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After four years of learning and growing,

we must leave Hillman.

But what Hillman stands for is something we must never forget.

Hillman taught us that education is not just a privilege

it's a responsibility.

For every one of us sitting here today,

there are many more living with no hope,

no dreams, no future.

And so we must ask ourselves one important question.

Who had the western omelette with spicy sausage?

? I know my parents loved me ?

? Stand behind me, come what may ?

? Mmm ?

? I know now that I'm ready, yeah ?

? For I finally heard them say ?

? It's a different world ?

? Ooh ?

? Than where you come from ?

? Yes, it is now, yeah ?

? Here's our chance to make it, hey! ?

? And if we focus on our goal ?

? You can dish it! ?

? We can take it, hey ?

? Just remember that you've been told ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? It's a different world ?

? Yeah, than where you come from ?

? Ooh ?

? Than where you come from! ?

No, I've got to try it again.

Good morning, fellow graduates-

Come on, my little valedictorian.

Save it for the 4,000 people who will be hanging on your every word.

Baby, what did I say about playing with my tassel in public?

What's wrong with you?

It's not fair. This� graduation

will not be the same without Ron.

He should be here.

He should have taken that history course.

Whitley, when I left this morning, he was as down as I ever seen him.

My fellow graduates!

How you doing? Good to see you, baby.

Hey, how you doing? Good to see you.

Excuse me, excuse me? Where did you get this cap and gown?

Graduations "R" Us. I'm all set!

Ron, you're going to march?

You are perpetrating a serious fraud, man.

What if the dean sees you?

My father paid $55,495

to see me cross that stage.

And I'm going to cross that stage.

And what are you going to do when they don't call your name?

Do you know how many Johnsons there are in this school?

But, Ron, your old man is going to see that it's not you.

My man's not going to see much of anything.

He's got 20 over 200 vision,

and tragically, last night, he left his eyeglasses in my pocket.

Well, I think you are a sick, mixed-up individual,

but I'm glad you're here.

Even if it's not for real, Ron,

walk proud and stand tall.

That's right.

- Good morning, graduates. - Ooh!

The time has come for you to face the future.

You do look wonderful.

And, I might add, so do I.

Form a line, please,

and let us commence.

Dwayne! Dwayne.

I want you to have this for your speech.

It's lucky "parshley."

Thank you, Mr. Gaines.

It's "parshley."

I've never had "parshley" before.

Well, well, well, Miss Thing.

So you finally made it out of here.

Graduated with honors, I might add, thank you very much.

You done good, Whitley. I'm really proud of you.

Would you repeat that?

No. See you.

You know, I deserve an award, best performance as a graduate.

Next year, I think I'll graduate as an MBA from Harvard.

Yeah.

Ron, you got lucky your dad's gone.

Things could have gotten ugly.

My father fell for it hook, line and sinker.

He was beaming when he left here.

He won't need headlights to get home.

Ah! Here they are.

Summa cum laude.

And cum laude.

Hey, hey! Yeah-

And thank you, "laude."

Well, let's have some champagne. It's on the house.

Whoo-hoo!

You did it!

Oh, Dwayne.

Dwayne, your speech, it moved me, man.

Really moved me.

Not far enough.

Ron, you know, you ought to be ashamed of yourself,

masquerading as a scholar.

Soiling the sanctity and solemnity of the ceremony.

Good thing you don't have a lisp.

Attention, graduates!

I think our valedictorian and his lovely lady

should lead you all in the graduation two-step.

Yay! Come on, come on.

Our public awaits us.

Welcome to the future, Mr. Wayne.

Ooh, that sounds promising.

Enough of this.

Ninety one rocks the house!

Dad!

What are you doing here?

I've waited too long for your graduation to let it end.

But, no, Dad, they need you at the dealership.

No, they don't.

Sam can take care of it.

I'm staying one more day.

Hey stud, where you been all night?

Where haven't I been?

My pops dragged me to every joint in town.

And then when all the joints closed down,

he took me to the Chevy car dealership

and we watched the sun come up.

Where is he now?

He's asleep in his hotel room with this stupid smile on his face.

I'm so glad he's leaving this afternoon 'cause he's wearing me out.

Hey, sooner or later, he'll want to know the truth.

Have you thought about what you'll say?

That's a start.

- Hey, bunny. - Hey, pookie.

What are you looking in the classifieds for?

You already have a job.

I'm looking for an apartment.

With the money I'm getting from E.H. Wright Industries,

I can afford my own place, and move away from that moose.

Hey, but you're moving away from me too.

Oh, Dwayne, think about it.

No roommates.

Privacy.

We can be closer.

Here's one with a continuous cleaning oven.

Oh, and look at this this one. This one is close to your job.

Ooh, look at this is the one!

- This is the one. This is the one- - Dwayne!

We have a lifetime to share.

