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elsie granderson, a cnn.com columnist and steve perry an education contributor. the latest act scores show only one in four high school graduates is ready for college. the test used for college admissions shows only 66% of the 2011 class met the benchmark for english. 45% for math. 30% for science. so steve, do these figures accurately reflect student preparedness? >> it absolutely does reflect how prepared students are because if it were the a.c.t. in and of itself we may be able to write it off. at least one third, one third of children going into college are taking remedial classe...

Self-made men. you know what george washington's only self-esteem problem gam came from? he didn't go to college. admired man and he felt he wasn't up to it, because he hadn't been anointed by the smart ones. please, please. challenge everything. the only thing you can control, the only thing you can control is what you choose to do. you can't control the outcome, you can't control the grades, you can't control everybody else. but you can control your -- i know because i've done it. you should see my library. it's the absolute library of a serial killer. i have everything in it. when i couldn'...

Last ten years and no one says a word about that. yes? >> right now the government is pushing a program everyone should go to college, 50% of the high school graduates are going to the four-year program that might not be best for them. demand is rising quickly. everyone is getting squeezed so quickly. >> glenn: you don't have to go to college. you have don't have to go to college. >> yeah. >> glenn: look, i don't -- i was a dummy for a long time. you don't have to go to college. self-made men. you know what george washington's only self-esteem problem gam came from? he didn't go to college. ad...