ms. bennett -- she was my principal when i was in high school. [laughter] so i remember walking into ms. bennett's office, 1994, and she said, mr. love, i have a -- [inaudible] for you. i said, what happened? and she said you're not doing too well, and she transferred me to central high school. people didn't realize i was living in my grandmother's one-bedroom apartment. my mother was in and out of situations, drugs and alcohol. my father was in and out of situations. i was living with three brothers -- well, two brothers. and my grandmother's born 910. 1910 in alabama with a third grade education. and she taught me that life was about working hard and going to school, but there were some things. i had kids driving bmws in high school, 1994. there was drug, crack epidemic ran rampant through the city. ran rampant. i lost friends, families. i lost so many people, one year i counted on facebook, i had lost 200 of my closest friend in a five block radius. central ward -- >> what's your question, young man? >> i taught in the public school system for