Yes.
Schools have your children for 6 hours a day. You have them for 4 between the time you get back from work and they go to sleep.
Took the words right out of my mouth. I constantly remind my daughter that her mother and I pay her teacher's salary, and that we're literally her teacher's boss (through taxes): so she needs to tell us anything that the teachers do that makes her feel uncomfortable, because her teachers are normal people who can sometimes be wrong and need to be talked to. This strategy has proved incredibly effective, so far. But you can't give up vigilance, and you have to make sure your kids are always aware of how much more they can/should trust you than any teacher.
Excellent point. My son isn't at the age for school just yet, but we'll be reminding him of the hierarchy constantly, as well as the reasoning behind it, just as you have done.
I've worked with teachers before (and am one now). Teaching is a skill like any other, but it's definitely a very mixed bag. I'd not hesitate to say that most teachers are losers who couldn't make it anywhere else: those that can't do, teach.
I'm not worried about mine. Morality is taught at home. Schools can indoctrinate those who have not received their values from their family. Those folks can fail to breed....
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