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Ron Clark.
Ready for your first day?

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Yes, ma'am.

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I'll be with you in a minute.

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And I'll introduce you to your class.

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Hi.

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What happened to you?

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Teacher says I can't learn,

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so I should go out with the trash.

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Okay, settle down.

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Let's get out our silent reading.

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I'm Mr.Clark.

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What's your name?

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Hadley Craig.

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Nice to meet you.

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Uh, you know, I'm so sorry.

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I'm so forgetful.

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What's my name again?

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It's Mr.Clark.

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Oh. See? You just learned something.

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Let's get you out of there.

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- Mr.Clark?
- Yeah.

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Is you gonna be our new teacher?

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Alan, no whispering.

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Get the chairs! My hair!

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Get the jell-o mold!

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Bill, grab the other table.

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We'll arrive at Swan quarter by 5:00,

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like we always do.

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Pick up the shrimp bait
at the general store

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like we always do,

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and hop the ferry over to Ocracoke island

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for some fine flounder fishing.

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Like we always do.

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Well, folks, it's not quite

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the end of the year summer celebration
we expected,

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but let's take a moment
to thank our own Mr.Clark,

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whose fifth grade class tested
number one in Beaufort county

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for the fourth year in a row!

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Yeah!

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We have a surprise
that we have put together for you.

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Unfortunately, it's outside.

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Oh, man!

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We all know Mr.Clark began here

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as a temporary teacher.

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Well, we've all chipped in on something

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to help him feel more permanent.

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Aww.

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Hurry up! we all get wet

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I love it here,
but I've got to move on, mom,

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before they use that parking space
for my grave.

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New York public schools
are desperate for good teachers.

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The newspaper says
they're beggin' for them.

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Dad, every year, I tell my students

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to go for what they want in life.

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Dream big. Take risks.

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It's time I started living up
to my own words.

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I'm gonna miss you guys,

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but I gotta go.

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We understand, sweetie.

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Good-bye.

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People get killed in New York.

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<i>This is radio Roanoke,</i>

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<i>where the sun is shining</i>

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<i>and the temperature is 78 degrees.</i>

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* and the night sounds start to whisper *

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<i>News and sports in 5, Baltimore,</i>

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<i>but now let's get ready to rock 'n' roll
with the Smokin' Red...</i>

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<i>That was the Mellow Midnight
voice of Johnny Hartman.</i>

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<i>This is WNYC in New York city.</i>

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<i>Next up, something cool on a hot night.</i>

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Come on, pal! Get outta the way!

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Okay. Sir...

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come on! I'm tryin' to park here!

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Rent's due at 10:00.

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Cash only.

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Checkout's at 11:30.

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Okay. This is great.

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And, uh, what's your name?

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Yolanda.

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Thank you, Yolanda.

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Hi!

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Ha! New York.

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Good morning.

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Good morning.

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Yolanda, good morning.

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Do you have a list of the public schools
in Harlem?

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Sure I do, baby.

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Okay. Thank you.

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Why you want school listings for?

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I'm a teacher.

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And you wanna teach?

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Up in Harlem?

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Yes.

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Well, then, honey,
you gonna need something else.

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Personal injury lawyers.

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'Cause once your white behind
goes on up in there,

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they'll be carrying you back out

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the same way you went in.

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What kind of foolishness is this?

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Goin' on up there to Harlem, tryin'
to teach. You know...

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Okay. Thank you.

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Taxi

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Right here

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It's this way, son.

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Thank you so much for coming in.

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Y-you're welcome.

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If you could just look at my resume?

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I apologize.
We just don't have a position available.

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Yeah, but all my kids
passed above grade level.

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I'm sure they did.

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And good luck to you.

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Ma'am, you forgot your purse.

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Thank you. Dinner was great.

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You're welcome.

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Thanks.

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So, my merry men and ladies,

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let us steal from the rich

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and help a poor, brave waiter go
henceforth into the kitchen

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and command your dinners.

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Nice hat. It distracts the customers
from that accent.

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Hey, watch out.
I got a bow and arrow.

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What show are you in?

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Everybody works here is an actor.

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I'm a teacher.

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You are gonna change before
your first class, right?

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Very funny.

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How about you?

128
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Me? Oh, I'm taking a break from acting.

129
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The Cleopatra gig is very challenging.

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Hey, who's that?

131
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That's the queen of Egypt.

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In love with Mark Antony.

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No, I...

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I mean, uh, who is that?

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Marissa.

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And she's even more beautiful
out of costume.

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I'm Jason.

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Otherwise known as...

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Mark Antony.

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Sorry.

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It happens all the time, bro.

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Don't sweat it.

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Table 5 sent it back!

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Get back in that classroom!

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Hey! Hey!

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Come on, you little...

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hey, come on, man!

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Hey! Hey! Hey! Enough!

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Tayshawn Mitchell, my office. Now!

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I'm not playin' with ya, son.

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I ain't no son.

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Mr. Solis, what the hell was that?

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That boy is your student.

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Not anymore.

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Hey, you walk away, you stay away.

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You can have the little bastards.

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I could start right now.

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Heh.

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Heh.

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You're lucky you got detention

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and not an assault charge.

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Hello. I'm Ron Clark.

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I wanted to let you know

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I taught sixth grade for 4 years

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in North Carolina.

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You need a teacher. I need a job,

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so let's help each other out.

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Mr.Clark, I'm sure you're very sincere,

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but I'm afraid you might be
a little too...

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too what?

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Too white? Too tall? Too ugly?

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Nice.

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I specialize in raising standardized test scores.

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This is the honors class.

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These students scored in the top 10 percentile
on the state exams every year.

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We divide each grade into 4 classes

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according to their achievement scores.

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What about this class?

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This class tested at the bottom

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of the entire New York city school district.

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They do seem a little bit squirrelly.

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Oh, they're a bit more than squirrelly.

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These students have problems

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with learning, discipline, social skills.

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Like Tayshawn Mitchell.

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2 strikes, going on 3, toward the
Juvenile detention center.

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I'm your man.

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I have an opening in grade 3.

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If your credentials check out...

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Hey, you have an opening right here.

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No.

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Last year, this class

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went through 6 different teachers

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before Christmas.

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Yes. Nobody wants them, and I do,

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so what's the problem?

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Test scores are very important to me.

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It's how I keep my job.

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I can start right now.

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You can start on Monday.

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State exams are in May.

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You are out of control!

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Yo, man!

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Let's come back here tomorrow.

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I think she liked me.

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High-five, bro.

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On a break.

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200 bucks!

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And nothing!

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Jeez! You should have heard them in there!

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Oh, cleo, we got your snake right here.

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And then they just stiff me!

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Want half?

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Yeah, sure.

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You're a teacher, Clark.

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What is it?

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I mean, why don't guys grow up?

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Ooh, I'm afraid my level of expertise

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expires at the sixth grade.

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You got a job?

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Inner Harlem elementary.

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I'm gonna start meeting
my kids tomorrow.

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Uh, you might want to hold on to this.

224
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It may be your last meal.

225
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Nah. They're gonna love me.

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I like to meet all the parents,
Ms.Vazquez,

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before I start teaching.

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Julio?

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To get them involved. Uh...

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Julio!

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Damn it.

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Where is he?

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He a clown, Mr.Clark,

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but he's a good boy.

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I had him when I was only 14.

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That's Okay.

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Like...like I was saying...

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What?

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I was just saying...

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You can help out

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by working with Julio every night
on his homework.

242
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Sure. Okay.

243
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Together, we can get him excited
about learning.

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American history...

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Solar system, pre-algebra.

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I just want Julio
to achieve his full potential.

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So, Mr.Clark...

248
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are you married?

249
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No.

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It's very nice to meet you all today.

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You know, I've never had
a student from india before.

252
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How do you pronounce your name?

253
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Bad-rl-yah.

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I like to read, especially...

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quiet, Larki.

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Men are talking, Okay?

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* What's that? *

258
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* What's that? *

259
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* They don't need... *

260
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Shameika Wallace?

261
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I'm Mr.Clark, your new teacher.

262
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I called earlier.

263
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It's Saturday, fool.

264
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Shameika, who is it?

265
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Nobody.

266
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Oh, are those your brothers?

267
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No. They're my kids.

268
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I'm 12 years old, and I got 3 kids.

269
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Who are you talkin' to?

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I'm Mr.Clark,
Shameika's new teacher.

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What the hell happened
to Mr.Solis?

272
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Fool quit.

273
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He's wet.

274
00:14:54,621 --> 00:14:56,859
I swear to god, you teachers
come in and out of the school.

275
00:14:56,990 --> 00:14:58,133
Yeah, I know that.

276
00:14:58,134 --> 00:14:59,069
That... that's why I'm here.

277
00:14:59,070 --> 00:15:01,016
I was hoping you
would work with me.

278
00:15:01,086 --> 00:15:02,860
I already got a job, mister.

279
00:15:02,930 --> 00:15:05,015
I got 2 jobs and 4 kids

280
00:15:05,084 --> 00:15:06,926
and a brother on parole.

281
00:15:06,995 --> 00:15:07,725
I'm late for work.

282
00:15:13,981 --> 00:15:15,128
* test it, gonna make
a man out of you *

283
00:15:15,198 --> 00:15:18,708
* yeah, I get you to scream and
demandin' respect with a left *

284
00:15:18,778 --> 00:15:20,481
* how can I respect you? *

285
00:15:20,550 --> 00:15:23,261
* get another hand on my rhymes,
makin' you drop *

286
00:15:23,331 --> 00:15:26,424
* this other dawg, here's
another shot to the soul *

287
00:15:26,494 --> 00:15:29,379
* tell me what can I do
at 13 years old? *

288
00:15:29,448 --> 00:15:30,839
* gonna lay your hand
on my child *

289
00:15:30,909 --> 00:15:31,986
* go on, come and get me *

290
00:15:32,056 --> 00:15:34,523
* but by then,
I come crunk wild style *

291
00:15:34,592 --> 00:15:36,608
* and then I try
to hold the kids back *

292
00:15:36,678 --> 00:15:38,068
* 'cause they gave me
satisfaction *

293
00:15:38,138 --> 00:15:40,084
* to hear me askin' and bangin' *

294
00:15:40,153 --> 00:15:41,752
* please, drop down
on your knees *

295
00:15:41,822 --> 00:15:45,088
* and you knowin' that it's
gonna be a while with the demon...*

296
00:15:50,615 --> 00:15:52,736
* but you can never get,
so can bet *

297
00:15:52,737 --> 00:15:54,682
* that I'm comin'
to make a man out of you yet *

298
00:15:54,751 --> 00:15:57,011
* shadowboxer *

299
00:15:59,652 --> 00:16:01,772
* just a shadowboxer *

300
00:16:03,961 --> 00:16:05,109
Punk ass!

