i m curious if there s a connection. if people are working harder, families working harders, if the parents are worried and don t have time to devote to the education of their children or helping them with homework, who knows. my point is that all the reality check numbers are you wincing? i am, because i m not sure it s fair to blame i m not blaming barack obama. for the reading numbers going down. that s not what i m doing. i m trying to figure it out, you re on to something. we re all parents, empty-nesters now. semi empty. we re empty now and my wife catty is a queen about some things. she will be working until midnight checking over their essays and every teacher gives an essay question every night, and they are doing it over and over and that effort is really a big part of being a parent. i m not blaming barack obama. it was the tide of antagonism and worry about the economy that brought him into power. yeah. this is a big generation long transition th