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On stage at the gop debate, i want to hear about education. i do not want to teach my five year old about sex identity. i want to focus on curriculum, this is super important, we are ranked number 30 in math and 17 in reading, we need to focus on education. i never thought i would be talking about the importance of teaching math and alithe metic, we are focusing on sex education. i do not want teachers to focus on this. i want to hear them talking about that. >> carley: kesha, what are you focusing on? >> i want to hear the former president message and what he has to say because as the economy...

Year. but in virginia, one educator is staying put for the long haul. here's cbs' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: he hits the treadmill to keep up his endurance in strength. he's in his 63rd year teaching math in northern virginia. and that adds up to thousands of students. >> 6,400 students. >> some of them are doctors and lawyers. >> reporter: you teach the children of your former students. do you teach the grandchildren of your former students? >> i think i had one. >> reporter: he's also had student like mark eisenhower become federal teachers and then beat him to retirement. he's been here...

Sometimes and had a trial of it but we can learn pre- >> red and blue generous, caring about people regardless of which side they are on. and as americans it seems like there's a lot there in the history show we are capable of it. >> you teacher ask if you're blue or red if you're teaching math it's not revel in entrant relevant. also reteaching these ideas the ideas of virtues. it is not a matter of blue or red. there are things deeper and more important than politics. >> it sounds we see young people are listening but. >> young people are listening breath never met a student who cannot learn...

Sometimes and had a trial of it but we can learn pre- >> red and blue generous, caring about people regardless of which side they are on. and as americans it seems like there's a lot there in the history show we are capable of it. >> you teacher ask if you're blue or red if you're teaching math it's not revel in entrant relevant. also reteaching these ideas the ideas of virtues. it is not a matter of blue or red. there are things deeper and more important than politics. >> it sounds we see young people are listening but. >> young people are listening breath never met a student who cannot learn...

Known people around me that her lgbtq, whatever so many different letters now and things to describe how they want to be but i've been fine with that. the problem i have with bringing the stuff into the school the way it's been brought into the school has been very sexualized. with books that contain sexually explicit details that is not correct. i don't even think teachers should be discussing this and for teaching math, or english, it is not correct. i never knew of my teachers were married, i did not know anything about the private life. is not the way it's supposed to be. >> to hear her ta...