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[Jacqueline] There are some needs
in our community

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which are
devastatingly obvious.

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But there are others
so completely hidden,

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that no one could know
they exist.

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There you are, Sister.
That amounts to, three--

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$3.52.

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Un momento.
You're taking money

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from a religious Sister?
Shame on you, Juan.

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Forgive me, Sister.
Excuse me, Sister.

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Pedro, the church feeds
our souls, not our stomachs.

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Do you know, Sister?

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He's missed mass
for three consecutive weeks.

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I had a cold.

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Really, I think
I ought to give him--

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No, no, Sister.
Fool.

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If you had
a business head...

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Can you count to 20
without removing your shoes?

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If not for me, I don't give you
two minutes to go bankrupt.

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Uh, I apologize, Sister.
I am a pillar of the church.

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Ask anyone.
Idiot.

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He never goes to church.

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Sister, may I speak to you?
I think that I--

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Oh, no, no, Sister.
I need a favor.

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Oh, it's postmarked Miami.

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That's where
I spend my vacation.

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Ethel Tarnow?

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Oh, Sister,
what a lady.

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Would you read it?

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I'm afraid my eyes see well,

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but they understand nothing.

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You mean to tell me
you can't read?

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Please don't laugh
at me, Sister.

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In my whole life, I never
learned to read or write.

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So please, Sister.
Well...

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"Dear Pedro,
I think you're the warmest

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"and the kindest person
I've ever met.

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I love your blue eyes and
the cute dimple in your chin."

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Pedro, we have customers.

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Forgive me, Sister,
but it is a business.

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Please go on, Sister.
Ok, let me see where I was.

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Uh, "Please write me soon.

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"Your dear friend,
Ethel Tarnow."

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Write?

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Me? Write?

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Oh, Sister,
that's impossible.

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Sister...

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Now, Pedro, don't look
at me like that.

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But just a few lines, Sister.
Well, it's dishonest.

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But I'd tell you
what to put down,

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what's in my heart.
Yes, but sooner or later,

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she'd have to find out
the truth.

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I've got a better idea.

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Look for an ignorant woman,
you mean?

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No. Learn.
Learn?

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Any child could do it.

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I ought to know.
I teach school.

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Good morning, class.
Today we're going to...

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He simply must go.
Oh, Reverend Mother,

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he has his heart set
on staying.

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It won't be easy to explain
your decision to him.

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It'll be easier than explaining
Pedro to Bishop Pool,

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when he visits next month.
Oh, yes.

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If only his ideas
were a little less stodgy.

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Why, think of
all the other Pedros

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there must be
in this town.

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We could start
a whole adult school.

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Sister Bertrille, do you think
that idea hasn't occurred to us?

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We have requested permission
of the Bishop dozens of times.

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Why hasn't he seen the need?
Because he...

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He's...
Stodgy.

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In the Bishop's view,

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there are other
more important considerations.

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Yes, but that was
before Pedro.

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Don't you see,
Reverend Mother?

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If we can demonstrate
the needs of one man,

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who's so desperate
for an education

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that he has to study
with children,

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Reverend Mother, we can help him
and he can help us.

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Very well,
Sister Bertrille.

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But it will not
be easy.

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You will have to show not only
Pedro's desire to learn.

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You will have
to show results.

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Don't worry,
Reverend Mother.

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I promise you.
Within one month,

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Pedro Alvarez will be
reading and writing.

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Well, you'll be amazed.

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Now, I'll ask you
a question.

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If you think the answer
is yes, write it.

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If you think the answer
is no, then write that.

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Do you understand?
Yes.

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[the question is] Puerto Rico is located

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in the Pacific Ocean.
Yes or no?

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Of course,
the answer is "No."

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Well, then write it
on the board.

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[quietly]
How do you spell "No"?

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N-O.
N-O?

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How do you spell "N"?

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No, you don't spell "N,"
You make an "N."

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Here. I'll show you.

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N-O.

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Now can you remember?
Certainly.

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Ok, you do it.

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Of course. Simple.

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[Juan] Uh, Pedro, Pedro...

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Excuse me, Sister.

