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Right up there, yeah. right there. i could not call on anybody. you know i love everybody here. >> morning, mr. president. my name is terry wright and i teach math right here at green valley high school. >> excellent. [ applause ] and my mom is right behind you on the top row. >> where is mom? raise your hand. hey, mom. a very young looking mom. >> thank you. my question is this. and i'm speak on behalf of all of us math teachers up here, when you were a freshman in high school specifically, did you have math homework every night, and if you did, did you do it? >> oh, wow. >> the answer is yes...

For being a math teacher, because we need more math teachers, and we need more science teachers. we need more teachers generally, who are enthusiastic about their work and their jobs, so thanks to all of the teachers here. [ applause ] we love teachers. all right. now, we are actually unfortunately our students are falling behind in math and science internationally. we used to rank at the top, and now we are sort of in the middle of the pack when it comes to math and science performance. this is why one of the things i have been emphasizing this year and this has actually not been subject to a...

And republicans is promoting math, science, education, math and science education, and promoting technology education. the more that we are moving our young people into these areas, the better off this economy is going to be. because that means that we are producing engineers. we are producing scientists. producing computer programmers, and so, we want to make sure that we are recruiting more math teachers, and we are recruiting more science teachers. we want all outstanding teachers to be getting higher pay. we want -- we want to make sure that there's constant professional development when i...

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Deadlocked. but in this case, the judge went houfts way to talk about how exceptionally disciplined this jury has been and he said that in the 11 days of deliberations, he never once heard raised voices coming from the jury room. so it is possible that when they reconvene in court in about three hours here, that he and the jury has responded that we could get a partial verdict and that a mistrial on those counts that they are deadlocked on. >> so 12 -- not 12 angry people. maybe just 12 upset math teachers on this jury? >> 12 tired people. to continue the analogy, these people may be looking f...