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The Three-Body Problem Ep. 19 continues its slow pace so that viewers fully understand whats going on when all hell breaks loose.

My kids to be that smart? what kind of programs and thing that i get them interest in whether they want to be math whizzes. >> i dont know. we wound up here. i dont think there are too many people in our businesses who are math whizzes. >> are you saying my children dont have a chance because im their mother? >> no, im not saying that at all. they are regular einsteins im sure. coming up, a diet right to your doorstep. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.

They know how to do but held accountable, on annual contracts. they must perform. and then you go down from there. they -- the students have a relationship with the faculty through an advisory relationship. meaning they have someone whos monitoring their daily progress and finally, they finish with a deep respect for the families that they work with, that the parents are not the enemy. theyre, in fact, seen as very reasonable members of the education community. >> great. you guys, a great discus...

Before we trash the american education system, my next guest says not so fast. in this months foreign policy magazine, ben writes, relax, america. chinese math whizzes and india engineers arent stealing your kids future. he joins us now. ben, in your piece, you show the "life" magazine cover from 1958, comparing a slacker american student with an overachieving russian student. weve been looking over our shoulder for an awful long time to the rest of the world, havent we? >> youve had this sputni...