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This is madness,
I tell you.

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We have a business
full of customers,

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and they all ask for you.

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I--I must bring him back.
I hope you understand.

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Will it help you

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to get a head
full of useless knowledge

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while the business suffers?

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Come, I'll drive you
to the store.

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What do you say?

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[audience laughing]

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[Bertrille] A "P" Is closed
and an "F" Is open.

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This is an "F."

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"P" Is closed
and an "F" Is open.

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Right. Now, I want you
to make a word

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using these two letters.

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What's that?

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"Flip."

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"Tom was
very 'row-oog'

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"with his sister."

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Very what?
R-o-u-g-h.

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Uh, "rough."

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Row-oog is "rough?"
[Bertrille] Yes.

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You see,
sometimes in English,

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o-u-g-h is
pronounced "uff,"

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As in "rough."

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Hmm.

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"Tom was very rough

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to his sister.

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She ran 'thruff'
the house."

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She ran where?

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T-h-r-o-u-g-h.
"Thruff."

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Oh, well,
sometimes in English

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o-u-g-h is also
pronounced "oo,"

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as in
"through the house."

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"She ran
through the house.

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Where was she?
Tom looked.

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"He heard a little...

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"Coo"? "Cuff"?

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Would you believe "Cough"?

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You know
what I believe, Sister?

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I believe
that these words

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are the invention
of lunatics.

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Now look at this.

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Can you tell me what it is?
[girl] An apple?

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An apple. An apple.

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Not a pear
or a prune or a banana.

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And this, for all eternity,
is a banana.

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All my life
I know a thing,

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because when I look at it,
it tells me what it is.

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Now that you tell me
how to spell it,

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it's never
the same thing twice.

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What's wrong, Sister?
Pedro--

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Sister, I've had enough
of this lunacy.

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I'm going back
to the things I know.

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I don't need to spell this
to know it is delicious.

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Pedro Alvarez,

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you are disrupting
the class.

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I am sorry,
Reverend Mother.

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Have a banana.
Thank you.

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Sister Bertrille.

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I'm sorry, Reverend Mother,
I think I can handle this.

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Pedro, I know
what you mean.

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Sometimes words
drive me crazy.

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Take the word
"I" for instance.

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If I spell it
with a capital letter "I,"

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it stands for myself.

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If I spell it a-y-e,
it means "Yes."

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What do you suppose
e-y-e spells?

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Blink?

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"Eye." See? Anybody
could be confused.

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What's week?
Uh, not strong?

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Seven days.
What's beat?

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Stir.
Try vegetable.

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How're we supposed
to know?

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There's only one way to tell.

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♪ Flour is a powder ♪

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♪ Used in baking bread ♪

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♪ Not to be confused
With the flower ♪

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♪ That you find
In a flower bed ♪

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♪ Not to be confused
With bed ♪

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♪ You cover with a spread ♪

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♪ Which is not
To be confused ♪

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♪ With a spread like jam ♪

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♪ But the jam you're in
If you misspell lamb ♪

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♪ On a spelling exam ♪

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[children and bertrille] ♪ 'Cause you've never ♪

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♪ Learned to read and write ♪

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[Bertrille] ♪ Weather is what tells you ♪

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♪ When it's cold or hot ♪

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♪ Not to be confused ♪

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♪ With whether whatsoever ♪

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♪ As in whether or not ♪

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♪ Not to be confused
With knot ♪

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♪ The distance on the sea ♪

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♪ Which is not to be confused
With the letter "C" ♪

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♪ The very first letter
In catastrophe ♪

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♪ Which is what you'll be ♪

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[everyone] ♪ If you never learn
To read and write ♪

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[Bertrille] ♪ A plain can be
An open field ♪

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♪ Beneath the deep blue sky ♪

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♪ Or a supersonic jet ♪

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♪ That takes us
Way up high ♪

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♪ Now just suppose
I said to you ♪

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♪ Meet me on the plane ♪

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♪ If you can't spell ♪

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♪ I'd like to warn ya ♪

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♪ You may wind up ♪

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♪ In California ♪

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♪ If it sounds confusing ♪

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♪ Things will take a turn ♪

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♪ So just relax
And absorb the facts ♪