301
00:16:05,178 --> 00:16:06,639
* just a shadowboxer *

302
00:16:11,713 --> 00:16:12,443
Hey, that's enough.

303
00:16:12,444 --> 00:16:13,798
- Morning.
- Get moving.

304
00:16:14,598 --> 00:16:16,052
Nice to see you, Tayshawn.

305
00:16:19,046 --> 00:16:20,402
Morning, principal Turner.

306
00:16:21,966 --> 00:16:23,494
Okay. Good morning.

307
00:16:25,267 --> 00:16:27,692
Oh! Hello. I'm Ron Clark.

308
00:16:27,745 --> 00:16:28,288
I guess I'll be...

309
00:16:28,289 --> 00:16:29,114
teaching...

310
00:16:35,465 --> 00:16:38,906
Yo, man, you know you owe me $5.00.

311
00:16:38,976 --> 00:16:41,407
Anyway, so like...

312
00:16:42,043 --> 00:16:44,468
no! I know!

313
00:16:44,535 --> 00:16:48,299
She said all that stuff!
Oh, she is...

314
00:16:48,301 --> 00:16:50,094
yeah, dream big about what?

315
00:16:50,095 --> 00:16:51,036
Big butts?

316
00:16:51,383 --> 00:16:52,530
Oh, ho ho!

317
00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,937
Dream about yo mama.

318
00:16:54,128 --> 00:16:56,179
Whoa!

319
00:16:56,562 --> 00:16:57,605
Take your seats.

320
00:16:58,196 --> 00:16:59,621
Yo, teacher.

321
00:16:59,690 --> 00:17:01,358
Shameika's feeling sick today.

322
00:17:01,428 --> 00:17:03,509
Yeah, sick of damn teachers.

323
00:17:03,582 --> 00:17:05,148
Tell him, chica!

324
00:17:08,587 --> 00:17:10,744
Okay, because this is
our first day,

325
00:17:10,916 --> 00:17:13,141
I have a surprise for all of you.

326
00:17:13,142 --> 00:17:14,149
What?

327
00:17:14,428 --> 00:17:17,138
I'll tell you, Julio,
if you turn around.

328
00:17:19,606 --> 00:17:23,290
Today, there will be
no schoolwork.

329
00:17:26,418 --> 00:17:27,614
Shameika, don't do that.

330
00:17:34,691 --> 00:17:36,880
Shameika, don't.

331
00:17:36,949 --> 00:17:37,476
Or what?

332
00:17:37,477 --> 00:17:39,592
What are you gonna
do? Suspend me?

333
00:17:39,593 --> 00:17:40,738
Go ahead. Suspend me.

334
00:17:40,739 --> 00:17:42,164
I wanna leave!

335
00:17:42,165 --> 00:17:42,997
We all wanna leave.

336
00:17:42,998 --> 00:17:44,179
Me, too.

337
00:17:47,586 --> 00:17:49,776
Hey, look. The fool's leavin' already.

338
00:17:53,668 --> 00:17:54,885
Sit down.

339
00:18:04,512 --> 00:18:06,001
You see this?

340
00:18:06,211 --> 00:18:07,727
This means that this year

341
00:18:07,728 --> 00:18:08,878
is going to be different.

342
00:18:08,879 --> 00:18:11,675
This year is going to be
about more than school.

343
00:18:11,676 --> 00:18:15,867
This year, we are going to be a family.

344
00:18:15,868 --> 00:18:17,765
But you don't look nothin' like me.

345
00:18:20,082 --> 00:18:22,404
I'm going to be your family,

346
00:18:22,405 --> 00:18:25,018
and you are going
to be my family,

347
00:18:25,019 --> 00:18:27,833
and that means that I am not leaving,

348
00:18:27,834 --> 00:18:30,406
and you are not leaving.

349
00:18:39,755 --> 00:18:40,833
You have any lip gloss?

350
00:18:40,834 --> 00:18:41,701
Yeah.

351
00:18:45,108 --> 00:18:47,019
- Bathroom.
- Me too.

352
00:19:22,540 --> 00:19:24,035
No, shoot it!

353
00:19:31,483 --> 00:19:33,420
What the hell?

354
00:19:33,490 --> 00:19:35,819
Come on. What?

355
00:19:35,887 --> 00:19:39,259
Ohh! Whoa.

356
00:19:40,650 --> 00:19:41,623
Nasty.

357
00:19:42,735 --> 00:19:43,604
Yo...

358
00:19:44,959 --> 00:19:47,079
well, what do you think?

359
00:19:47,149 --> 00:19:49,339
We think it looks stupid.

360
00:19:52,055 --> 00:19:53,402
Who vandalized this room?

361
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,221
I did, sir.

362
00:19:59,908 --> 00:20:00,798
Mr.Clark...

363
00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:04,635
this sort of stunt
may have gone over big in Aurora,

364
00:20:04,636 --> 00:20:06,755
but it doesn't work for me.

365
00:20:06,756 --> 00:20:09,675
My school. My rules.

366
00:20:09,676 --> 00:20:11,516
My way.

367
00:20:11,690 --> 00:20:13,463
Ooh.

368
00:20:17,078 --> 00:20:18,051
Lunch!

369
00:20:18,121 --> 00:20:19,963
All right. I need... ohh!

370
00:20:19,964 --> 00:20:20,969
Put your gum in here.

371
00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:21,979
Gum in here.

372
00:20:21,980 --> 00:20:22,667
Hurry up!

373
00:20:22,668 --> 00:20:25,454
All the gum in this jar,
the gum jar.

374
00:20:25,455 --> 00:20:26,201
Come on.

375
00:20:26,827 --> 00:20:27,921
Come on.

376
00:20:27,922 --> 00:20:28,825
I'm starving.

377
00:20:28,826 --> 00:20:30,186
Right in here.

378
00:20:30,216 --> 00:20:31,363
Hey! No, I see you. Come on.

379
00:20:31,538 --> 00:20:33,210
Right in there.

380
00:20:33,211 --> 00:20:35,335
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.

381
00:20:54,604 --> 00:20:56,497
Okay. To your left

382
00:20:56,498 --> 00:20:58,216
Left. More left.

383
00:20:58,268 --> 00:20:59,823
They're just testing you.

384
00:20:59,875 --> 00:21:01,109
They want to see if you really care.

385
00:21:01,475 --> 00:21:03,376
See if I care?
They weren't even looking at me.

386
00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:04,388
Well, one of them was,

387
00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,124
but I think he was picturing me
in a dark alley.

388
00:21:06,176 --> 00:21:06,955
We have to turn this...

389
00:21:07,219 --> 00:21:07,613
Ow!

390
00:21:08,296 --> 00:21:09,965
Ow! Ow!

391
00:21:10,035 --> 00:21:11,946
Do these legs come off?

392
00:21:12,048 --> 00:21:13,579
All right.

393
00:21:13,580 --> 00:21:15,010
I think it looks good right there.

394
00:21:15,318 --> 00:21:17,020
You know, school's
supposed to be exciting.

395
00:21:17,021 --> 00:21:18,361
Okay.

396
00:21:18,362 --> 00:21:21,489
Now you sound like one
of those dumb-ass commercials

397
00:21:21,490 --> 00:21:23,137
that used to come on at the cartoons
on saturday morning.

398
00:21:23,189 --> 00:21:23,578
So, what?
You didn't like school?

399
00:21:25,664 --> 00:21:27,266
School sucked.
I hated it.

400
00:21:27,267 --> 00:21:29,310
Yeah, well,
if I was your teacher,

401
00:21:29,311 --> 00:21:30,833
you would have loved it.

402
00:21:36,753 --> 00:21:38,355
Ron, just relax.

403
00:21:38,919 --> 00:21:41,027
Step away from the table.

404
00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,630
Yeah, that's what's doing.

405
00:21:52,249 --> 00:21:53,544
So, now that you helped me move,

406
00:21:53,545 --> 00:21:55,899
I guess I have to be your
drive-you-to-the-airport,

407
00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:57,671
eed-your-fish, never-forget-your-birthday

408
00:21:57,672 --> 00:21:59,027
kind of friend.

409
00:21:59,028 --> 00:22:01,112
Uh, not to mention
my cover-my-weekend-shift

410
00:22:01,113 --> 00:22:03,198
because I'm going to L.A.
with Jason's friend.

411
00:22:04,580 --> 00:22:06,222
He's going to meet some producers.

412
00:22:06,223 --> 00:22:09,454
You know, he's trying
to get on a daytime heartthrob thing.

413
00:22:09,506 --> 00:22:11,539
So, how long you two been going out?

414
00:22:13,208 --> 00:22:14,668
Almost 2 years.

415
00:22:16,336 --> 00:22:17,379
Oh.

416
00:22:17,380 --> 00:22:19,733
I mean, we're not living together
or anything.

417
00:22:21,407 --> 00:22:22,677
He's busy. I'm busy.

418
00:22:24,052 --> 00:22:25,095
But it's good.

419
00:22:25,199 --> 00:22:26,971
Yeah, it sounds good.

420
00:22:29,161 --> 00:22:30,939
All right. Well, we got 3 hours
before our shift.

421
00:22:30,940 --> 00:22:32,394
Who's hungry?

422
00:22:32,395 --> 00:22:34,302
Oh, so, you're a union mover.

423
00:22:34,303 --> 00:22:37,360
This is gonna cost me a pizza, huh?

424
00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:42,018
Can I have your attention, please?

425
00:22:42,019 --> 00:22:47,267
Before we start today,
I would like to go over 3 rules for this class.

426
00:22:47,268 --> 00:22:51,162
If you follow them,
we will all have a lot of fun.

427
00:22:51,163 --> 00:22:53,248
If you do not follow them,

428
00:22:53,249 --> 00:22:54,499
there will be consequences.

429
00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:56,964
Ooh!

430
00:22:56,965 --> 00:22:59,085
You all remember rule number one...

431
00:22:59,086 --> 00:23:01,589
we are a family.

432
00:23:01,590 --> 00:23:03,513
Give me a damn break, man.

