it depends what the culture is like from where you’re from.  that’s the next most important thing after the culture that your immediate family has formed by your parents.

your parents seem exceptionally excellent, especially in comparison to most the people of your town or state or whatever…so you came out excellent too.

the blame should not be attributed to “public school” per se.  the problem(s) wholly come from the ideas, principles, or culture that the individuals in positions of influence, power or authority have.

for example, there are public schools out there that have olympic athletes who are also academically phenomenal, friendly & honest.  the areas they come from are lucky in many ways.  but simply put, it’s the collective values & expectations of the parents & kids’ peers that makes the public school filled with high achieving & ambitious people who are also honest, confident & kind.  it doesn’t have much to do with “the public school” except for the excellence-expecting parents demanding that the public schools do what they want for their kids.  that’s what charter schools are doing—demanding that the education or time spent is done a certain way that the parents prefer.  but parents can just do that with public schools too.  if only the parents can get on the same page with what’s best... 

but can totally see why you’re saying what you’re saying, because like you mentioned, lotsa morons out there (who will say their kids don’t benefit from playing in the woods, reading literature or learning algebra or whatever).