Hannah Centers:

The only thing that warranted him moving on to ninth grade was the fact that he was 15, and school leaders could not have a 16-year-old eighth grader driving to school every day.

But I’m not here to judge. Academia is a tough gig. I should know — I taught in the public school system for a lucky 13 years. And I’m here to tell you that while maybe Assistant Professor Beorn is right about you not being qualified to homeschool your kids, I know for a fact that the public school system isn’t qualified to teach your kids.

Don’t believe me? I’ll prove it right now. Take this eighth-grade exam from Bullitt County, Kentucky, dating back to 1913. Go ahead, I’ll wait.

I’ll be surprised if half of you even knew where to start with half the questions on that test. And remember, this was a test for eighth graders. In Kentucky.