my name is julian hipkins, and i teach u.s. history at capital city charter school. and my question is about the different content areas, the different subjects. do you feel like there is one that is requiring more attention now than another? >> where you do teach? >> capital city -- >> what? >> i teach history. >> with so i'm sure history must be the right answer. [laughter] >> do you think that there is a subject that requires more anticipation? your book is, obviously, titled multiplication, so do you think math is the area we should be focusing on as educators, or do you think all of them? >> well, you know, that's ironic that multiplication's in the title because i am -- my mother was a math teacher so, therefore, i avoided it at all costs. [laughter] but i think, and this is partially because of my own orientation, you know, in which i believe that people should have enough math to be able to find the chapters in books. [laughter] but -- i'm kidding, i'm kidding, all you math teachers out there, i'm kidding. [laughter] [inaudible] but i do believe that critical