my very first job was in compton, california in the inner city and my husband and i initially went therewe wanted to work and give back to our country. we had initially wanted to go in the peace corps and we were married and had our son and so we weren't able to go so compton was an introduction to me to education. it was my first teaching job. i taught kindergarten and first grade there. it was a huge learning curve. you know, i've taught in private schools and i've taught in catholic and christian schools and then spent the majority of my career in the public schools. >> host: you went to catholic school yourself, didn't you? >> guest: i attended catholic school as well as public school. when my parents were divorced my mother couldn't attend private schools. i have frustration when they talk about vouchers and how productive the private schools are. why can't they -- the public schools do what their doing. and, you know, if we suppose we'd pick our clients maybe we could have the same results because it's a little disinag n disinagaindisinagain -- difficult when you have 99% of our ki

my very first job was compton california in the inner city and my husband and i initially went there and wanted to work and get back to the country. we initially wanted to go in the peace corps but were married and had our son so we were not able to go so competent certainly was an introduction for me to education. it was my first teaching job. i taught kindergarten and first grade and it was a huge learning curve. i have taught in private schools, catholic schools, christian schools and then spend the majority of my career in public schools. >> host: even to catholic school yourself didn't you? >> guest: i attended catholic school as well as public schools. after my parents divorced mother could no longer afford catholic schools we ended up in public schools which was a great place to be. and i do have some frustration when i hear people talk about vouchers or how productive the private schools are, why can't the public schools do what they are doing. and i suppose if we picked our clients we could have the same results because it is a little disingenuous to say 99% of our kids go t