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♪ It's never too late
To learn ♪

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♪ Though you're five or 50 ♪

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♪ I'm sure
That you'll do well ♪

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♪ Which is not to be confused
With the hole in the ground ♪

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♪ But the "Well" meaning swell
That you only can tell ♪

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♪ When you learn
How to spell ♪

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♪ Yes, you've got to
Learn to read ♪

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♪ You've got
To learn to read ♪

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♪ You've got to learn ♪

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♪ To read ♪

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♪ And write ♪

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Not to be confused
with the opposite of wrong.

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I hope I'm not
disturbing, Sister.

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Oh, no.
I was just reading.

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About Tom
and his sister?

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[laughing]
No.

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A group of sonnets by
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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Sister...

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I am leaving school.
Why?

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After one month
of very hard work,

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it's no better.
Look.

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Another one
from Mrs. Tarnow.

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I recognize the writing,
but not one word.

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I don't need
an education

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to learn
how stupid I am.

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Don't you want
to know what she says?

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It's a shame.

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What are you going to do
when she arrives?

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She's coming here?

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In a month.

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Good. Good.

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I've been wasting
my time with children.

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I'm a man,
she's a woman.

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I'll tell her
what's in my heart.

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You cannot learn
that from books.

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"How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.

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"I love thee
to the depth and breadth

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"and height
my soul can reach."

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That's in a book?

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Well, it's different

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00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:34,000
from how Tom
behaves with his sister.

258
00:12:34,230 --> 00:12:36,190
That's beautiful.

259
00:12:36,190 --> 00:12:38,140
It would be nice
to be able to...

260
00:12:38,140 --> 00:12:40,090
Read it to her?
Yes.

261
00:12:40,090 --> 00:12:42,030
That takes time
and practice.

262
00:12:42,030 --> 00:12:44,090
I know you're not sure
if a "P" Is an "F"

263
00:12:44,090 --> 00:12:45,140
or an "F" Is a "P,"

264
00:12:45,140 --> 00:12:47,090
but don't give up
yet, Pedro.

265
00:12:48,150 --> 00:12:51,140
Sister, may I borrow
your little book?

266
00:12:51,140 --> 00:12:53,130
Yes.

267
00:12:55,030 --> 00:12:56,210
Thank you.

268
00:13:00,140 --> 00:13:02,090
I'll see you
in class, Sister.

269
00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,220
[children chattering]

270
00:13:09,220 --> 00:13:12,100
How about
an Orlando Cepeda?

271
00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:15,000
I already have
two Orlando Cepedas.

272
00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,180
Oh, ok.

273
00:13:18,100 --> 00:13:20,110
Carmelita, I heard you
in class.

274
00:13:20,110 --> 00:13:21,220
You read pretty good.

275
00:13:21,220 --> 00:13:25,090
Did you ever hear of
Elizabeth Barrett Browning?

276
00:13:25,090 --> 00:13:26,220
What team?

277
00:13:28,110 --> 00:13:30,100
Ok, class...

278
00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,020
[children] Good morning, Bishop Pool.

279
00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:42,200
Good morning,
children.

280
00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,050
Where is, uh,
Pedro Alvarez?

281
00:13:47,050 --> 00:13:48,140
[Bertrille] Oh, well,

282
00:13:48,140 --> 00:13:51,220
I guess he's ill
this morning, Bishop Pool.

283
00:13:51,220 --> 00:13:54,200
Well, the important thing is
the children are all present.

284
00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,140
This illustrates
my chief objection

285
00:13:56,140 --> 00:13:58,220
to your
adult school idea.

286
00:13:58,220 --> 00:14:00,180
Grownups are
simply unreliable.

287
00:14:00,180 --> 00:14:03,190
Besides, they have
too many responsibilities.

288
00:14:03,190 --> 00:14:05,020
Excuse me.

289
00:14:05,020 --> 00:14:06,200
I apologize to everybody.

290
00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,100
Bishop Pool,
I am Pedro Alvarez.

