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And Mikey will be short stuff on center
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Nikki. Hey, that's a great lineup. The
ninth grade better luck child.

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Didn't you forget someone?

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Nikki, Mikey, me?

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Nope.

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Wait a minute. We forgot the stretch.

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We didn't forget him.

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The most important position hasn't been
picked yet.

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The foul pole.

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The foul pole?

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Think about it, Screech. If any of us
hits you with a ball, it's a home run.

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Wow.

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Thanks.

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If the teacher pops a test, I know I'm
in a mess. And my dog ate all my

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last night.

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Riding on my chair, she won't know that
I'm there. If I can hand it in tomorrow,

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it'll be all right.

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It's all right, because I'm safe out the
bell.

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It's all right because I'm saved by
them.

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It's all right because I'm saved by
them. It's all right because I'm saved

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them.

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Role models play an important part in
every child's life.

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I had mine. My students have theirs. Me,
I hope.

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And someday maybe even they'll be role
models for future generations.

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But then again, maybe not.

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I'm late, I know it. I don't have a good
excuse, but I throw myself on the mercy

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of the teacher.

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Toddy.

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But I told you the truth.

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Sit.

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Is it too late to lie?

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The world is coming to an end tomorrow
morning.

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Well, I guess you know what that means.

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No homework tonight.

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I can't believe it. How you doing, kid?

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Mother?

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Boyfriend? No way.

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Identical twins separated at birth?

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Nah.

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Class, I want you to meet my eighth
grade history teacher, Mr. James Lyman.

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You know, if it wasn't for his
inspirational style, I might never have

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teaching. I was much younger then. I
didn't know what I was doing.

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Don't believe him. Mr. Lyman always knew
what he was doing.

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Not always.

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Remember when we were discussing
Benjamin Franklin and I went out in the

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with a kite and a key?

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It took me two weeks to find my hair and
another week to straighten it.

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What kind of a student was she?

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Well, no matter how much work I gave her
or how hard I graded her, she never

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once complained.

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What was the matter with you?

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Did she ever get into trouble?

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There is one time that comes to mind.
Oh, Mr. Lyman, I don't think that's

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Now, Carrie, this has to be told.

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One day she came to class without her
homework.

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She swore a space alien zapped her and
stole her assignment on Teddy Roosevelt.

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That happened to you, too?

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Well, that story I remember telling Mr.
Lyman.

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Hey, a couple of us are going over to
Cosmo's after school. You coming?

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Oh, I can't. I get baseball practice.

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Oh, that's right.

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You're still into that jock thing.

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I like playing baseball.

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Besides, give me one good reason why I
shouldn't pitch.

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You'll break your nails.

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That's a good reason.

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Okay.

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You see those cute guys over there?

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Yeah, they're on the 9th grade team.

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Well, have any of them asked you out?

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No, but I was kind of hoping the third
baseman would.

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Well, how are you going to get his
attention?

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Hit him in the head with a ball?

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Look, what are you trying to tell me?

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Guys don't want to date a girl who spits
all over the pitcher's mound.

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I don't spit all over the pitcher's
mound.

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I spit on the ball.

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That's even worse.

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Oh, come on, Lisa.

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Guys like girls who play sports, don't
they?

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Yeah, they like them, but they don't
want to go out with them.

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Think about it.

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I'm glad you're enjoying your vacation.

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Actually, it's a leave of absence.

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Oh? For how long?

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Until I report to that big teacher's
lounge in the sky.

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You mean you've retired?

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That's what I always loved about you,
Carrie.

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You're quick.

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Mind if I join you?

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Oh.

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Mr. Belding, this is James Lyman. He's
the man responsible for me becoming a

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teacher.

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You. Out.

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I'm just joking.

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I'll bet you're their principal. How did
you know? Who else would tell a joke

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like that?

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By the way, Miss Bliss, I'll be needing
your statewide curriculum report on my

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desk Friday morning.

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Oh, that's a lot of work.

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Well, the only way I can have it by
Friday...

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is if I get a little time away from my
classes this week.

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I don't know if I can find you a
substitute this fast.

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What about Mr. Lyman substituting for
me?

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Lyman substitutes for no man, or woman
as the case may be.

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Oh, Mr. Lyman, won't you do this for me,
please?

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Well, since it's you... Wait a minute.

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With all due respect, Miss Bliss, while
you've been wheeling and dealing, you

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seem to have forgotten one little point.

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I am the principal.

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Does he say this all day long?

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The point is, I'll have to check Mr.
Lyman's qualifications.

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Qualifications? But I'm a product of his
teaching. He taught me everything I

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know.

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Not one word.

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Well, if it isn't our star pitcher.

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Look, I gotta talk to you guys.

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I don't think I can pitch.

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Are you kidding?

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No. Are you hurt?

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Are you nuts?

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Well, the other two questions were
taken.

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Look, you guys just don't date girls who
spit.

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I would.

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Lisa, you put her up to this, didn't
you?