433
00:23:03,514 --> 00:23:04,718
We're not in kindergarten!

434
00:23:04,719 --> 00:23:07,710
That means we help each other out,

435
00:23:07,711 --> 00:23:11,087
we stand up for each other,
we defend each other.

436
00:23:12,606 --> 00:23:16,404
Rule number 2...we respect each other.

437
00:23:18,410 --> 00:23:21,469
Hey, you will call me sir.

438
00:23:21,537 --> 00:23:23,763
Not man, not dawg, not fool.

439
00:23:23,764 --> 00:23:24,738
If you are asked a question,

440
00:23:24,739 --> 00:23:27,970
you will say, "yes, sir,"
or, "no, sir,"

441
00:23:27,971 --> 00:23:31,828
not, "yep," "nope," "uh-uh," "nuh-uh."

442
00:23:31,829 --> 00:23:33,079
Uh, nuh-uh, fool.

443
00:23:34,123 --> 00:23:35,958
Respect, Julio Vazquez.

444
00:23:36,498 --> 00:23:38,618
You will not talk
unless I call on you.

445
00:23:38,670 --> 00:23:39,968
If I am talking,

446
00:23:40,021 --> 00:23:43,317
you are listening with
your eyes right here.

447
00:23:45,303 --> 00:23:46,446
Rule number 3...

448
00:23:47,007 --> 00:23:50,119
we will form a line
to enter and exit class

449
00:23:50,171 --> 00:23:51,721
and go to lunch.

450
00:23:51,722 --> 00:23:53,226
Come on!

451
00:23:53,228 --> 00:23:54,295
Are you kidding me?

452
00:23:55,594 --> 00:23:56,741
Shameika.

453
00:23:56,810 --> 00:23:57,853
What?

454
00:23:57,923 --> 00:24:00,321
"What, sir?"

455
00:24:01,573 --> 00:24:03,658
Oh, Shameika, thank you.

456
00:24:03,659 --> 00:24:04,666
For what?

457
00:24:04,667 --> 00:24:06,543
Reminding me about
rule number 4...

458
00:24:06,544 --> 00:24:09,887
no smacking of lips
and rolling of the eyes.

459
00:24:09,888 --> 00:24:11,972
If you break one of these rules,

460
00:24:11,973 --> 00:24:14,579
your name will
go up on the board.

461
00:24:14,789 --> 00:24:16,896
So stupid!

462
00:24:16,897 --> 00:24:19,271
If you break another rule,

463
00:24:19,272 --> 00:24:21,252
you will get a check.

464
00:24:21,253 --> 00:24:22,295
Come on.

465
00:24:22,296 --> 00:24:23,963
If you break a third rule...

466
00:24:24,537 --> 00:24:26,466
Ohhh!

467
00:24:30,386 --> 00:24:31,602
Hey.

468
00:24:33,826 --> 00:24:34,973
Hi.

469
00:24:36,003 --> 00:24:37,317
What you reading?

470
00:24:37,497 --> 00:24:38,082
Nothing.

471
00:24:41,356 --> 00:24:43,286
Oh, I didn't read
that book till high school.

472
00:24:45,630 --> 00:24:47,189
You figure that,
by seventh, man,

473
00:24:47,438 --> 00:24:49,419
the odds are 10 to 1.
That's big bucks, man.

474
00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:50,813
That's big bucks!

475
00:24:50,878 --> 00:24:52,339
What's Julio doing?

476
00:24:52,408 --> 00:24:54,771
Say, man, I don't know why
you're going for the 24th.

477
00:24:54,841 --> 00:24:56,231
Taking bets...

478
00:24:57,343 --> 00:24:58,942
on you.

479
00:24:59,012 --> 00:25:00,541
On me?

480
00:25:00,611 --> 00:25:03,356
When you're gonna quit.

481
00:25:03,425 --> 00:25:05,516
My sister say he's gonna
be gone by friday.

482
00:25:05,518 --> 00:25:09,542
Gambling is illegal,
especially when you're 12.

483
00:25:09,543 --> 00:25:11,928
And by the way,
I'm not leaving.

484
00:25:11,929 --> 00:25:13,492
Yo, come on, dawg!

485
00:25:13,493 --> 00:25:15,173
How am I supposed to make
some paper around here?

486
00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:18,858
Boy, something smells
really good in here.

487
00:25:18,859 --> 00:25:21,047
Could I ask a favor of you ladies?

488
00:25:21,116 --> 00:25:22,786
I just wanted to,
uh, know if...

489
00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:25,114
Dr. King talked about justice

490
00:25:25,183 --> 00:25:26,783
rollin' down like waters...

491
00:25:26,852 --> 00:25:28,138
here, pass these around, guys...

492
00:25:28,139 --> 00:25:31,740
and righteousness
like a mighty stream.

493
00:25:31,741 --> 00:25:35,076
It's like on a hot day
when you go outside,

494
00:25:35,077 --> 00:25:37,370
and "whoosh!" somebody
opens up a fire hydrant,

495
00:25:37,371 --> 00:25:39,210
and there's water streaming
all over the place!

496
00:25:39,211 --> 00:25:41,991
And everybody's runnin'
around and going crazy.

497
00:25:42,028 --> 00:25:46,654
That's what Dr. King wanted justice
and freedom to feel like.

498
00:25:47,262 --> 00:25:50,932
So, tonight, after we've gone over
Dr. King's speech,

499
00:25:51,125 --> 00:25:53,101
I want you all
to start a journal

500
00:25:53,102 --> 00:25:55,574
about your dreams
and aspirations.

501
00:26:01,289 --> 00:26:02,775
Hey, man, it's locked!
What's up?

502
00:26:03,286 --> 00:26:07,166
Rule number 3... we all line up
to go to the lunch room.

503
00:26:09,435 --> 00:26:11,396
You know what?
Here's my rule...

504
00:26:11,432 --> 00:26:13,371
I ain't standin' in no line.

505
00:26:13,769 --> 00:26:15,740
Oh, Okay, Shameika.

506
00:26:16,689 --> 00:26:19,122
But because we are
all a family,

507
00:26:19,191 --> 00:26:21,270
if one of us doesn't get in line
for the lunch room,

508
00:26:21,271 --> 00:26:23,389
then none of us gets lunch.

509
00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:27,003
I'm starving!

510
00:26:28,402 --> 00:26:31,190
Mr.Clark!
We're starving!

511
00:26:32,956 --> 00:26:33,859
Shameika, just do it.

512
00:26:33,929 --> 00:26:35,213
I'm hungry.
Yeah.

513
00:26:41,136 --> 00:26:44,766
Very quietly,
2 lines, right up against the wall.

514
00:26:45,573 --> 00:26:46,607
That's good.

515
00:26:48,428 --> 00:26:50,902
That's good. Nice and quiet.

516
00:26:51,426 --> 00:26:53,668
Oh, looks like somebody's not hungry.

517
00:26:56,808 --> 00:26:59,052
Stop fighting. Let's go.

518
00:27:03,630 --> 00:27:05,274
No talking.

519
00:27:10,314 --> 00:27:12,274
And stop.

520
00:27:16,241 --> 00:27:17,549
Shameika, did you cut in line?

521
00:27:17,585 --> 00:27:19,845
No, sir. I did not.

522
00:27:21,715 --> 00:27:23,348
You do know that I have eyes

523
00:27:23,418 --> 00:27:24,669
in the back of my head, right?

524
00:27:24,739 --> 00:27:27,449
I was here! Ask her.

525
00:27:28,806 --> 00:27:30,099
Stupid...

526
00:27:32,872 --> 00:27:34,557
all right,
we're all gonna stand here

527
00:27:34,558 --> 00:27:37,412
until Shameika decides
to tell the truth.

528
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,380
Come on, Mr.Clark!

529
00:27:40,381 --> 00:27:42,013
What?

530
00:27:42,082 --> 00:27:43,703
I didn't cut in no line!

531
00:27:48,016 --> 00:27:50,895
Hey, you're in Mr.Clark's class.
No food.

532
00:27:51,346 --> 00:27:52,188
Huh?

533
00:27:56,030 --> 00:27:58,501
Yo, come on, Mr.Clark,
I'm starving, man!

534
00:27:58,502 --> 00:28:01,064
- I'm about to faint, I'm fallin' down...
- Julio, get to the back of the line.

535
00:28:01,709 --> 00:28:03,094
And take that hat off.

536
00:28:07,003 --> 00:28:10,861
It's up to you whether we eat or not.

537
00:28:16,144 --> 00:28:18,473
Shameika, this is a family,

538
00:28:18,542 --> 00:28:21,114
and families treat
each other with respect.

539
00:28:21,184 --> 00:28:24,590
They never, ever, lie to one another.

540
00:28:27,857 --> 00:28:29,977
Did you cut in line?

541
00:28:33,175 --> 00:28:35,306
Come on, Meka!
Come on. Let's go!

542
00:28:41,813 --> 00:28:43,649
We are all just waiting...

543
00:28:44,803 --> 00:28:46,267
on you.

544
00:28:49,629 --> 00:28:50,261
Yeah.

545
00:28:52,669 --> 00:28:53,699
Thank you.

546
00:28:56,207 --> 00:28:58,414
Now, what is
rule number 5?

547
00:28:59,304 --> 00:29:01,856
No cutting in line.

548
00:29:02,141 --> 00:29:03,826
That's right. Now go eat.

549
00:29:05,546 --> 00:29:06,807
About time!

550
00:29:08,343 --> 00:29:10,261
I'm proud of you.

551
00:29:10,331 --> 00:29:13,894
- Thanks a lot, Shameika.
- I'm starving now.

552
00:29:15,213 --> 00:29:17,612
Uh-huh. Yes, mom,
I miss you, too.

553
00:29:19,852 --> 00:29:22,135
Yeah, I know there's
a job for me back home,

554
00:29:22,171 --> 00:29:24,204
but, uh, things are
going very well here.

555
00:29:25,216 --> 00:29:26,288
Well, it took the kids

556
00:29:26,288 --> 00:29:30,151
a little while to warm up to me.
Yeah.

557
00:29:31,559 --> 00:29:33,250
Honestly,
we're getting along great.

558
00:30:29,636 --> 00:30:31,898
I want you all to take
a good look around

559
00:30:31,950 --> 00:30:34,482
at your new, clean room.

560
00:30:36,017 --> 00:30:37,009
Whatever.

