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Subtracting simple numbers should be easy enough. but not according to some parents who are fed up with the common core strategy. one of those parents, second grader's father, got so frustrated, he did something very unique. joining us from north carolina is jeff receiver. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i understand your second grade son who is pretty good at math was really frustrated by this common core assignment, wasn't he? >> yes. he was a math test, yeah. >> what was he having trouble with? >> well, it was a word problem, kind of on steroids, so to speak. he had to analyze what...

I've had that song in my head for every 20 years and now it will never end. >> that explains so many things, you wandering around. >> imagine trying to take your math test singing don't break my heart, my achy breaky heart. that was a better version that have. >> do you think this was his way of bonding with miley, if you can't beat her, join her? >> whatever happened to calling a shrink for daughter-father counseling. when the parent follows the child and the child is miley cyrus, that's bad. i felt bad for billy ray. in the words of wu tang, cash rotates around him. he's doing this for money...

I've had that song in my head for every 20 years and now it will never end. >> that explains so many things, you wandering around. >> imagine trying to take your math test singing don't break my heart, my achy breaky heart. that was a better version that have. >> do you think this was his way of bonding with miley, if you can't beat her, join her? >> whatever happened to calling a shrink for daughter-father counseling. when the parent follows the child and the child is miley cyrus, that's bad. i felt bad for billy ray. in the words of wu tang, cash rotates around him. he's doing this for money...

>> reporter: the tiger mom is back, amy chula, whose book sparked uproar, has just co-authored a new book with her husband, that could cause even more outrage. in the triple package they claim these eight cultural groups in the u.s. are more successful than others. among them, jewish, indian, chinese and iranian. they say they balance three factors, superiority complex, impulse control better than other groups do and these traits contribute to their success. chul lashgs a yale law professor, has battled controversy before. >> i think sometimes that some parents give up too quickly. >> reporter...

Viewers. >> did you have anymore questions for me in. >> did you look like a seal? >> i looked like a navy seal. >> quickly answer a question. >> it's absolutely embarrassing that teachers would complain about a dress code that asks them to look professional. it's like wearing a sweater and jeans on a tv show. >> it shows the teachers unions, this is what they want to fight. >> this is the least. >> why don't you get the kids to pass the math test and stop wearing spandex, unless you're hot. >> got to take a break. we have more stuff when we come back. look at that cover. my head is floating i...