He's never been real big talking about himself. He won't even tell the teachers when he gets back how he placed at some of the major competitions, so they're afraid to ask because they think maybe he didn't do real well. But then he'd taken first.

Talking with the teachers that teach my children, they don't think it's going to be as big of benefit.

You're talking this many forms per child, and the teachers are so stressed out and bogged down with it that you are taking time away from the child. We showed (the new system) to the area supervisors and they were just amazed at what the program could do.

We are asking that this money (cost-of-living adjustment) come out of the general fund and not the teachers' retirement system.

When I visited China, ... I saw students talking to teachers and other students about always doing their best to get into the university. Our students have the opportunity to go to great schools. We really have got to light a fire under them.

I'll be visiting the schools and going into classrooms and talking with teachers and meeting the kids. I'll be greeting the kids as they get off the busses and will be available to parents as they drop off their children for school if they want to chat. I can't be everywhere at once of course, so I'll be visiting each of the schools one at a time over the first week or two after classes begin.