A
I don't know. I just read about that the other day, and I had never even thought of it. Actually it makes sense to a certain extent, because sometimes, like a third grade teacher will get kids from second grade that didn't even learn what, uh, they should to do the work that she is supposed to teach, you know.
B
Uh-huh.
A
MUMBLEx and according to her plan, so I guess if there was a national curriculum we'd at least have a certain amount that all kids would learn.
B
Right.
A
But, uh. We actually rank forty-ninth in the world as far as just plain literacy goes, you know.
B
Um.