. >> michelle, i was speaking earlier today to craig barrett who devoted much on his life to schools and education. he made exactly the same point you just did on accountability. is it not just accountability of the teachers and administrators all the way up to the superintendents of schools, but is it accountability for students? in other words, do we need to be tougher with students? more demanding of them? and hold them back more if they are not making the grades? >> well, we do have to have accountability at every level including students and i think part of the challenge that we face today is that in american culture, we really shifted in the last couple of decades where now we spend a whole lot of time trying to make kids feel good about themselves, but we lost sight of taking the time that's necessary to actually make them good at things. i always use the analogy, i have two girls that play soccer, they are not so good but they have trophies and medal and ribbons. they have become this culture where just by showing up you get a trophy and that doesn't do a lot for the american

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