were a was matthau were and we didn't do campaign stuff. >> host: so you did have to teach so the kidscould take these exams? >> guest: absolutely. and that would be irresponsible making sure they've certainly been exposed and can master the sixth grade curriculum so that they can move to seventh grade and be where the need to be here and that's completely appropriate. you know, we is our social studies block time to have the campaign meetings and then after school and those kind of things so i was very clear with the school district how to manage time and make sure the children were getting what they needed. you brought up no child left behind and i certainly don't on the phrase but i have heard it talked about quite a bit and i wish it were called every child moves forward because i don't think testing a child at the end of the year and then saying you know, they are reading a fifth grade level and they are a seventh grader, shame on you, school, because the problem is you don't know where they came in. you don't know how much growth they've had. maybe they came in a second grade lev