classmates, who? your class. who do you enjoy being with. where is it difficult for you, and listening, before we answer get more information from them and identify those areas and help talk them through alternatives to deal with those social inter actions, have we to be more proactive than before so key tease that out ahead of time, schools now have a lot more resources to help those students and parents address those things. trey: kevin, you have three children of your own. you have a brand-new grand baby. and we do anything in the world to protect our children and grandchildren. on the issue of violent, where is the line between talking about it, athinki aacknowledging this is a difficult time. with not wanta to spare ta to spare the living day to scare the living
and social laboratories where the differences which exist in other areas of life manifest themselves, education, knowledge, pursuit of learning remain at the core not only of powerful force for change in a sin a single person s life but necessities for a self governing people to do so effectively and morally, joining us now, recent retired superintendent of a large vof a large diverse school district. dr. booker. you could have done anything you wanted to do in life, you could have gone into medicine or law or theology, why did you pick education? trey, it is good to see you. thank you for making it topic a priority for today sing segment. i picked education, i was a
very smart, young man. i had a lot of confidence in elementary school, in middle school, i lost a lot of confidence, it was not until i found myself in college that that confidence came back. i made that my life s work. i felt like i could make a bigger difference working with the young people. trey: you did. if that is why you did it, you did. you report from a middle school teacher to running one of the largest school districts in our state. did the profession change? how did it change from the time you entered the classroom as a teacher until the time you retired as the superintendent? you mentioned it as you were opening.
well, she emphasized it, she came from the poorest place in the country. it was her education at southern university allowed her and my father to really succeed. so, she justin stilled in my brother and i am who both went to moore house, the value of education, the ability to lifting your up that is why college in my opinion is so important. import. trey: were there other teachers or coaches in your life? you were an outstanding athlete. were there other folks that helped imprint in your mind the power of education to take you where you wanted to go? yes, coaches at playground who said, just playing good was not good enough, and when i stopped
significantly grown compared to what you are seen before june. steve: congratulations for getting in the fight. great to see you tonight. we appreciate it. don t forget to set your dvr. we will see you next sunday when the next revolution will be televised. trey: good evening thank you for joining us, i am treyre ygowdy, welcome to a special sunday night in america, we ll focus on the issue of i education in america. of reasons it is important. it has been a tough couple of years for students and parents and teachers. and e it ranks pretty high what voters care about.