I had an incredibly bad experience going through public schools in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin in the 1980s and 90s. I did my best to hide it, but I began suffering from gender dysphoria starting at age 7. I was known by my classmates as the weird Jewish kid, and I stuck out badly in every possible way. I was a year younger than most of my classmates because I skipped third grade.

I was bullied for years and treated as a behavioral problem by my teachers. I hated every minute of school. It has always been a prison for children who are different.

My mother became a substitute teacher for the Madison Metro School District in the late 1990s, after I had graduated. As she learned about the way these institutions are actually run, she saw the need to apologize for sending me to school instead of just letting me stay at home to learn what I wanted to, at my own pace.

At a minimum, the truancy laws need to be abolished and you should be automatically exempted from property taxes if you homeschool your children. We have the remote work and the Internet now, so there is absolutely no humane justification for forcing all children into the same cruel torture chamber just for making the mistake of being born in the United States.

I am 42 years old now, so I've had decades to reflect on all this and consider my position very carefully. Edugenic harm is very, very real.