and what about you, carizma? were you as confident going in as jermaine, or did you know it was gonna be a little tough? competition -- ps 124. they won before us, but we did think that we was going to beat them this year, but i guess we gave them what we had. we did a great job. >> i think you left it all out there on the stage, did you not? and apparently, you guys were -- from what i understand, you wowed them. the judges were absolutely wowed from the minute you started >> mm-hmm. >> what does it mean to you to be able to take this group of kids -- what did you tell me -- 18 youngsters you took? >> 19. >> uh-huh. >> ...and watch them just really blossom? >> it's the most -- i tell everybody i have the greatest job in the world. i mean, to be able to give these students the opportunity to connect with the world on a different level, to bring their education out there into the world, it's just -- it's immeasurable. >> i think a lot of people who focus a lot on math and science and -- but these kids and their i