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War is really about, what they're really fighting for. >> other voices? >> yeah. i noticed there seems to be a common idea that the civil war was totally about slavery. i'm gonna disagree with that. the south did want to leave the union, because of slavery, but the issue of the civil war was keeping the south in the union. so slavery isn't like, the entire issue. >> pushback? comments? >> we're gonna continue tomorrow. we have class tomorrow. you are a thinker. that is for sure. the wedge is this labor issue, right? i think we're agreed on that. it's just the way of describing it. good job. go...

I'm gonna disagree with that. the south did want to leave the union, because of slavery, but the issue of the civil war was keeping the south in the union. so slavery isn't like, the entire issue. >> pushback? comments? >> we're gonna continue tomorrow. we have class tomorrow. you are a thinker. that is for sure. the wedge is this labor issue, right? i think we're agreed on that. it's just the way of describing it. good job. go, go, go. >> you're spending a lot of time telling the story of the civil war and reconstruction, in your 8th grade class, why? >> because i think we have not adequately...

It's just the way of describing it. good job. go, go, go. >> you're spending a lot of time telling the story of the civil war and the reconstruction, in your 8th grade class, why? >> because i think we have not adequately, you know, understood who we are as a nation. there's so much of this history that has been way too difficult for this country to look at. the reason it's important to understand this history is because we carry it within us. these things need to be unpacked and looked at, and talked about, and we need to decide what we think about them now. it is challenging, but it's where ...

Acts up in class he will be sent to sit on the floor in it an 8th grade class. >> that is true and embarrassment keeps people in line whether we want toed a knit or not. >> even gym glass is strict. >> at my old school we played games every p.e. but here it is either running for ten minutes or running around the block. >> you fire people at your schools. >> they should be fired. >> you fired teacher after one day. >> she was incom income compet. >> you could tell in one day? >> yes, she was incompetent. >> if i'm not going a good job it is over and it could happen at the drop of of a dime. >> ...

Here we had six subjects of homework and the teachers were a lot nicer and here they are a lot meaner. >> meaner and yet no student has expelled since is the school began in 2000? >> no way. i love fools. i love the kids that get in trouble because you can take a kid who is acting like a fool or gets in trouble and use them as an example. it. >> is cruel critics say. we have a 6th grade student acts up in class he will be sent to sit on the floor in it an 8th grade class. >> that is true and embarrassment keeps people in line whether we want toed a knit or not. >> even gym glass is strict. >> ...