during the day.

I would prefer my children have math, science, language, phys ed, history, etc, than spend time on what I might consider to be frivilous. I'm not saying that opera is frivilous, but it may not be what I think my child should be spending time on while in the fourth grade. Let the parents be the ones that instill culture, as culture is vastly different to vastly different people.

Diversity is fine. Whatever. But I want to make sure my kid can read and add before I'm too worried about if he appreciates opera.

What if this mom objected because the opera contained Satan and had a moral regarding dealings with him to be bad because that was making a religious statement?

I think there's too much fluff in education. My 6th grade daughter is doing in math what I did in the 4th grade in math. Why? This is just where cirriculum writers have 6th graders at present, and I'm not blaming teachers. I just think need more of the readin', writin', and 'rithmetic.