Beyond Selidor

Oh no, I definitely think there is a strong correlation between parental engagement/levels of education, undoubtedly.

In terms of particular people being 'let down' by poor quality teaching, I'm thinking of so many things I've seen online. In particular, people who complain about finding particular books 'boring' or 'disliking the writing style' when what they really mean is that they couldn't understand it. In such cases, the problem is with the teacher, not with the source material, to be honest. Dislike a book, but dislike it for a genuine reason, not simply because you were taught so badly that you can't understand it. You can tell it's due to poor teaching, because they hold such ill-informed opinions about particular authors and the historical context within which they wrote (Dickens' books were not popular fiction, for example. Now, I dislike Dickens, and am certainly not defending the guy, but his books WERE intended for popular consumption, and anyone who is arguing otherwise has been let down by their teachers). I find it incredibly depressing.