She always hoped that the kids from different high schools would one day pass each other in college and say, 'Remember?

Once that kid passed the threshold, she had no life outside of shopping and parties.

This is what you get when your only goal is to teach kids to pass exams.

Houston's habit is to walk each boy to the door, then stand there and watch the kids pass by.

But between 6 and 8 all the typical kids caught up and passed by.

In the past 20 years, more than 2,000 kids from 15 different high schools have passed through the program.

The kid had either given up by now, or passed me by.

The kid passed with not much more than a few questions and a quick glance-over.

"These kids who didn't work hard passed anyway," she said.

"Many more kids pass other tests at higher levels," she told reporters.