said a word, never objected, that s the kind of lady she was, and wrote about that program in the book. but she and i clashed. we talked about her interest in literacy, adult literacy. she and i took a trip to kentucky together, a place where a lot of adult literacy programs were going on.re on the way back, she said, you were very polite but you don t fully approve of this, do you? you know the way she spoke, and that kind of way, wonderful.on i said, no, i fully approve of adult literacy, i just think we should get it right the first time, you know? that is what schools are for. you understand the job i used to have. so we kidded about that. another time, if i may, the president had a big conference insv charlottesville, you may remember this, though you were a child i think, on education. all the governors. bill clintonir was chairman of e national guard, president trump was the president. celebrating common themes, common unity.