561
00:30:39,179 --> 00:30:42,070
I'm not going to ask
who wrecked it.

562
00:30:43,886 --> 00:30:45,496
Eyes right here.

563
00:30:49,537 --> 00:30:53,184
I was hoping we could
have fun this year,

564
00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:54,706
and I think that we still can,

565
00:30:54,706 --> 00:31:00,068
but only after you learn
to follow all of my rules.

566
00:31:01,648 --> 00:31:06,570
And you will follow all of my rules.

567
00:31:09,527 --> 00:31:11,436
First of all, he a freak.

568
00:31:11,941 --> 00:31:13,943
"Take your seats, call me sir."

569
00:31:13,943 --> 00:31:16,095
Too many damn rules, man.

570
00:31:16,591 --> 00:31:18,560
Telling us how to
do this and do that,

571
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,170
making us walk around
in a damn line.

572
00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:22,306
He ain't my daddy.

573
00:31:22,306 --> 00:31:24,158
He could be your daddy.
You don't know.

574
00:31:24,158 --> 00:31:26,311
You should talk, girl.

575
00:31:26,771 --> 00:31:27,269
Excuse me.

576
00:31:27,321 --> 00:31:29,737
Shut up.
All I'm saying is,

577
00:31:29,788 --> 00:31:31,467
this is our school, all right?

578
00:31:31,804 --> 00:31:33,159
We do what we wanna.

579
00:31:33,229 --> 00:31:35,663
Yeah, 'cause he's just
gonna leave anyways.

580
00:31:35,732 --> 00:31:37,678
That's what you said
last week, girl.

581
00:31:37,748 --> 00:31:39,347
He's still here.

582
00:31:39,416 --> 00:31:41,884
You wait. He going.

583
00:31:41,954 --> 00:31:43,185
I hope not.

584
00:31:45,290 --> 00:31:46,288
What?

585
00:31:46,436 --> 00:31:48,206
I like Mr.Clark.

586
00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:50,191
That's 'cause you
from a foreign country,

587
00:31:50,261 --> 00:31:52,381
and you don't know
how we do here.

588
00:31:52,450 --> 00:31:55,753
How... do we do?

589
00:31:56,391 --> 00:31:58,685
Do like us, baby.

590
00:31:58,721 --> 00:32:01,325
You want to be like us,
you gotta do like we do.

591
00:32:01,939 --> 00:32:03,955
Come on.

592
00:32:04,025 --> 00:32:06,213
* yo, yo, let's go, let's go *

593
00:32:06,283 --> 00:32:07,989
* yo, yo, let's go, let's go *

594
00:32:07,989 --> 00:32:10,125
* hey, hey, Ron Clark, let's go *

595
00:32:10,125 --> 00:32:12,453
* hey, hey, Ron Clark, let's go *

596
00:32:12,453 --> 00:32:15,806
* yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo *

597
00:32:15,876 --> 00:32:18,413
* yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo *

598
00:32:18,831 --> 00:32:21,075
* strawberry shortcake *

599
00:32:21,075 --> 00:32:22,574
* cream on top *

600
00:32:22,930 --> 00:32:26,388
* tell me the name
of your sweetheart *

601
00:32:26,664 --> 00:32:27,373
* is it a? *

602
00:32:28,132 --> 00:32:31,678
* b-c-d-e... *

603
00:32:32,896 --> 00:32:35,608
that's really good.Shameika,
you're really good at this!

604
00:33:01,941 --> 00:33:02,967
Hey! Hey!

605
00:33:04,697 --> 00:33:05,456
Come on!

606
00:33:06,817 --> 00:33:07,924
Go to your seat!

607
00:33:08,359 --> 00:33:09,367
Come here.

608
00:33:09,505 --> 00:33:10,477
What?

609
00:33:10,495 --> 00:33:12,154
Yeah, go to your room, Julio!

610
00:33:12,206 --> 00:33:14,026
Hey, who's talking to you?

611
00:33:14,027 --> 00:33:15,355
Was I talking to you?

612
00:33:16,551 --> 00:33:18,254
You gonna hit me?

613
00:33:18,324 --> 00:33:19,252
No.

614
00:33:19,252 --> 00:33:21,295
But you did break rule number 2.

615
00:33:21,295 --> 00:33:23,018
"You gonna hit me, sir?"

616
00:33:24,391 --> 00:33:25,651
Hey, get off me, dawg!

617
00:33:27,163 --> 00:33:28,399
You think that's funny?

618
00:33:29,373 --> 00:33:31,353
Shameika, you're in charge.

619
00:33:31,836 --> 00:33:32,685
What?

620
00:33:33,662 --> 00:33:34,566
Tayshawn!

621
00:33:34,959 --> 00:33:37,061
Look, don't do this! Hey!

622
00:33:39,245 --> 00:33:41,232
Look, I know you have 2 strikes.

623
00:33:41,232 --> 00:33:43,382
You walk out now,
they'll expel you for sure.

624
00:33:43,382 --> 00:33:44,790
Just get back in there.

625
00:33:44,870 --> 00:33:45,574
Why?

626
00:33:46,521 --> 00:33:48,575
Because I would miss
your glowing personality.

627
00:33:51,588 --> 00:33:53,647
Mr. Turner doesn't have to know
anything about this.

628
00:33:53,647 --> 00:33:54,247
Just...

629
00:33:54,592 --> 00:33:57,010
give yourself another chance.

630
00:34:12,289 --> 00:34:14,116
Hey. You still cool with helping me

631
00:34:14,116 --> 00:34:15,739
move to my new address on saturday?

632
00:34:15,739 --> 00:34:16,488
Yes, definitely.

633
00:34:16,488 --> 00:34:17,723
I mean, Jason would help,

634
00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:19,488
but you've got the fly blue car, so...

635
00:34:20,545 --> 00:34:21,692
this is supposed to be well done.

636
00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:22,693
It is well done.

637
00:34:22,922 --> 00:34:24,209
What are you talking about?
It's rare.

638
00:34:24,486 --> 00:34:26,050
Fine, I'll burn it.

639
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:27,371
Just take out the rest of the order.

640
00:34:27,441 --> 00:34:29,187
I know how to do my job.

641
00:34:29,282 --> 00:34:30,852
Congratulations.

642
00:34:32,236 --> 00:34:33,196
On what?

643
00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:35,443
Officially becoming a New Yorker.

644
00:34:35,444 --> 00:34:36,927
You ready?

645
00:34:37,173 --> 00:34:39,055
Oh, yeah, babe,
I'll be right there.

646
00:34:40,439 --> 00:34:41,557
Well, you better go.

647
00:34:41,576 --> 00:34:42,368
Hey!

648
00:34:43,464 --> 00:34:45,123
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Don't forget the parsley.

649
00:34:46,558 --> 00:34:47,683
Thank you.

650
00:34:50,449 --> 00:34:52,521
Raquel Arenas.

651
00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:55,477
Raquel, do you have your journal?

652
00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:58,724
Mm-mmm.

653
00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:03,838
Alita Sanchez?

654
00:35:06,449 --> 00:35:08,079
Shameika Wallace?

655
00:35:09,302 --> 00:35:11,738
Shameika, did you bring
your Dr. King journal?

656
00:35:12,138 --> 00:35:12,786
Nope.

657
00:35:13,384 --> 00:35:15,143
Got no dreams to keep.

658
00:35:18,324 --> 00:35:19,453
Badriyah?

659
00:35:21,887 --> 00:35:23,332
Julio Vazquez?

660
00:35:23,332 --> 00:35:25,003
Sorry, I couldn't get to it, boss.

661
00:35:33,854 --> 00:35:35,231
Why are you all doing this?

662
00:35:35,607 --> 00:35:37,637
Got better things to do, yo.

663
00:35:39,029 --> 00:35:40,658
Oops, my bad.

664
00:35:40,658 --> 00:35:42,434
Forgot to say, "yo, sir."

665
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,642
Guess I get a check.

666
00:35:44,642 --> 00:35:46,510
You want to get a detention?

667
00:35:48,513 --> 00:35:51,092
Yo, I really, really like your nail polish.

668
00:35:51,092 --> 00:35:52,325
Thank you. My mama bought it.

669
00:35:52,325 --> 00:35:54,104
Look at me when I talk to you.

670
00:35:54,104 --> 00:35:56,273
My double bad.
Another check.

671
00:35:56,273 --> 00:35:58,370
Look at me when I talk to you!

672
00:36:00,363 --> 00:36:01,924
Go to hell!

673
00:36:23,836 --> 00:36:25,189
You win.

674
00:36:26,192 --> 00:36:27,893
You did it, girl!

675
00:36:27,893 --> 00:36:30,312
Bounce!

676
00:36:30,381 --> 00:36:42,511
Bounce, bounce,
bounce, bounce,

677
00:36:53,124 --> 00:36:55,597
Hey! What happened?

678
00:36:55,597 --> 00:36:57,395
Why aren't you in school, kid?

679
00:36:57,526 --> 00:36:59,751
I don't want to talk about it.

680
00:36:59,820 --> 00:37:02,636
Just... show me New York.

681
00:37:02,704 --> 00:37:05,728
I've been here for 3 months.
I haven't seen a damn thing.

682
00:37:05,798 --> 00:37:08,431
Today?

683
00:37:08,648 --> 00:37:11,627
All right, let's go see
some damn things.

684
00:37:21,230 --> 00:37:22,162
You know, when I was a kid,

685
00:37:22,162 --> 00:37:24,301
I used to call it the
entire state building.

686
00:37:25,735 --> 00:37:26,946
That's cute.

687
00:37:27,390 --> 00:37:30,919
OK, you know what? We walked
the entire island in a monsoon.

688
00:37:30,919 --> 00:37:32,881
I bought you 3 pretzels
and 2 hot dogs.

689
00:37:32,881 --> 00:37:34,266
Now you're gonna
do something for me.

690
00:37:34,266 --> 00:37:35,714
Anything.

691
00:37:36,398 --> 00:37:37,465
Tell me what happened.

692
00:37:42,618 --> 00:37:46,658
I shook a desk with
a 12-year-old kid in it.

693
00:37:47,207 --> 00:37:48,545
I wanted to throw it...

694
00:37:48,612 --> 00:37:50,281
and her... right out the window.

695
00:37:52,374 --> 00:37:54,552
Well, they've seen that
kind of anger before.

696
00:37:54,715 --> 00:37:58,013
Well, not from me.
L... I totally lost it.

