let's watch the television. i don't feel like teaching today. >> right. that was -- you know, i remember, i was a fairly new teacher at that point and i remember thinking, you know what? i could go back to my classroom and teach the most dynamic lessons and my kids could, you know, grow five grade levels that year and this teacher that watched videos every single afternoon still made more money than i did. not that we get into it for the money. that isn't right. >> speaking of money, one of the reasons why state budgets are so racked right now is because of the high costs of pensions and stuff like that. i know a deal is a deal. but going forward, should teacher tenure, perhaps, be eliminated? >> you know, teacher tenure was created because you could have an administrator that didn't necessarily like a teacher and they could get rid of them so, you know, the premise it was and why it was created was good. but now, it's, you know, instead of earning tenure, it's almost a guarantee. if you work in some school districts for two years, you're automatically guaranteed tenure. you don't have to earn it anymore and i think that's where, you know, we have to, i think, take a look at it to