[The Comedian]

Try to find someone who can do math at a 9th grade or higher level.

You'll be looking for a long time.

Need someone who can solve a second order differential equation?

Good luck. Those 4000 Americans are already employed, mostly teaching math at universities.

I can imagine 3 generations from now, when our descendants come across a mothballed Atlas V booster in the ruins of a former Florida launch center, and pointing to it as proof that super-advanced aliens visited earth in the past.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Persevero]

Fear not, Comedian, we homeschoolers are on the job.

[CodeToad]

” descendants come across a mothballed Atlas V booster in the ruins of a former Florida launch center, and pointing to it as proof that super-advanced aliens visited earth in the past. “

Never heard it put like that but you’re right!

[wintertime]

Try to find someone who can do math at a 9th grade or higher level. You'll be looking for a long time. Need someone who can solve a second order differential equation?

My three homeschoolers entered community college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13. All three finished all college general courses and Calculus III by the age of 15. The younger two earned B.S. degrees in math by the age of 18. The older of these two earned a masters in math by the age of 20. A required part of her program was to teach undergraduate mathematics.