697
00:37:59,304 --> 00:38:00,680
What, you felt helpless?

698
00:38:01,627 --> 00:38:02,705
They feel that way every day.

699
00:38:04,198 --> 00:38:07,003
These kids can do anything
I'm asking them to do, more.

700
00:38:07,003 --> 00:38:08,688
They just... won't.

701
00:38:11,351 --> 00:38:12,708
So...

702
00:38:13,783 --> 00:38:15,359
today I gave up.

703
00:38:19,659 --> 00:38:20,853
Don't give up, Ron.

704
00:38:21,663 --> 00:38:23,323
Oh, yeah?

705
00:38:23,323 --> 00:38:25,241
How long has it been
since you've auditioned?

706
00:38:25,769 --> 00:38:26,971
I don't know.

707
00:38:31,493 --> 00:38:33,161
2 years and 7 months.

708
00:38:36,433 --> 00:38:38,855
What? Broadway's not
gonna miss me if I'm gone.

709
00:38:39,245 --> 00:38:40,781
Those kids, they'll miss you.

710
00:38:44,437 --> 00:38:45,540
Maybe you can be that one guy

711
00:38:45,540 --> 00:38:47,240
that turns it around for them.

712
00:38:51,431 --> 00:38:54,091
Mr.Clark was crazy man on friday,
you know?

713
00:38:54,091 --> 00:38:55,479
I think he's gone for good.

714
00:38:55,479 --> 00:38:56,974
I say we should just all go home.

715
00:38:56,974 --> 00:38:58,035
- Think so?
- Yeah.

716
00:38:58,035 --> 00:38:59,475
Well, thanks for your advice, son,

717
00:38:59,475 --> 00:39:00,994
but if Mr.Clark isn't in his class,

718
00:39:00,994 --> 00:39:03,830
I'm sure we can find someone
to cover for him.

719
00:39:04,909 --> 00:39:06,227
Why we gotta do that?

720
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:08,700
Good morning, Julio.

721
00:39:09,452 --> 00:39:10,588
Mr. Turner.

722
00:39:10,588 --> 00:39:12,364
Fool came back.

723
00:39:12,364 --> 00:39:13,975
Fool did, indeed.

724
00:39:18,483 --> 00:39:20,046
What's he doing?

725
00:39:20,116 --> 00:39:21,887
He's crazy!

726
00:39:21,957 --> 00:39:24,357
Everybody take a look around.

727
00:39:25,677 --> 00:39:29,605
Within these 4 walls,
you can be strangers,

728
00:39:29,674 --> 00:39:31,829
or you can be a family.

729
00:39:34,366 --> 00:39:36,313
Within these 4 walls

730
00:39:36,381 --> 00:39:38,536
can be the end of your story,

731
00:39:38,606 --> 00:39:42,291
or you can make it a beginning.

732
00:39:43,924 --> 00:39:46,737
A beginning that is better

733
00:39:46,737 --> 00:39:49,905
than anything you ever
imagined possible.

734
00:39:51,048 --> 00:39:52,536
Since I got here,

735
00:39:52,536 --> 00:39:54,972
you have not listened to me once.

736
00:39:55,726 --> 00:39:57,285
Yeah.

737
00:39:58,884 --> 00:40:00,969
So, here's the deal...

738
00:40:00,969 --> 00:40:04,588
today we are going to learn
grammar.

739
00:40:05,919 --> 00:40:09,230
If you are quiet and you listen,

740
00:40:09,230 --> 00:40:14,010
every 15 seconds,
I will drink a chocolate milk.

741
00:40:14,010 --> 00:40:15,745
If you can do it,

742
00:40:16,516 --> 00:40:18,468
you may get to see me puke.

743
00:40:21,852 --> 00:40:23,577
So, do we have a deal?

744
00:40:23,577 --> 00:40:24,666
Yeah!

745
00:40:24,666 --> 00:40:26,494
OK, good.

746
00:40:26,546 --> 00:40:27,603
- Julio?
- Yes?

747
00:40:27,707 --> 00:40:30,006
This is not for you to eat.

748
00:40:30,890 --> 00:40:32,457
I want you to watch the clock,

749
00:40:32,509 --> 00:40:33,988
and every 15 seconds,

750
00:40:34,316 --> 00:40:36,332
bang the jar with the ruler,

751
00:40:37,028 --> 00:40:38,001
like that.

752
00:40:38,071 --> 00:40:39,704
All right.

753
00:40:41,129 --> 00:40:43,180
When I hear the gong,

754
00:40:43,249 --> 00:40:46,717
I will slam down one of these.

755
00:40:46,865 --> 00:40:51,522
The time starts...

756
00:40:51,591 --> 00:40:52,133
now.

757
00:40:54,318 --> 00:40:56,387
Every sentence

758
00:40:57,988 --> 00:41:00,015
has a subject

759
00:41:00,418 --> 00:41:02,994
and a verb.

760
00:41:05,763 --> 00:41:07,966
What the hell's a boomerang?

761
00:41:08,229 --> 00:41:10,115
Shut up, Alita!

762
00:41:10,121 --> 00:41:12,115
I guess you guys
don't want to see me

763
00:41:12,116 --> 00:41:13,671
drink all the chocolate milk!

764
00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:21,779
The verb expresses action
in the sentence.

765
00:41:49,777 --> 00:41:52,835
In this sentence...

766
00:42:06,079 --> 00:42:13,322
Chug, chug, chug,
chug, chug, chug,

767
00:42:13,322 --> 00:42:14,360
uh-oh!

768
00:42:14,768 --> 00:42:16,331
Aw, come on!
Come on, come on!

769
00:42:23,769 --> 00:42:25,516
Chug, chug, chug,
chug, chug, chug!

770
00:42:25,516 --> 00:42:27,793
Yeah!
Whoo!

771
00:42:29,737 --> 00:42:31,497
Now, can anybody tell me

772
00:42:31,497 --> 00:42:35,821
the verb in this sentence?

773
00:42:44,197 --> 00:42:45,790
Feels?

774
00:42:45,790 --> 00:42:47,050
Yes, yes!

775
00:42:47,050 --> 00:42:48,424
You gonna puke now, Mr.Clark?

776
00:42:48,424 --> 00:42:49,152
Yes!

777
00:43:13,844 --> 00:43:15,497
- Yeah, come on.
- You're good.

778
00:43:17,402 --> 00:43:19,057
Keep going.

779
00:43:21,859 --> 00:43:24,403
Hey, can you guys
teach me how to do that?

780
00:43:27,378 --> 00:43:29,268
Oh, you don't think
I can learn how to do that?

781
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:30,393
No!

782
00:43:30,572 --> 00:43:32,038
OK, all right,
I'll make you a deal.

783
00:43:32,535 --> 00:43:33,778
If I learn how to Double-Dutch,

784
00:43:33,778 --> 00:43:35,730
then you guys gotta learn
something from me.

785
00:43:35,730 --> 00:43:37,028
What?

786
00:43:37,098 --> 00:43:38,176
Everything you need to know

787
00:43:38,245 --> 00:43:39,532
for the seventh grade.

788
00:43:40,852 --> 00:43:42,867
Is he for real?

789
00:43:44,993 --> 00:43:45,862
All right.

790
00:43:46,783 --> 00:43:48,622
So, you gonna jump?

791
00:43:48,622 --> 00:43:49,955
Yeah.

792
00:43:55,301 --> 00:43:58,070
OK, OK, OK, can you just
go a little slower?

793
00:43:58,070 --> 00:43:59,139
Nuh-uh.

794
00:43:59,139 --> 00:44:00,818
You gotta do like we do.

795
00:44:00,818 --> 00:44:01,770
OK.

796
00:44:11,595 --> 00:44:12,639
all right, all right.

797
00:44:12,639 --> 00:44:14,464
Ready, set...

798
00:44:14,464 --> 00:44:15,449
go.

799
00:44:23,526 --> 00:44:24,985
Come on, man.

800
00:44:25,114 --> 00:44:27,642
You're ain't dancin'.
You're jumpin'.

801
00:44:27,643 --> 00:44:29,374
Aw, come on, now.

802
00:44:29,374 --> 00:44:30,447
Almost had it that time.

803
00:44:43,979 --> 00:44:44,918
Hey.

804
00:44:53,961 --> 00:44:55,805
Hey, Mr.Turner, this is fun!

805
00:44:57,188 --> 00:44:58,406
You really think it appropriate

806
00:44:58,406 --> 00:44:59,783
to do this with the students?

807
00:45:00,249 --> 00:45:02,199
Well, I'm certainly not
gonna Double-Dutch with you.

808
00:45:15,272 --> 00:45:17,229
These kids are at the bottom of the barrel.

809
00:45:17,633 --> 00:45:19,221
Don't talk about them like that.

810
00:45:19,221 --> 00:45:21,832
Now all I'm asking is
for your students to pass.

811
00:45:21,832 --> 00:45:24,241
Oh, every one of my students will pass.

812
00:45:24,278 --> 00:45:25,014
What?

813
00:45:25,099 --> 00:45:26,535
I'm not going to pass...

814
00:45:26,535 --> 00:45:27,025
good.

815
00:45:27,248 --> 00:45:28,709
They've become
somebody else's problem.

816
00:45:28,762 --> 00:45:30,184
The problem isn't the kids.

817
00:45:30,185 --> 00:45:31,703
It's not even what they can achieve.

818
00:45:31,704 --> 00:45:34,080
The problem is
what you expect them to achieve.

819
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:37,824
You are setting the bar here.

820
00:45:37,876 --> 00:45:39,396
Why? Set it up here.

821
00:45:39,448 --> 00:45:40,159
They can make it.

822
00:45:40,595 --> 00:45:42,403
This community judges us by scores.

823
00:45:42,513 --> 00:45:44,625
Government funding
judges us by scores.

824
00:45:44,678 --> 00:45:47,644
People who give me scores,
they get my respect.

825
00:45:47,696 --> 00:45:51,039
Okay, good, in May,
they'll all test at grade level.

826
00:45:52,646 --> 00:45:53,959
I don't see how that's possible.

827
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:55,627
Oh, I'm sorry,
did I say grade level?

828
00:45:55,628 --> 00:45:56,904
I meant above grade level.

829
00:45:57,539 --> 00:45:59,966
Every single one of those kids
in that class

830
00:46:00,018 --> 00:46:01,098
just wants your respect.

831
00:46:01,150 --> 00:46:02,991
Hell, I want your respect.

