The young tree has struck root.

Yet the education system - with its continued emphasis on facts and figures and drilling of mental arithmetic - has remained stubbornly rooted in the past.

This allows them to take root in undemanding applications within a new market or arena of competition.

But they are also rooted in hope - the hope that real change is possible, and the hope that America will be a leader in bringing about such change.

Feel your feet root into the ground beneath you.