a math wiz. now math is one of her favorite subjects. >> reporter: you know what's fascinating by this, i don't know whether to be repulsed by that or completely jealous. >> it could be both. >> reporter: maybe it is both. maybe that's why you're getting such a strong reaction. i'm juju chang in new york. >> if you have heard anything about this article, you probably got it e-mailed to you because as soon as it was in the paper -- >> huge. >> -- everyone was talking about it. now the book is climbing on the best seller's list. >> she didn't have anything to do with the article. it is interesting. you say you can relate to this. >> completely relate. i love my mom. i have to say, i'm going to be a tiger mom. but in our house it was as or nothing. i still remember staying up late with my mom and getting quizzed. if she could get halfway through the sentence and i didn't know the answer, i hadn't studied enough. it was an aggressive style of parenting but i like to think it worked. >> man. my parents were happy i didn't drop out. when we come back, it's time for "the skinny." >> news on jimmy buffett and his rough trip down under. and bristol palin, is she moving to mornings? answers straight ahead. ht ahead.