832
00:46:03,043 --> 00:46:04,455
You want my respect?

833
00:46:04,507 --> 00:46:06,338
Stop acting like a 12-year-old.

834
00:46:08,882 --> 00:46:10,753
I always wanted
to go rock climbing.

835
00:46:11,141 --> 00:46:13,313
But there I was,
on the edge of this cliff,

836
00:46:13,366 --> 00:46:16,412
ropes on me,
and my friends are yelling,

837
00:46:16,465 --> 00:46:17,846
"jump, jump, jump!"

838
00:46:17,898 --> 00:46:18,952
And I looked down...

839
00:46:20,399 --> 00:46:23,335
and it is a long way down.

840
00:46:24,295 --> 00:46:25,817
So, I'm on the cliff
and I'm yelling,

841
00:46:25,869 --> 00:46:27,582
"I can't, I can't, I can't."

842
00:46:27,634 --> 00:46:28,649
And my friends are yelling,

843
00:46:28,712 --> 00:46:30,683
"yes, you can. You can do it!
Jump! Jump! Jump!"

844
00:46:30,735 --> 00:46:32,183
And I did.

845
00:46:34,211 --> 00:46:36,857
I thought I was going to die,

846
00:46:36,922 --> 00:46:38,814
but when I jumped out,

847
00:46:39,945 --> 00:46:42,546
it felt like I was flying.

848
00:46:43,803 --> 00:46:47,305
I did something
that I never thought I could do.

849
00:46:47,357 --> 00:46:48,839
And it was pretty cool.

850
00:46:49,269 --> 00:46:51,447
Now you guys
may not know this,

851
00:46:51,448 --> 00:46:54,371
but in this classroom
we're rock climbing every day.

852
00:46:54,423 --> 00:46:56,993
We are climbing
up and up and up.

853
00:46:56,994 --> 00:46:58,084
And we are there,

854
00:46:58,238 --> 00:46:59,969
and now it's time to jump.

855
00:47:03,236 --> 00:47:04,362
I know you're scared.

856
00:47:06,104 --> 00:47:07,141
But I want you to do it.

857
00:47:07,632 --> 00:47:08,943
I want you to jump.

858
00:47:09,336 --> 00:47:11,755
I want you guys
to feel what it's like...

859
00:47:13,478 --> 00:47:14,583
to fly.

860
00:47:16,672 --> 00:47:19,017
So, I want each of you
to come up here,

861
00:47:20,148 --> 00:47:22,461
and light one of these candles.

862
00:47:23,276 --> 00:47:24,861
OK, come on up, guys.

863
00:47:26,786 --> 00:47:28,003
And when you light a candle...

864
00:47:28,455 --> 00:47:31,469
it symbolizes that
we are joined together.

865
00:47:31,930 --> 00:47:33,230
And if you trust me...

866
00:47:35,829 --> 00:47:39,035
you can learn more than
you ever dreamed of,

867
00:47:39,166 --> 00:47:40,770
and that's a promise.

868
00:48:12,476 --> 00:48:14,255
The revolutionary war...

869
00:48:15,460 --> 00:48:16,737
industrialism.

870
00:48:17,546 --> 00:48:18,659
The civil war.

871
00:48:19,424 --> 00:48:20,742
The civil rights movement.

872
00:48:22,518 --> 00:48:23,817
I want you all

873
00:48:23,921 --> 00:48:26,096
to get the great big picture

874
00:48:26,148 --> 00:48:27,434
of american history.

875
00:48:27,573 --> 00:48:30,215
That's why, this year,
we're going to learn

876
00:48:30,267 --> 00:48:33,296
all 42 presidents of
the United States,

877
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:34,244
in order.

878
00:48:35,660 --> 00:48:38,255
no no no, once you know
the presidents,

879
00:48:38,578 --> 00:48:42,240
it'll be easy to remember
what and when.

880
00:48:54,256 --> 00:48:55,506
Come on.

881
00:49:07,098 --> 00:49:09,102
None of you passed the test...

882
00:49:10,047 --> 00:49:12,350
and there's going to be punishment.

883
00:49:16,704 --> 00:49:18,901
I want you to pass these all around.

884
00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:44,321
* now let's get down to some
presidential learnin' *

885
00:49:44,373 --> 00:49:47,139
* start with George Washington
straight from Mount Vernon *

886
00:49:47,191 --> 00:49:49,705
* the first president
and commander-in-chief *

887
00:49:49,757 --> 00:49:52,432
* fought the revolutionary war
so we could be free *

888
00:49:52,538 --> 00:49:55,040
* John Adams was second,
Thomas Jefferson third *

889
00:49:55,319 --> 00:49:56,677
* when we fought for independence *

890
00:49:56,730 --> 00:49:58,113
* their voices were heard *

891
00:49:58,165 --> 00:50:00,693
* when in the course of human events *

892
00:50:00,738 --> 00:50:03,621
* we took a stand and
we've been doin' it since *

893
00:50:04,411 --> 00:50:07,688
* it's a tribute
to the leaders of the USA *

894
00:50:08,184 --> 00:50:11,238
* it's a presidents rap,
all right, all right *

895
00:50:11,415 --> 00:50:12,644
* OK, OK *

896
00:50:20,348 --> 00:50:23,553
* it's a tribute
to the leaders of the USA *

897
00:50:24,763 --> 00:50:25,982
* it's a presidents rap *

898
00:50:26,588 --> 00:50:28,689
* it's the presidents rap,
all right, all right *

899
00:50:29,089 --> 00:50:29,871
* OK, OK *

900
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:32,639
* it's a tribute *

901
00:50:33,692 --> 00:50:35,411
* to the leaders of the USA *

902
00:50:37,312 --> 00:50:41,101
* it's the presidents rap,
all right, all right, ok, ok *

903
00:50:42,669 --> 00:50:44,105
all right, back to your seats.

904
00:50:44,234 --> 00:50:45,207
Back, back, back...

905
00:50:45,277 --> 00:50:47,744
* to the leaders of the USA *

906
00:50:47,813 --> 00:50:49,452
* it's the presidents rap *

907
00:50:49,934 --> 00:50:52,178
* all right, all right, OK, OK *

908
00:50:54,312 --> 00:50:56,485
"r" to the "o" to the izzle.

909
00:50:56,537 --> 00:50:58,292
"R" to the "o" to the nizzle.

910
00:50:59,527 --> 00:51:00,245
"R" to rizzle...

911
00:51:01,438 --> 00:51:03,236
"r" to the "o" to the...

912
00:51:05,817 --> 00:51:06,736
ra-kizzle.

913
00:51:06,860 --> 00:51:07,976
Thank you, Mr.Clark.

914
00:51:08,043 --> 00:51:08,768
Here you go.

915
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:11,135
This is my first "A"

916
00:51:11,205 --> 00:51:12,629
Hey, good job!

917
00:51:13,638 --> 00:51:14,457
Shameik-izzle.

918
00:51:14,923 --> 00:51:16,643
Thank you, Mr.Clark.

919
00:51:19,512 --> 00:51:20,387
Yo, man, I told you...

920
00:51:20,439 --> 00:51:21,756
You got an "A", too!

921
00:51:22,906 --> 00:51:26,202
Now, give it up
for your sizzle selves.

922
00:51:28,398 --> 00:51:32,910
It's OK to be proud of yourself
for doing well on a test.

923
00:51:34,648 --> 00:51:35,930
Come on, let's go.

924
00:51:37,151 --> 00:51:39,532
Oh, my god...
my luck is number 13

925
00:51:43,017 --> 00:51:45,166
Can you hold up for a minute?

926
00:51:48,063 --> 00:51:49,788
I wanted to ask a favor of you.

927
00:51:50,461 --> 00:51:51,051
Me?

928
00:51:51,713 --> 00:51:53,267
Could you empty your pockets,

929
00:51:53,468 --> 00:51:54,218
please?

930
00:51:54,997 --> 00:51:57,366
I believe this constitutes
an illegal search, sir.

931
00:51:57,761 --> 00:51:59,135
Right on the desk.

932
00:52:16,297 --> 00:52:19,513
That morning at your house,
your mother's purse...

933
00:52:19,839 --> 00:52:21,340
nah, see, you got it all wrong.

934
00:52:21,352 --> 00:52:23,195
Me and her have this deal,
you know,

935
00:52:23,247 --> 00:52:25,025
I take care of her,
and she takes care of me.

936
00:52:25,181 --> 00:52:26,057
You see?

937
00:52:26,189 --> 00:52:27,741
No, I don't.

938
00:52:28,415 --> 00:52:30,757
Bet you about to tell me
that crime doesn't pay.

939
00:52:31,060 --> 00:52:32,483
Sometimes it costs.

940
00:52:32,797 --> 00:52:35,394
And in this case...
3 one-hour study sessions.

941
00:52:35,752 --> 00:52:36,830
With me.

942
00:52:43,677 --> 00:52:46,694
I mean, for real, you should be
workin' for us, little brother.

943
00:52:47,226 --> 00:52:49,012
See, make yourself
some easy money, right?

944
00:52:49,117 --> 00:52:50,693
I already got enough trouble.

945
00:52:51,403 --> 00:52:53,507
The man don't care about no kids.

946
00:52:53,508 --> 00:52:56,328
He's too busy to take you
down there, I'm tellin' you.

947
00:52:58,566 --> 00:52:59,271
Tayshawn!

948
00:53:02,562 --> 00:53:03,768
He a 5-0 or somethin'?
What's up?

949
00:53:03,820 --> 00:53:04,807
Nah, nah, man,
he ain't no police.

950
00:53:04,859 --> 00:53:06,284
He just, uh, some fool,
man. I'll handle him.

951
00:53:06,336 --> 00:53:07,484
Don't worry, y'all. Be back.

952
00:53:07,796 --> 00:53:10,437
It is so fool, and it is such a problem later.

953
00:53:18,396 --> 00:53:19,346
You OK?

954
00:53:20,481 --> 00:53:21,291
Yeah, I'm cool.

955
00:53:22,428 --> 00:53:24,431
I wanted to bring you this.

956
00:53:31,256 --> 00:53:32,383
Here.

957
00:53:35,459 --> 00:53:38,739
You could bring up your math
and english with some extra help.

958
00:53:38,830 --> 00:53:42,089
Tomorrow's saturday.
I could meet you at the coffee shop by the school.

959
00:53:42,090 --> 00:53:43,013
I'll buy you lunch.

