Originally Posted by Old Dad
Education isn't a basic human right, it IS, however, a basic human responsibility of a parent to educate their child and THAT is why you're advocating for your child. Unfortunately in the U.S. we all too often point fingers at other places than ourselves as parents when it comes to responsibility for our children.

UNESCO would beg to differ with the section I bolded.

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/right-to-education/

That said, I agree with the corollary that it is definitely also a parental responsibility, and that too many parents abdicate this important responsibility.

What is to give light must endure burning.