That reddit thread is full of people (hopefully not teachers) insisting that it’s actually a parent’s job to teach their children to read. Ignoring the ‘fuck poor or undereducated parents’ attitude on display, I have to ask, what’s the point of early education then? My first few years of school were all about literacy and numeracy skills. If these aren’t the responsibility of the education system at that age, then what on earth is? I guess it’s just daycare to these people…