960
00:53:51,215 --> 00:53:52,365
I'll be there at noon.

961
00:53:53,543 --> 00:53:54,351
Noon.

962
00:54:02,405 --> 00:54:04,814
- Can I take that now?
- Oh yeah thank you.

963
00:54:04,936 --> 00:54:06,217
Too bad he didn't show up.

964
00:54:21,688 --> 00:54:23,596
Here I am, not even 2:00.

965
00:54:23,739 --> 00:54:27,001
I'm early, sir.
Down for study session numero tres.

966
00:54:38,746 --> 00:54:42,183
OK, let me get 3 card
and turn them up.

967
00:54:42,383 --> 00:54:44,136
Then we get another 2 cards up.

968
00:54:44,240 --> 00:54:46,546
OK, so that's 5 cards up.

969
00:54:46,546 --> 00:54:47,854
Can you add those up for me?

970
00:54:47,883 --> 00:54:49,310
You know, we gotta bet first.

971
00:54:49,587 --> 00:54:52,459
I bet 5 fake dollars.

972
00:54:52,459 --> 00:54:58,001
Well I call, and... that's 36

973
00:54:58,105 --> 00:54:59,585
that's good.

974
00:54:59,874 --> 00:55:01,476
Now what's the square root of that?

975
00:55:02,586 --> 00:55:04,384
Uh... oh, square root.

976
00:55:04,428 --> 00:55:06,040
OK, I think the square root is...

977
00:55:06,618 --> 00:55:10,569
What number, multiplied
by itself, gives you 36?

978
00:55:11,380 --> 00:55:14,472
Uh... 6?

979
00:55:14,937 --> 00:55:15,822
That's good.

980
00:55:16,258 --> 00:55:16,912
Heh heh.

981
00:55:17,684 --> 00:55:18,664
So, what you got?

982
00:55:18,830 --> 00:55:19,879
Pair of 7's.

983
00:55:20,343 --> 00:55:21,696
Well, I guess I get all the chips.

984
00:55:22,010 --> 00:55:23,631
Because I got three 10's.

985
00:55:23,817 --> 00:55:24,946
Oh, pay up, dog!

986
00:55:25,242 --> 00:55:27,632
- Wanna go again?
- Yeah sure guy!

987
00:55:33,407 --> 00:55:34,606
Shameika Wallace?

988
00:55:34,891 --> 00:55:37,333
Didn't we have an appointment
after school today?

989
00:55:37,412 --> 00:55:38,685
Must a slipped my mind.

990
00:55:39,497 --> 00:55:42,546
We have to talk about you
turning in your homework.

991
00:55:42,659 --> 00:55:44,464
I told you...the fire alarm

992
00:55:44,465 --> 00:55:45,912
keeps going off in my building.

993
00:55:46,133 --> 00:55:47,428
3 times this week?

994
00:55:48,010 --> 00:55:50,180
I get busy, forget.

995
00:55:56,006 --> 00:55:58,270
Last night I just didn't do
a good enough job.

996
00:55:59,238 --> 00:56:01,417
Would you like
to show me your homework?

997
00:56:01,469 --> 00:56:02,928
I'm sure I can help you with it.

998
00:56:14,292 --> 00:56:16,253
This is really...close.

999
00:56:16,828 --> 00:56:17,838
We can fix this.

1000
00:56:17,942 --> 00:56:18,764
Yeah?

1001
00:56:20,202 --> 00:56:21,117
For reals?

1002
00:56:21,244 --> 00:56:22,796
Sure, we can work
on it right now.

1003
00:56:23,260 --> 00:56:24,639
There's a few spelling mistakes,

1004
00:56:24,641 --> 00:56:27,483
And just arrange some of
the paragraphs different...

1005
00:56:27,483 --> 00:56:28,365
yeah.

1006
00:56:37,110 --> 00:56:39,508
He's been cranky and fussy all day.

1007
00:56:39,578 --> 00:56:40,807
I think maybe he's got a fever.

1008
00:56:42,324 --> 00:56:44,324
OK. Thank you, Mrs. Benton.

1009
00:56:46,599 --> 00:56:48,820
Mr.Clark, I can't work
on my paper right now.

1010
00:56:48,841 --> 00:56:50,162
I kindly go make dinner.

1011
00:56:50,935 --> 00:56:51,753
I'll do it.

1012
00:56:52,430 --> 00:56:53,163
You'll do what?

1013
00:56:53,763 --> 00:56:56,403
I'll make dinner, and you
work on your paper.

1014
00:56:56,954 --> 00:56:58,277
- All right?
- OK.

1015
00:56:58,329 --> 00:56:59,540
Start with that third paragraph.

1016
00:57:00,241 --> 00:57:00,958
Hi.

1017
00:57:02,430 --> 00:57:04,208
OK, where's the food?

1018
00:57:08,929 --> 00:57:10,313
Dinner's served.

1019
00:57:11,084 --> 00:57:12,465
I'm tryin' to concentrate.

1020
00:57:12,683 --> 00:57:14,215
Concentrate later.
Dinner's served.

1021
00:57:16,541 --> 00:57:19,320
I tried like you said.
I moved the third paragraph,

1022
00:57:19,372 --> 00:57:20,404
and it sounds really good.

1023
00:57:20,623 --> 00:57:21,839
Good.

1024
00:57:21,909 --> 00:57:23,859
Okay. Now, that's for you.

1025
00:57:24,481 --> 00:57:25,636
And who gets the baby food?

1026
00:57:26,010 --> 00:57:26,793
He does.

1027
00:57:27,018 --> 00:57:28,604
OK, you're gonna like this.

1028
00:57:28,826 --> 00:57:29,856
This looks really good.

1029
00:57:35,499 --> 00:57:36,728
What's he doing here?

1030
00:57:38,510 --> 00:57:39,528
He made us dinner.

1031
00:57:41,935 --> 00:57:44,879
You don't think I can take care
of my family, Mr.Clark?

1032
00:57:45,252 --> 00:57:47,038
No. Yes.

1033
00:57:51,161 --> 00:57:54,270
Please, leave my house.

1034
00:58:10,730 --> 00:58:13,477
I come home to find him in
my kitchen cooking for my family.

1035
00:58:13,614 --> 00:58:15,030
This girl has a job to do.

1036
00:58:15,144 --> 00:58:16,778
Ms. Wallace, can we please
not talk about Shameika

1037
00:58:16,779 --> 00:58:17,941
like she's not in the room?

1038
00:58:17,993 --> 00:58:19,575
I'll talk any way I want.

1039
00:58:20,079 --> 00:58:22,248
Now, I send my daughter
to school to be educated.

1040
00:58:22,249 --> 00:58:24,729
I don't expect a teacher to
bring school up in my house.

1041
00:58:24,842 --> 00:58:26,293
It's called homework.

1042
00:58:27,030 --> 00:58:27,595
Excuse me?

1043
00:58:27,647 --> 00:58:29,250
She has too much of it

1044
00:58:29,303 --> 00:58:30,393
to be babysitting all the time.

1045
00:58:30,728 --> 00:58:31,556
Mr.Clark.

1046
00:58:31,608 --> 00:58:32,865
Shameika has more potential

1047
00:58:32,918 --> 00:58:34,247
than any kid in my class.

1048
00:58:34,699 --> 00:58:35,929
Why can't you see that?

1049
00:58:36,540 --> 00:58:37,647
How dare you!

1050
00:58:37,850 --> 00:58:39,549
How you going to tell me
what I should

1051
00:58:39,550 --> 00:58:40,723
and should not see in my daughter?

1052
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:45,869
I am merely suggesting
that you give her a chance.

1053
00:58:48,614 --> 00:58:50,072
I'm taking my child home now.

1054
00:58:50,073 --> 00:58:51,370
The white tornado here

1055
00:58:51,371 --> 00:58:52,696
better not be teaching at this school

1056
00:58:52,706 --> 00:58:53,940
when I bring her back tomorrow.

1057
00:58:53,999 --> 00:58:57,115
Ms.Wallace, I can assure you
I will deal with the situation.

1058
00:58:57,440 --> 00:58:58,877
Come on, Shameika.

1059
00:59:00,255 --> 00:59:02,088
Please don't fire, Mr.Clark!

1060
00:59:04,852 --> 00:59:06,202
He was just trying
to help me, mama.

1061
00:59:06,937 --> 00:59:08,404
He's just trying to help.

1062
00:59:09,127 --> 00:59:10,286
That's... that's OK.

1063
00:59:11,352 --> 00:59:13,713
Please don't leave
because of me, Mr.Clark.

1064
00:59:31,627 --> 00:59:32,670
Ms. Wallace, wait.

1065
00:59:33,470 --> 00:59:34,911
I'll meet you outside.

1066
00:59:35,381 --> 00:59:36,309
Why are you doing this?

1067
00:59:36,911 --> 00:59:38,436
You gave her these grand ideas,

1068
00:59:38,437 --> 00:59:40,030
and this world is just
going to crush her down.

1069
00:59:40,156 --> 00:59:41,550
I don't believe that.

1070
00:59:41,686 --> 00:59:43,876
So, you're just going
to drop into her life,

1071
00:59:43,877 --> 00:59:45,380
and now you know
all about it, right?

1072
00:59:45,475 --> 00:59:46,653
I just know
she's a great student,

1073
00:59:46,986 --> 00:59:49,767
a born leader...creative, intelligent.

1074
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:52,269
Shameika?

1075
00:59:52,496 --> 00:59:54,073
- My Shameika?
- Yes.

1076
00:59:54,739 --> 00:59:56,078
If she tests
well enough in May,

1077
00:59:56,164 --> 00:59:58,712
I think we might be able
to get her into Manhattan West

1078
00:59:59,049 --> 01:00:00,102
for middle school.

1079
01:00:00,787 --> 01:00:02,425
That's for gifted kids.

1080
01:00:10,448 --> 01:00:13,017
Maybe Mrs.Benton can keep the boys

1081
01:00:13,018 --> 01:00:14,568
a little longer every day.

1082
01:00:16,289 --> 01:00:16,945
OK.

1083
01:00:19,052 --> 01:00:19,612
OK.

1084
01:00:22,944 --> 01:00:23,870
OK.

1085
01:00:36,500 --> 01:00:37,022
Good morning, Mr.Clark.

1086
01:00:37,074 --> 01:00:37,648
Good morning.

1087
01:00:38,117 --> 01:00:39,517
Morning, Mr.Clark.