291
00:14:09,100 --> 00:14:12,070
I understand
you're learning to read.

292
00:14:12,070 --> 00:14:13,200
Right.

293
00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,230
I'm going to read something
for you now, Bishop.

294
00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:18,090
"How do I love thee?

295
00:14:18,090 --> 00:14:20,110
Let me count the ways."

296
00:14:20,110 --> 00:14:23,120
Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
my favorite.

297
00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,060
"I love thee
with a passion put to use

298
00:14:27,060 --> 00:14:28,190
In my old griefs,

299
00:14:28,190 --> 00:14:30,120
And with
my childhood's faith.

300
00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,200
I love thee with a love

301
00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,100
I seemed to lose
with my lost saints,

302
00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:38,190
I love thee
with the breath, smiles

303
00:14:38,190 --> 00:14:40,080
Tears of all my life.

304
00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,180
And, if God choose,

305
00:14:41,180 --> 00:14:44,180
"I shall but love thee
better after death."

306
00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,040
Sonnets
from the Portuguese.

307
00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,220
[Bishop] I'm very impressed,
Mr. Alvarez.

308
00:14:50,220 --> 00:14:53,120
A remarkable job
of teaching.

309
00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,100
[Bishop] Please, Mr. Alvarez,

310
00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:57,120
favor us with another.
Another what?

311
00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,190
Well, another sonnet,
of course.

312
00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:02,070
Come, come, man.
Now, really, Bishop.

313
00:15:02,070 --> 00:15:03,210
I ain't got time

314
00:15:03,210 --> 00:15:05,150
to memorize
the whole book.

315
00:15:05,150 --> 00:15:07,060
Memorize?

316
00:15:07,060 --> 00:15:09,120
[Bishop] Memorize.

317
00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,200
I am profoundly shocked

318
00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,220
that you would attempt
to win my sympathy

319
00:15:13,220 --> 00:15:15,220
for your adult school
idea with this--

320
00:15:15,220 --> 00:15:18,170
One moment.
I did write something.

321
00:15:18,170 --> 00:15:21,230
Carmelita, sit down.

322
00:15:21,230 --> 00:15:24,040
I worked very hard
at the store

323
00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,180
in my spare time and
during business hours, too.

324
00:15:26,180 --> 00:15:29,030
And, uh,
Juan almost killed me.

325
00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,060
[Pedro] Bishop, I hope
you'll forgive me.

326
00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:36,220
I ran out of cloth and,
uh, I used the abbreviation.

327
00:15:39,060 --> 00:15:43,190
[audience laughing]

328
00:15:52,180 --> 00:15:55,120
It doesn't matter
how I feel.

329
00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,070
You see, the Bishop
feels that Pedro

330
00:15:57,070 --> 00:15:58,180
is a disruptive influence

331
00:15:58,180 --> 00:16:00,180
and he has no business
in a child's school.

332
00:16:00,180 --> 00:16:03,020
That's why we want to put him
in an adult school.

333
00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:05,150
Unfortunately,
Bishop Pool envisions

334
00:16:05,150 --> 00:16:07,230
the more illiterate members
of his flock

335
00:16:07,230 --> 00:16:10,110
learning to spell
his name... that way.

336
00:16:10,110 --> 00:16:11,200
As we all know,

337
00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,030
a little learning can be
a dangerous thing.

338
00:16:14,030 --> 00:16:15,040
Well, what about Pedro?

339
00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,190
Does he want me
to unlearn Pedro?

340
00:16:16,190 --> 00:16:18,180
Our semester
will be over in a month.

341
00:16:18,180 --> 00:16:20,190
And if Pedro improves,

342
00:16:20,190 --> 00:16:23,200
there is a slight chance
that the Bishop might return.

343
00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,050
If only to hear Pedro
clear his good name.

344
00:16:26,050 --> 00:16:29,170
Oh, he'll improve,
I guarantee he'll improve.

345
00:16:30,140 --> 00:16:31,220
Could he get any worse?

346
00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,030
"Tom...

347
00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:38,160
has...

348
00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,140
the...

349
00:16:40,140 --> 00:16:41,220
"baal."
Ball.

