Everything you say is true — education in Ontario is massively underfunded, and teachers are overworked and treated unfairly — but it's also true that many/most of those parents were trying to work another full-time job *in addition to* watching and educating their kids.
We can boost teachers without downplaying what parents went through.
David Megginson
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