ideas and companies because of the political system and other things. should we be looking at ourselves and comparing more locally than that, within states and within districts and within towns instead of comparing ourselves to the rest of the world? >> no -- >> go ahead, steve. >> i think we do have it take in a consideration, the fact that our children are competing in seats in colleges. 40% of the ivy league is seen to be asian. if you look at black people who go to college, many of them are not african-american. they're at least one descendant away from another country. we have to be honest with ourselves, and more simply. call tech support. where are you going to be speaking to someone? right now, in our economy right now in our everyday lives, the impact of failing schools is taking shape and we need to own that. if you don't believe the tests or anything else, look at what you see before you. go to places in which there's a