350
00:16:41,220 --> 00:16:44,060
[Juan] Pedro, psst, psst, psst. Pedro.

351
00:16:44,060 --> 00:16:46,090
Uh, hello, Sister.

352
00:16:46,090 --> 00:16:47,120
Nice to see you again.

353
00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:48,180
Juan, is this necessary?

354
00:16:48,180 --> 00:16:51,120
Oh, sure. Pedro can tell
from the outside

355
00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,120
how a watermelon
will look on the inside.

356
00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:54,220
Let me see.

357
00:16:54,220 --> 00:16:57,040
I really think--
Momentito, por favor.

358
00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,120
[Pedro] Turn it around.

359
00:16:59,150 --> 00:17:01,090
That watermelon
is older than I am.

360
00:17:01,090 --> 00:17:04,190
Well, come to the store
and tell Hernandez yourself

361
00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:06,140
in the middle of
"Tom has the ball"?

362
00:17:06,140 --> 00:17:07,210
You're insane?
Pedro--

363
00:17:07,210 --> 00:17:09,150
That's it.
I've had enough of this.

364
00:17:09,150 --> 00:17:12,020
Please take your seat.
Certainly, Sister.

365
00:17:12,020 --> 00:17:13,210
[mumbling]

366
00:17:15,210 --> 00:17:18,130
I'm sorry to keep you
after class like this,

367
00:17:18,130 --> 00:17:20,020
but I wanted to talk
to you alone.

368
00:17:20,020 --> 00:17:22,100
You see, you've been reading
for a week now,

369
00:17:22,100 --> 00:17:23,140
without any improvement.

370
00:17:23,140 --> 00:17:25,020
Don't you practice
at home?

371
00:17:25,020 --> 00:17:27,070
Well, the only
place to practice

372
00:17:27,070 --> 00:17:29,100
is at the store,
and Juan is always there,

373
00:17:29,100 --> 00:17:31,230
and I wouldn't give him
the satisfaction, Sister.

374
00:17:31,230 --> 00:17:33,180
But it's very important
to be ready

375
00:17:33,180 --> 00:17:35,100
for the Bishop
this time.

376
00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:36,170
And...

377
00:17:40,220 --> 00:17:42,220
[Pedro] Mr... Uh, Mrs.

378
00:17:42,220 --> 00:17:45,020
Sister, what does it mean?

379
00:17:45,020 --> 00:17:47,180
Mrs. Tarnow
arrives in two weeks.

380
00:17:47,180 --> 00:17:49,220
We've got to cram.

381
00:18:01,030 --> 00:18:03,140
[inaudible]

382
00:18:21,140 --> 00:18:22,200
Again, Pedro.

383
00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,220
Oh, Sister.
I'm so tired, Sister.

384
00:18:24,220 --> 00:18:27,090
And me,
I'm ready to dance?

385
00:18:27,090 --> 00:18:31,140
I'd give anything right now
to have 40 blinks.

386
00:18:31,140 --> 00:18:33,040
Come on, Pedro.
Read again.

387
00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,140
"Tom has the ball.
See Tom.

388
00:18:36,140 --> 00:18:39,030
"See the ball.
Run, Tom."

389
00:18:39,030 --> 00:18:41,030
I don't see the point
in this, Sister.

390
00:18:41,030 --> 00:18:43,000
My girlfriend's
name is Ethel.

391
00:18:46,140 --> 00:18:47,210
E-excuse me, Sister.

392
00:18:47,210 --> 00:18:49,030
I would like
a favor.

393
00:18:49,030 --> 00:18:51,020
Well, what is it,
Fernando?

394
00:18:57,030 --> 00:18:59,030
Excuse me
for a moment.

395
00:19:03,060 --> 00:19:06,010
The ball's up on the roof,
to the left.

396
00:19:17,010 --> 00:19:19,070
[Fernando] Throw it to me, Sister.

397
00:19:30,150 --> 00:19:32,040
All right, Pedro,

398
00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,020
if you'll continue
with your reading.

399
00:19:34,020 --> 00:19:36,030
Sister, the pressure,
it's making me sick.