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Zach, you overestimate me. Do you think
that I could ever influence this

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liberated woman about a baseball game?

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Yes. You're right, and she doesn't want
to pitch. So just stop bugging her,

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okay? We don't want her to do anything
she doesn't want to do.

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It's just hard to forget.

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Last year, bottom of the ninth, two
outs, the bases loaded.

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Nicky, Nicky, Nicky. She winds up.
There's a pitch. Swing and a miss.

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one. Coleman is tired. It's something
almost superhuman keeps her going.

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pitch. Strike two. I used my slider.

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He wasn't even expecting it. The crowd
is hushed. Nicky, Nicky, Nicky. I said

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the crowd is hushed.

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She winds up. There's the pitch. Strike.

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What if you don't want to pitch?

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Well... Nicky Coleman, what a guy.

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Guy?

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I'm not pitching, and that's final.

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All right, you guys, hold it.

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Uh -oh, what the... Relax, Mikey, I got
it covered.

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I'll pass.

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All right, go ahead.

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Yeah, sure, but don't mess it up.

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This expires in July, and Mr. Lyman gave
it to you? Yeah, he said. And I will

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never forget his words. I trust you.

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He said that?

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To you? Yep. I love this guy. I can't
wait to get back to his class. Let's go.

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Milo, what are you doing?

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I'm just watching the drinking fountain.

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I see.

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Why?

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You know, Mr. Belding, to most people,
it's just a water fountain.

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But to me, it's a liquid dispensing
substation. An oasis, if you will.

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Every day, hundreds of lips seek
refreshment from that bubbling spring,

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while they wait, they talk.

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Milo, I'm not interested in that sort of
thing.

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Oh, yeah?

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That's what you think.

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All right, all right. Give me one solid
piece of information that you've

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discovered from this, uh, substation.

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Mr. Bliss' substitute gave Zach Morris a
hall pass that doesn't expire until

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July. July? School's over in June.

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Exactly.

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Miss Flitz, can I speak to you for a
moment? Yes, Mr. Belding. Rumor has it

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Mr. Lyman gave Zack Morris a hall pass
that is good through college.

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Where'd you hear a crazy thing like
that?

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A reliable source. Anyway, that part's
not important.

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Oh, Mr. Belding, I think it's very
important. I mean, Mr. Lyman's

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at stake.

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Milo. Who?

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It was Milo.

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Milo? Well, he said that you know how
Milo always seems to know things.

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He was watching this oasis and never saw
me.

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Now, listen, before these rumors go any
further, I think you should come with

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me. Now, my class has just started.
Right now, I'll bet they're listening to

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most captivating lecture they've ever
had. They're interested. They're

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And they're gone.

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Did you find them? Mr. Belding, calm
down.

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This is as calm as it gets. Did you find
them?

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Sort of.

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What do you mean, sort of?

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Mr. Morton saw them scaling the south
fence and heading into the woods.

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This calls for drastic action.

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I know, I know.

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Call the dairy and see if they can get
an entire class picture on a carton of

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milk.

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Mr. Belding, I'm sure there's a
perfectly reasonable explanation for

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remember that when I'm being grilled by
60 minutes.

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Where are the kids?

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I knew I forgot something.

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They're at lunch.

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Mr. Lyman, where were you? We've been
worried sick.

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I'll handle this.

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Mr. Lyman, where were you? She's been
worried sick.

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I took the class for a walk.

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I'll bet you didn't know that many very
historical events happened in and around

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this school.

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Didn't I say there was a perfectly
reasonable explanation?

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And? I'll bet you didn't know General
Minkin fought a decisive battle against

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the Sioux right next to the 7 -Eleven.

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I never knew that.

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That's great.

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I suppose the next thing you're going to
tell me is that they celebrated their

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victory with a slurpee.

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You threw that too?

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Carrie, the man should be on Jeopardy.

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Pardon me, but at this public school, we
have radical teaching plans.

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They include putting the students in the
classroom and having them read out of

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books. But this is my way.

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This is how you make history come alive.

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What Mr. Lyman is trying to say is that
although his ways may seem a bit

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unorthodox, there is a method to his...
Maddening?

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I wasn't going to say that.

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This is all my fault. I never told Mr.
Lyman the rules. I'm glad we agree on

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something. Mitchell Belding.

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Look, while you two argue, I'm going to
the cafeteria to meet my class.

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I promised I'd have dessert with them.

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Explain that to him.

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Mr. Lyman, why are you having us move
our desks?

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Because we're going on another trip.

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I love this guy.

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He's got guts.

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All right, everybody.

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Close your eyes.

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We're traveling back to the year 1863.

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The event, the turning point of the
Civil War.

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Open your eyes.

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Where are we?

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Gettysburg. But I don't think I have the
right address.

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All right, picture this.

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It's a warm summer's day.

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Look over there.

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What do you see?

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A blackbird?

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No, Mikey.

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It's a grove of birch trees.

