mason, made it go. but i didnt set this up the best way.

gistfile1.txt

StudentRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
  initialize: function(){
		this.students = new StudentCollection()
		this.students.add(studentData)
	},

	routes: {				     
/*  router is listening for these events. when i click on the "all" <a>, 
the 'all' function happens */
		// " "				: 'all',
		"all/edit/:id"	: "edit",
		"all"			: "all",
		"all/:id"		: "single",
		"create"		: "create"
	},

	all: function(){
		$('.container').html('')
// stole from allison, but dsnt wrk ---- look at jquery api site for the below
		
		// $.getJSON('http://0.0.0.0:3000/collections/students', function(arg){
			// this.students = new StudentCollection()
			// this.students.add(studentData)
		// })

		console.log(studentData)
			console.log(this.students)
		this.students.each(function(student){
			new RowsView({model: student})

		})
	},



	single: function(id){
		$('.container').html('')
		var thatStudent = this.students.get(id);
		new SingleView({model: thatStudent});
		console.log('show an item w/ id', id)
	},


	edit: function(id){
		$('.container').html('')
		new EditView({model:this.students.get(id)})
	},

	create: function(){
		var student = new Student();
		this.students.add(student)
		$('.container').html('')
		new CreateView({model: student});
		// this.students.add(new obj?)
	}


});


$.getJSON('http://0.0.0.0:3000/collections/students').done( function(data){
	// console.log('data',data)
	studentData = data

	studentrrrouter = new StudentRouter()
	

	Backbone.history.start()
})