400
00:19:36,030 --> 00:19:38,190
I am seeing--
Seeing what?

401
00:19:38,190 --> 00:19:41,060
I don't want
to say it, Sister.

402
00:19:42,150 --> 00:19:45,000
Like a bird,
you flew like a bird.

403
00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,200
You saw me fly?
Yes, twice.

404
00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,090
Once up and then down.

405
00:19:48,090 --> 00:19:51,000
Come to think of it,
it's logical that if you go up--

406
00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,110
Pedro, I think maybe
the pressure is getting to you.

407
00:19:53,110 --> 00:19:55,220
You'd better have a recess.
A recess.

408
00:19:55,220 --> 00:19:58,080
The hopscotch team is waiting.
Yes. Thank you.

409
00:20:00,110 --> 00:20:02,190
It's my turn.

410
00:20:02,190 --> 00:20:04,180
Ok, Pedro,
let's get croaking.

411
00:20:04,180 --> 00:20:06,000
Open your book.

412
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,160
No.
No?

413
00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,030
No.

414
00:20:10,030 --> 00:20:13,090
Today, I will
read something else.

415
00:20:13,090 --> 00:20:16,180
Now, you read me many times
before letters from Miami.

416
00:20:16,180 --> 00:20:19,160
Well, today,
I, Pedro Alvarez,

417
00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,010
is going to read you
a letter.

418
00:20:25,020 --> 00:20:27,120
I'm so nervous.

419
00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,050
"Dear Pedro.

420
00:20:29,050 --> 00:20:32,030
Once again, I feel
I must write to you

421
00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:36,060
"and tell you what a wonderful
person you are.

422
00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:39,180
You have always been
so understanding

423
00:20:39,180 --> 00:20:44,100
"and so warm, I feel I can
pour out my heart to you."

424
00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:47,000
Oh, she's going to pour out
her heart to me here.

425
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,210
"A few days ago,
I met another wonderful man

426
00:20:50,210 --> 00:20:54,070
"and I have decided
to marry him."

427
00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:58,230
Maybe there's a mistake.

428
00:21:00,150 --> 00:21:03,030
Well, maybe there is
a mistake.

429
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,080
Thank you.
Thank you, very much.

430
00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,070
That will be all,
Fernando.

431
00:21:19,130 --> 00:21:21,170
I suppose Pedro's
in his store right now

432
00:21:21,170 --> 00:21:23,060
letting Juan
tell him where to go.

433
00:21:23,060 --> 00:21:26,100
And all our beautiful plans
for the adult school,

434
00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,230
poof, gone for a smoke.

435
00:21:27,230 --> 00:21:30,000
Oh, don't be
too disturbed, Sister.

436
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,220
We'll convince
the Bishop another time.

437
00:21:31,220 --> 00:21:33,120
You did your best.

438
00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:36,000
Oh, I'm not worried
about the school.

439
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,140
I'm worried about Pedro.

440
00:21:38,140 --> 00:21:40,020
Excuse me.

441
00:21:40,020 --> 00:21:43,060
Were you aware of Fernando's
picture of you, Sister?

442
00:21:44,020 --> 00:21:45,080
[Bertrille] Uh, well...

443
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:49,060
Perhaps that's
how he sees me, Bishop.

444
00:21:49,060 --> 00:21:52,000
If you'll excuse me,
I'll be right back.

445
00:21:56,180 --> 00:21:59,050
This is the story
of my vacation.

446
00:21:59,050 --> 00:22:02,110
Thank you. I shall
enjoy it tremendously.

447
00:22:02,110 --> 00:22:05,000
I hope so. I didn't.

448
00:22:06,050 --> 00:22:08,010
Think of all
you've gained.

449
00:22:08,010 --> 00:22:10,070
A few months ago,
you couldn't even spell "No,"

450
00:22:10,070 --> 00:22:13,150
And now, you can read and write
a thousand times "No."

451
00:22:13,150 --> 00:22:15,010
Sure, I read.

452
00:22:15,010 --> 00:22:18,020
I read unhappiness,
that's what I read.

