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Particular question. and the essay question was this, suppose you or somebody else had a chance to ride a camel. imagine what happens on this camel ride. write a story about what happens on this camel ride. simple enough. fourth graders, very imaginative. well, a number of teachers said, that's just a bad question because a lot of kids don't know what a camel is. >> kind of a stupid question actually. >> of all the questions that you could come up with, why would you -- why wouldn't you just say hey, you know, use your imagination to create a fascinating story about what you might do if you co...

Spending $120,000 in tuition to get to this point which is no guarantee that they will, in fact, end up with a job as an air traffic controller. their final grade, it is not based on how well they do in that essay question, but how well they do on the simulators when everything is thrown at them and they're instructed by people who have been faa air traffic controllers for decades, one of them, sid, he says he wants to instill in the young people the idea that the goal here is exactly going to be perfection all the time. it's not the goal, it is the standard. >> there are tens of thousands of ...

Here to stay. the most recent s.a.t. had an essay question about reality s host michael smerconish wrote his own answer to that question. i'm guessing you're not a big reality tv fan. >> this was a bid to improve my s.a.t. score from 30 years ago. i had a lot of fun writing it. people have debated whether it was fair to ask a question because a number of the test takers, they said, well if i don't want reality television, how can i answer the question? yeah, i decided to take a shot at it. no, i don't like reality television. >> i'm a fan of it. but let's, for the folks watching and wonder wha...

Controversy over an essay question on a recent s.a.t. exam. write about the nature of reality television and opportunities said they were at a disadvantage. it is part of the writing portion of the s.a.t. and which counts one-third. that is shocking that you are about reality television. >> steve: that's thuation. >> brian: i think the jersey shore should be opposed to the ged or junior college. let me tell you something. forced tithing should not be allowed. if you are running a church whetherr it is presbyterian, baptist oreralian. if your parishoners don't want to give money to the church, ...

And mike huckabee is losing. wow, is he losing. that's ahead. but first a couple of holy mackerel stories in today's news. virginia governor bob mcdonnell took another step further down from the mantle of party potential savior. he doubled down on his latest public relations disaster backtrack. last night we reported his indirect, somewhat denial that he had instituted an essay question, a sort of literacy test for ex-felons trying to get their voting rights back in virginia. the denial sounded like this. >> there's no essay. we've asked for just a simple statement of what the person has done ...