And also the teachers," said Karin Keysselitz, the mother of a child at the school in Haltern, whose son was taught by one of the teachers killed in the crash.
Along the way, father and son are taught the intricacies of the town's politics by everyone from a bitter Bing Crosby and a rebellious Steve McQueen to a sex-mad Romy Schneider and the comedian Sam Kinison.
The school, where Charlemagne himself, his family, his friends, and his friends' sons were taught, became a lively centre of discussion and exchange of knowledge.
But tempers are lost, offenders are shut in closets for daring to talk back, and we get a frightening scene in which the sons are taught, or commanded, to swing a punch at the patriarch.
Even though her son was getting good grades, Wilks realized the curriculum her son was being taught wasn't even going to lead to literacy by the time he graduated from high school.
'It's wonderful', we reflected, 'that our son is being taught about a black woman not through the prism of racism-slavery, colonialism or the Civil rights movement - important as they all are - but rather as a great Victorian.' And she was great.
My 6-year-old son is being taught meditation at school by learning how to focus on the teddy bear rising and falling on his stomach as he breathes.
If more men are paying attention to how their sons are being taught and the obvious deficits they are facing, motivation will occur to take action and address their specific needs.
Rosie Castro's son is now being taught Spanish by a woman named Marta Bronstein.
"Parents need reassurance...that their sons and daughters are being taught by qualified teachers, and are being taught the same core body of knowledge," he said.
She's telling the story of her son Joey - about he's being taught how a prince can marry another prince - and he's in second grade.