Yeah, but we waited an eternity already.

Don't answer the phone.

Don't you answer-

- Hello. - Hello.

- Hello, Miss Abernathy. - Hello, Miss Abernathy.

- It's business. - It's business.

- Yes. - Waka� pshh!

Ah� pshh!

Yes. Well, that's�

Come with me to the casbah.

Yes, I can get back to you by 3:00.

Three o'clock.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

- Bye-bye. - Pshh!

Bye-bye.

What was that all about?

- That was my boss. Uh� - Oh!

She's been transferred to the New York office.

Oh! So who's your new boss?

Hey, it better not be a guy. I don't want to know about that.

Um�

she wants me to go with her

day after tomorrow.

Wow. Uh�

I guess your apartment will be a little further away

than we thought, huh?

It's the head office.

What I've been working for all this time.

I'm not going.

- Whitley. - I can't go.

Whitley, you cannot pass this up.

I can't leave you, Dwayne.

Baby, I made my career decisions, you have to make yours.

What is that supposed to mean?

That means that we each have to do what we have to do.

So just stuff me in a box and ship me UPS,

why don't you?

Wait a minute. I'm trying to be supportive.

I don't want you to be supportive.

I want you to be torn up and sad that I'm leaving.

Oh so you're going. That was quick.

You just told me to go.

Since when do you do everything I say?

Why don't you say what you mean and mean what you say.

Tell me the truth, Dwayne.

You want to mess around with other women.

Oh, Whitley, don't put that on me!

No, no, no. That's what you want to do.

You want to go up to Madison Avenue with your foo-foo designer clothes

and strut around, strut around.

What is wrong with the way I dress?

Baby, this is not about the way you dress.

If you don't take this job, you'll never forgive yourself or me.

But what about us?

We'll work it out.

Do you think we can work it out?

Absolutely, honey.

New York is only a six, seven-hour bus ride.

I'm going to miss your eternal optimism.

I'm going to miss all the nights we never spent together.

Well, if you and Whitley ever have need of a catered affair,

like an engagement party,

I make a mean heart-shaped meat loaf.

Well, that won't be happening any time soon, Mr. Gaines.

Whitley is taking a job in New York.

Oh! So you two are going to be apart?

Yes, sir.

Yeah? Well, that reminds me of this picture show,

Sin on Seventh Avenue.

It's about a small-town couple, Betty and Bob,

struggling to build their dream house.

Betty is a gifted seamstress,

moves off to build their fortune in the garment district.

She falls in love with her boss, Zachariah.

Meanwhile, Bob is laying the first brick to their love nest

when he hears the news

that Betty has run off to Niagara Falls with Zach.

Now, you know what that means.

Mr. Gaines, I really don't need to hear the rest.

- Thank you. - Oh, no, no, they get back together.

- They do? - Yes!

Sixty-five years later.

Bob is in this rest home,

and this lady comes in to do the drapes.

- Betty. - Yes, the same Betty.

They kiss.

He tells her he loves her,

and then dies.

- That's it? - No, no, there's more.

She sews him the most beautiful funeral suit.

Now, that's the end.

So you see?

True love can stand the test of time.

Oh, I feel so much better now, Mr. Gaines.

- Yeah? Well, good. - Yeah.

Son, I am so proud.

I waited 22 years for this moment.

These two cigars here are part of the batch

that I handed out the day you were born.

I never thought I'd be prouder

until I saw you walk across that stage,

diploma in your hand.

That was me.

Now, before I leave, I want to stop by your place

and pick up your diploma.

Diploma?

I want to blow it up poster-size so your grandma can read it.

You're going to show my diploma to Nana?

Yes. She's been living for this moment.

Her only grandson, a college graduate.

Yes, I am.

Look, I think we should go now.

Hit the road.

Son, I love you.

Yeah, I love you too, Pop.

Graduate.

Hey, Pop, wait a minute.

Yeah?

I don't have my diploma because I didn't graduate.

You what?

Pop, say something.

Pop, would you say something?

$55,495.

I� I'll pay you back every cent.

Why in hell didn't you graduate?

Well, I didn't take European History.

European History?

- Well, I know it sounds stupid, but- - It certainly does!

You mean to tell me you missed one measly little course in European History,

and they didn't let my boy graduate?

Can you believe it?

Who is responsible for this outrage?

His name is Dean Winston.

What kind of car does he drive?

Well�

I don't know, Dad,

but Dean Winston is the smartest guy on the faculty.

- Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. - He's the head of the history department.

He wrote some major book on the civil rights movement�

- Uh-huh. - �and he's got a PhD in psychology.

So does every good car salesman.

Come with me, son.

Oh, sookie sookie, now!

Dean Winston, my son has made me aware of the current state of affairs.

No European History, no diploma.

That is correct.