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which concealed General Meade and the
Union troops atop Cemetery Ridge.

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And look.

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Look over there.

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Do you see them?

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It's General Lee and the Confederate
forces moving down into that grass

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valley. And in the distance, you can
hear the faint drums of the Confederacy.

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Rat -a -tat -tat.

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Rat -a -tat -tat.

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Upon a hill, a bugle called... The Union
soldiers to the ready.

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Troops, grab your weapons.

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They're almost upon one another.

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The commander calls ready.

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Aim.

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Fire.

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Where's hell, son?

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Let the battle begin!

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Yeah!

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Hey!

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See? Fire!

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Lass! You just broke one of the cardinal
rules of war.

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Don't kill the teacher.

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Sammy! Get your corpse off back to its
desk.

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Mr. Lyman.

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I assume there is a lecture that goes
along with this demonstration.

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You just missed it. Guess what?

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The North won again.

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I'm telling you, I love this guy.

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Mitchell Lyman, this is my history
class.

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I would prefer it taught in a more
constructive manner.

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More constructive?

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Well, if you really feel like that... I
do.

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Then the class is all yours.

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Nikki, you're putting on way too much
eyeshadow.

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Stuff was obviously invented by men.

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Women wouldn't do this to each other.

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You'll get the hang of it.

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The secret to wearing makeup is to look
like you're not wearing any.

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But I've got fake nails, fake eyelashes,
and fake jewelry.

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Why am I doing this?

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So the third baseman can notice the real
you.

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How can he notice the real me?

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I can't even notice the real me.

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That's not true.

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I know who I am.

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I'm a killer southpaw.

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A wicked fighter.

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Lisa?

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I'm pitching.

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He's an old pitcher.

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Thanks.

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Mr. Lyman.

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Please come in.

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Make yourself at home.

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This is very nice.

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Thank you.

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Look what I just found.

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One of my old term papers.

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Me plus.

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I remember this paper.

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You deserved an A. You should have
complained.

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I did complain.

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Here is an A.

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Happy now?

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Yes.

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But you didn't come here to change my
grade.

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No, I just thought I'd come by and give
you a chance to apologize.

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Me apologize? I accept.

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And if I caused you any trouble with
that principal guy, I'm sorry.

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But that is not an apology.

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Mr. Lyman, will you explain something
for me, please?

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My pleasure.

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How could you give Zach Morris a hall
pass that doesn't expire until July?

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Obviously, you didn't look at it any
closer than young Morris did at first.

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The date.

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is July 3rd, 1863, to be exact.

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But that's the day the Battle of
Gettysburg ended.

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Very good, Carrie.

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And Zack Morris will never forget that
date, either.

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Very good, Mr. Lyman.

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But still, there are rules.

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Rules?

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Oh, Carrie, not you, too.

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You know I was never very big on rules.

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It's learning that's important.

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It's about kids and teachers.

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Well, if it's so important to you, why
are you retiring?

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I'm not retiring.

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They kicked me out.

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They did what?

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They call it early retirement, but they
threw me out.

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But why on earth would they do that?

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Because I'm a dinosaur.

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Because I kept reminding them and
reminding them. Teaching isn't about

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And requisitions and rules and
psychologists and SAT scores. It's like

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It's about kids.

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And kids need you. You can't take this
lying down.

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You have to fight.

337
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It's not my battle anymore.

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But it's like you always said. The
system only works if we keep challenging

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But I'm tired. I'm tired of fighting.

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You fight them for both of us.

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You know what?

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Maybe I'll take my class for a history
walk tomorrow.

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You know, kid, you were always my
favorite.

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As so, the Battle of Gettysburg was the
turning point in the Civil War.

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Any questions?

346
00:19:37,860 --> 00:19:40,780
No, I think you pretty well covered it.
Right, Zack.

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You're always such a sponge of
intellectual curiosity.

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And you always pitch winning games.

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Well, if you hadn't have made three
errors, we would have won.

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Detail. Okay, settle down.

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Mr. Lyman?

352
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Is that you? My name is Abraham Lincoln.

353
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Oh.

354
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Same thing happened to my grandfather.

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00:20:11,030 --> 00:20:12,050
You did it.

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Seeing a man who's been dead over a
hundred years walking down your hall as

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way of attracting one's attention.

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Four score and seven years ago, our
fathers brought forth on this continent

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a new nation conceived in liberty and
dedicated to the proposition

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that all men are created equal.

361
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Is this the beginning of Mr. Lyman's
comeback?

362
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No. I think it's his farewell address.

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What a way to go.

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Now we are engaged in a great civil war.

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Testing whether that nation, or any
nation, so conceived or so dedicated,

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long endure.

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We are met on a great battlefield of
that war.

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We have come to dedicate a portion of
that field as a final resting place.

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for those who gave their lives that that
nation might live.

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I'm fine, Jack.

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Maybe it's time you went back on your
medication.

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My mother and my sister, they depend on
me.