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countries these days. the turnout so far has been pretty good according to the electoral commission. we expect to hear more when the polls close. they're expected to close in about two hours. possible extensions to that. so far we are told more voters than expected have turned out. >> who's on the ballot today? >> well, that is one of the key issues here, gary, is people are overwhelmed by the choice. thousands of candidates are running in this election for the national congress. most of them are virtually unknown to the libyan population who, for more than 40 years, knew one man onl...

Worse and worse and worse and the stakes for not changing this culture are going higher and higher, and you see that obviously in places like greece and spain right now perhaps more than a lot of other places. >> absolutely on many levels. but do we get the politician we see deserve? they want to get reelected. i do think there is a bit of worry here, though. fundamentally, when you look at the figures, americans now have an average reading level of 7th grade, i believe, so politicians at some levels -- >> no, you're a wordist. you're just a wordist. if you look at the 21st century, video and ...

Investment to say focus on teacher assessment. >> but the -- right, but the nuance has always been on, okay. what do you do when you grade a student here? do you grade -- have they moved up from -- from one reading level to another reading level or are they on a fourth grade reading level? see what i mean? sometimes teachers -- this is where i think the nuance of the argument gets lost, which is, are you grading a teacher's merit pay based on, is the student reading at a specific grade level that they're supposed to be reading on because the state says this is the level, or have they made adva...

Poorer district, we have a higher percentage of special education students, who are required to take the same test as a student without disabilities. so even if my students make a gain from a first grade reading level to a third grade reading level in one year, i'm still a failure as a teacher. even though i moved them -- yeah. and, you know, i think a lot of the public -- they don't understand what's going on. >> no, they don't. >> and that's why -- >> and the talking culture that's out there, against education, against public education, against people such as yourself, is really overwhelming...

Even a child with learning disabilities or severe disabilities, is measured the same way. and in a district like ours, the poorer district, we have a higher percentage of special education students, who are required to take the same test as a student without disabilities. so even if my students make a gain from a first grade reading level to a third grade reading level in one year, i'm still a failure as a teacher. even though i moved them -- yeah. and, you know, i think a lot of the public -- they don't understand what's going on. >> no, they don't. >> and that's why -- >> and the talking cul...