Dean Winston, I come from plain, simple folk,

although I did read that fine book

- you wrote on civil rights. - Thank you.

Did you know Ron's aging grandmother is a close friend of Rosa Parks,

and she would have been on that bus that fateful day in Alabama,

but she decided to take a cab.

What's your point?

Dean Winston.

I'm just a plain, simple car dealer,

but I always believed in one thing.

Even though I could have made a fortune

selling those little, fancy foreign sports cars,

but I always believed in one thing.

What did I always tell you, son?

There's a sucker born every minute.

There's a sucker� No, buy American.

No wonder my poor son here couldn't bring himself

to take a course in European History.

Yeah, because if it was American history, I'd have been there.

? America ?

? America ?

? God shed his grace on thee ?

What are these?

They're car keys, they're American, and they're yours.

Well, well, well.

I've never seen anything quite like this.

Get out of my office.

Oh, Jaleesa.

I don't think I made the right decision.

Don't think, just pack.

I know this is a great opportunity,

but part of me wishes that Dwayne had asked me to stay.

Whitley� that's the last of your beauty salon.

Can I take you to the airport?

I don't leave until tomorrow.

But it's good to get there nice and early.

You know, I'm going to go and get you some more packing boxes.

Okay, yeah!

? She's moving out, yes ?

Hey.

Ta-da!

- I had this framed for you. - Ta-da!

Kimberly, it's your anatomical man!

How I hated it so.

I'll think of you every time I look at it.

As you know, I'm not very materialistic,

but� I got this for you.

Careful, it's really powerful.

- Woo-woo. - I know. You can feel it.

It's a crystal and it's very spiritual.

It's a symbol of friendship

and it's going to give you so much positive energy.

Also, on the subway, it doubles as a blunt instrument. Ha!

I'll wield it in good health, Winnifred.

So, tell me what is going on with you and Dwayne?

- Is it the old Splitsville? - Freddie!

It's okay, Kimberly.

We've talked about it and we're going to work it out.

He's not going to see other women.

Mmm! Besides, New York is only a six, seven-hour bus ride away.

- That's true. - Not on Fridays.

Well, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Well, if that's what you believe,

then why did you call it quits with my cousin, Matthew?

I didn't call it quits.

We're just taking a break for the summer.

Well, why, Kim?

We'll talk about this later, okay?

- Fine! - All right!

- Okay! - Okay!

Whitley has a lot of packing to do.

- Pack, pack, pack. - We should go.

Yeah, a lot of packing.

Well, I'm going to miss you both.

Peace, my sister.

Winnifred.

I'll write you in London.

- You better, Kimberly. - Oh.

And listen,

I want you to catch a nice, handsome doctor.

Oh, yes!

Oh, yes!

What about my cousin?

Let's go, Freddie.

We can work it out.

We can work it out.

We can work it out.

Come on, Imelda.

Let's go pack up those shoes.

Ah! What a great night.

What are you so happy about?

Dwayne, you had to see it, man.

It was beautiful.

The way my pops and I worked over Dean Winston�

it was like spontaneous combustion.

Wait a minute. Dean Winston's going to give you your degree?

Are you stupid?

He threw us both out of his office.

But we landed on the pavement together.

Yeah, together.

Now, what's wrong with you?

She's in there packing.

It's like watching a movie I don't want to see.

She's really leaving, huh?

She has to, Ron.

It doesn't make it any easier.

You know, I never imagined myself being with someone like Whitley,

and now I can't imagine being without her.

Do you want to hug me?

That's not going to get it, Ron.

Well, between you, Ma Bell and Greyhound, you'll going to be hanging tight.

I don't know, man.

Anything can happen when two people are really far apart.

But you two have something special.

Realistically, Ron,

what kind of life is a weekend relationship?

I mean, even if I can get there on weekends,

I'll be carrying a full course load teaching classes all week.

We'll probably just drift apart, you know.

It might be better if I break it off now before either of us gets too hurt.

Seems like a no-win situation.

No-win situation?

Well, then why don't we just go call the honeys?

I don't want honeys, man. I want Whitley.

No you don't.

Not if you want to give up on it so easily.

I don't want to give up. Who said I was giving up?

Did you hear me say I was giving up?

Well, then, be quiet then.

Hey, you've been awfully quiet.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be.

This is the final boarding call for flight 732 for New York.

Hey, baby, listen.

Next Friday, after my last class, I'll jump on a bus,

I'll be in your arms by midnight. Okay?

I have a seminar next weekend.

Oh. Well, then, the weekend after that.

We'll see.

Are you okay?

I've just been thinking about us, Dwayne, and�

maybe we should just make this goodbye.

Goodbye?

It's easier that way.

Baby, I thought we were going to work this out.

Bye, Dwayne.

Whit� Whitley.

Whitley!

Whit� Whitley!

I'm sorry, passengers only.

Whitley!

Marry me!

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