453
00:22:18,020 --> 00:22:20,190
If you won't think of yourself,
think of the others.

454
00:22:20,190 --> 00:22:22,100
Think of the adult school.

455
00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:24,060
Can't you help them?

456
00:22:24,060 --> 00:22:26,200
They're miserable enough
without my help.

457
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,020
Now, look...
Where's Juan?

458
00:22:28,020 --> 00:22:29,190
I need somebody
to sign this.

459
00:22:29,190 --> 00:22:31,060
Pedro, come back
to the school

460
00:22:31,060 --> 00:22:33,060
and show Bishop
how much you've learned.

461
00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:35,090
It's our only chance.

462
00:22:35,090 --> 00:22:37,020
You tell
the Bishop, Sister,

463
00:22:37,020 --> 00:22:38,170
that I am sorry
I embarrassed him.

464
00:22:38,170 --> 00:22:41,210
I can't leave until somebody
signs the invoice.

465
00:22:41,210 --> 00:22:43,060
Juan?

466
00:22:43,060 --> 00:22:45,090
I'll sign it.
Give it to me.

467
00:22:45,090 --> 00:22:47,060
You?
Yes.

468
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:04,050
You couldn't have done that
a few months ago, either.

469
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,220
[truck door opening]

470
00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:12,020
[truck door closing]

471
00:23:12,020 --> 00:23:14,030
[engine starting]

472
00:23:17,230 --> 00:23:19,130
I am deeply honored

473
00:23:19,130 --> 00:23:22,130
by your presentations,
children.

474
00:23:22,130 --> 00:23:24,220
And until next semester,

475
00:23:24,220 --> 00:23:27,100
thank you
and God bless you.

476
00:23:28,220 --> 00:23:30,230
[in Spanish] One minute, please.

477
00:23:30,230 --> 00:23:32,000
[mumbling]

478
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,220
Sit there.

479
00:23:38,090 --> 00:23:41,000
[Pedro] Once again I want to
apologize to everybody,

480
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,010
especially Bishop Pool.

481
00:23:43,010 --> 00:23:45,100
And I have nothing
to present,

482
00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:47,160
but I would like
to say something.

483
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,010
I must confess,

484
00:23:49,010 --> 00:23:52,010
I was not about to
come here today.

485
00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:55,180
For a while, I forgot
about this new world,

486
00:23:55,180 --> 00:23:57,010
this wonderful world.

487
00:23:57,010 --> 00:23:58,140
And I suddenly realized

488
00:23:58,140 --> 00:24:02,060
that I cannot become
that world's oldest dropout.

489
00:24:02,060 --> 00:24:04,030
Imagine, in a restaurant

490
00:24:04,030 --> 00:24:06,100
I order a complete
full meal from the menu.

491
00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:09,160
And it's a terrible meal,
but it looks good to read.

492
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,030
I'm not afraid
of opening a book.

493
00:24:12,030 --> 00:24:13,110
Books are my friends now.

494
00:24:13,110 --> 00:24:15,180
Beautiful books
like Dickens,

495
00:24:15,180 --> 00:24:19,010
and Shakespeare and
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

496
00:24:19,010 --> 00:24:22,060
But the most
wonderful books of all

497
00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:23,120
are the ones
in my store.

498
00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:26,130
Because now
I can read them.

499
00:24:26,130 --> 00:24:29,060
And I can see
how my best friend,

500
00:24:29,060 --> 00:24:32,120
and partner,
Juan Cortez...

501
00:24:32,120 --> 00:24:37,100
has been robbing me blind
for the last 15 years.

502
00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:44,100
Thank you, Sister.

503
00:24:55,230 --> 00:24:58,040
[audience laughing]

504
00:24:59,020 --> 00:25:00,040
Just goes to prove,

505
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,150
no matter what they say,

506
00:25:01,150 --> 00:25:04,070
a little knowledge
can be a marvelous thing.

507
00:25:08,150 --> 00:25:11,230
[end theme playing]

508
00:25:46,381 --> 00:25:48,381
[end credits]

509
00:25:48,431 --> 00:25:52,981
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