1088
01:00:43,886 --> 01:00:45,574
Julio, did you do this?

1089
01:00:47,118 --> 01:00:48,145
You like it, Mr.Clark?

1090
01:00:48,788 --> 01:00:50,446
It's really good.

1091
01:00:50,498 --> 01:00:51,808
You got quite a talent for this.

1092
01:00:52,479 --> 01:00:54,645
Well, it's one of my manys, dawg...

1093
01:00:56,407 --> 01:00:57,170
sir.

1094
01:00:57,970 --> 01:00:58,628
Thanks.

1095
01:00:59,617 --> 01:01:00,226
Good morning.

1096
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:18,234
Yo, what up, Tay?

1097
01:01:22,809 --> 01:01:24,902
"Do you like me, Mr.Clark?"

1098
01:01:24,895 --> 01:01:26,829
Hey, don't hate on me
'cause I got skills.

1099
01:01:26,830 --> 01:01:29,228
Skills?! You mean being
a straight up punk?

1100
01:01:29,229 --> 01:01:30,393
You real good at that!

1101
01:01:31,575 --> 01:01:33,392
Yo, come on, Tay, just chill out.

1102
01:01:33,765 --> 01:01:35,188
You telling me to chill, homey?!

1103
01:01:35,189 --> 01:01:36,578
You telling me to chill?!

1104
01:01:36,579 --> 01:01:39,928
Come on, man, I mean,
Mr.Clark likes that art crap, OK?

1105
01:01:39,929 --> 01:01:42,043
So, he thought I did it,
and I just went with it.

1106
01:01:46,694 --> 01:01:49,231
OK, dawg, you did it
and I'm sorry,

1107
01:01:59,450 --> 01:02:01,814
Superintendent Stevens
has joined us

1108
01:02:01,866 --> 01:02:04,270
to determine if Tayshawn Mitchell
should be expelled

1109
01:02:04,271 --> 01:02:05,767
from inner Harlem elementary.

1110
01:02:05,799 --> 01:02:08,724
I vote yes. Send him to Juvi.

1111
01:02:09,771 --> 01:02:11,941
This isn't a democracy,
Mr. Brampton.

1112
01:02:11,953 --> 01:02:15,014
Howard, would you let Mr. Turner
finish what he was saying?

1113
01:02:15,248 --> 01:02:16,745
You're his foster parent.

1114
01:02:17,014 --> 01:02:18,859
You got the say here.

1115
01:02:20,003 --> 01:02:22,679
We don't need his lazy ass
around the house all day.

1116
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:23,608
What did you just say?

1117
01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:32,022
Look, if we expel him,

1118
01:02:32,074 --> 01:02:33,865
he's only going to
fall further behind.

1119
01:02:33,917 --> 01:02:35,951
Mr.Clark,
our students can't simply

1120
01:02:36,003 --> 01:02:38,041
do what they want
with no consequences.

1121
01:02:38,192 --> 01:02:40,228
What about the consequences
for Tayshawn?

1122
01:02:40,281 --> 01:02:42,720
We are supposed to be
keeping these kids in school.

1123
01:02:45,227 --> 01:02:47,864
Let's all just take a step back.

1124
01:02:48,111 --> 01:02:52,102
Remember that I have eyes
in the back of my head,

1125
01:02:52,154 --> 01:02:53,851
so, stop fighting.

1126
01:02:56,986 --> 01:02:59,731
This is not a test.

1127
01:02:59,821 --> 01:03:01,674
This is my phone number.

1128
01:03:02,571 --> 01:03:03,888
I want you guys to call me

1129
01:03:03,940 --> 01:03:05,929
if you have any questions
about homework,

1130
01:03:06,421 --> 01:03:09,414
need any advice,
or you are in trouble.

1131
01:03:09,585 --> 01:03:12,223
That's 24/7.

1132
01:03:14,069 --> 01:03:17,050
Pick up your math workbooks
at the front of the class.

1133
01:03:17,717 --> 01:03:21,511
And we have a book report
due tomorrow.

1134
01:03:27,171 --> 01:03:29,220
Remember, there are
2 variables in this equation.

1135
01:03:29,501 --> 01:03:30,873
OK? So "x" equals...

1136
01:03:31,551 --> 01:03:33,497
"x" equals...

1137
01:03:33,567 --> 01:03:35,086
come on, Tayshawn,
you can do this.

1138
01:03:35,304 --> 01:03:37,223
Yo, not with you all up on me, man!

1139
01:03:37,972 --> 01:03:39,449
Yeah.

1140
01:03:44,723 --> 01:03:46,289
"x" equals 3/8!

1141
01:03:46,394 --> 01:03:49,644
Yes! Ah, that's great.
Just keep doing it like that.

1142
01:04:22,506 --> 01:04:23,780
This doesn't sound good.

1143
01:04:24,218 --> 01:04:25,763
How long you been this way?

1144
01:04:26,442 --> 01:04:28,384
A week. Maybe more.

1145
01:04:28,667 --> 01:04:29,952
Well, you have pneumonia.

1146
01:04:29,969 --> 01:04:31,072
I can send you home,

1147
01:04:31,073 --> 01:04:32,987
but you'd be confined
to bed rest for 2 weeks...

1148
01:04:33,007 --> 01:04:34,553
minimal.

1149
01:04:34,605 --> 01:04:36,308
You know, I can't
I can't do that.

1150
01:04:36,691 --> 01:04:40,931
Or I can admit you to the hospital
right now, Mr.Clark.

1151
01:05:06,026 --> 01:05:08,750
OK, everybody, take your seats.

1152
01:05:09,849 --> 01:05:12,813
Mr.Clark, you look really white.

1153
01:05:13,151 --> 01:05:14,752
Yeah, even more than usual.

1154
01:05:16,105 --> 01:05:18,117
We have 4...

1155
01:05:19,755 --> 01:05:21,158
4 weeks.

1156
01:05:22,710 --> 01:05:25,028
Now, I know that doesn't
seem like a lot of time,

1157
01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:26,218
but if we work really hard,

1158
01:05:26,401 --> 01:05:29,188
I know we're going to do
great on these exams.

1159
01:05:30,433 --> 01:05:36,253
So, let's go over our
science topics from last week.

1160
01:05:36,306 --> 01:05:37,030
Who knows those?

1161
01:05:41,763 --> 01:05:45,255
Magnetism, chemical reactions,
and gravity.

1162
01:05:45,656 --> 01:05:47,516
OK, good. Gravity.

1163
01:05:47,897 --> 01:05:49,483
Gravity...

1164
01:05:50,555 --> 01:05:52,585
is important because...

1165
01:05:58,307 --> 01:06:00,376
OK, we get it, Mr.Clark.

1166
01:06:00,775 --> 01:06:02,978
Gravity makes you fall down.

1167
01:06:07,587 --> 01:06:08,560
Is he kidding?

1168
01:06:08,630 --> 01:06:10,471
Always joking.

1169
01:06:10,541 --> 01:06:12,470
- Mr.Clark?
- He not kidding!

1170
01:06:12,790 --> 01:06:13,753
Mr.Clark?

1171
01:06:27,944 --> 01:06:29,675
I hope he's all right.

1172
01:06:49,952 --> 01:06:51,737
- Is it good? you aim me?
- Yeah.

1173
01:06:53,435 --> 01:06:56,083
Very nice of Jason
to let me borrow his camera.

1174
01:06:56,083 --> 01:06:57,464
Oh, he's happy to help.

1175
01:06:57,770 --> 01:06:58,975
How much do we tapeing?

1176
01:06:58,976 --> 01:06:59,945
4 hours.

1177
01:06:59,947 --> 01:07:01,095
4 hours!

1178
01:07:01,096 --> 01:07:02,764
Everyday?

1179
01:07:03,189 --> 01:07:04,977
Yeah, kids need it.

1180
01:07:04,977 --> 01:07:05,592
You do with quiet.

1181
01:07:07,024 --> 01:07:08,171
For you.

1182
01:07:09,757 --> 01:07:10,788
Hey, Mariss...

1183
01:07:12,930 --> 01:07:13,771
thank you.

1184
01:07:17,137 --> 01:07:18,457
Wait. Come over here.

1185
01:07:22,698 --> 01:07:26,231
Can't have our Mr.Clark
looking all sloppy now, can we?

1186
01:07:28,919 --> 01:07:31,796
You know,
a guy could get used to this.

1187
01:07:33,821 --> 01:07:35,247
Come on, teach already.

1188
01:07:37,435 --> 01:07:40,146
OK, now just because
I'm on this video tape,

1189
01:07:40,147 --> 01:07:41,649
doesn't mean that I can't see you.

1190
01:07:42,092 --> 01:07:44,143
Alita, is that gum?

1191
01:07:48,731 --> 01:07:50,546
All right, is everybody ready?

1192
01:07:50,990 --> 01:07:52,486
Yes, sir.

1193
01:07:53,527 --> 01:07:54,129
Gravity...

1194
01:07:54,744 --> 01:07:57,302
the force of attraction
between 2 objects.

1195
01:08:01,603 --> 01:08:03,289
That is gravity.

1196
01:08:03,410 --> 01:08:06,934
Now, according to the definition
of gravity, why did the egg fall?

1197
01:08:06,986 --> 01:08:08,809
- Because...
- and no, Julio,

1198
01:08:08,861 --> 01:08:11,376
it's not because the egg and
the floor are hot for each other.

1199
01:08:12,891 --> 01:08:14,392
Turn around and face me.

1200
01:08:15,740 --> 01:08:18,218
The egg fell
because the force of the mass

1201
01:08:18,270 --> 01:08:20,921
and the distance between
the egg and the floor

1202
01:08:21,016 --> 01:08:22,564
caused a reaction.

1203
01:08:23,483 --> 01:08:27,450
And, now, get out your workbooks,
because I have to clean my floor.

1204
01:08:42,286 --> 01:08:43,162
Morning, Mr.Clark!

1205
01:08:43,214 --> 01:08:45,336
Good morning, Tisha.
Got my kids' homework?

1206
01:08:49,186 --> 01:08:50,161
Good to have you back.

1207
01:08:53,165 --> 01:08:54,492
That's not true.

1208
01:08:54,544 --> 01:08:56,322
Yes, it is. I want my CD back

1209
01:08:56,374 --> 01:08:57,706
and my money, bitch.

1210
01:08:57,758 --> 01:08:59,525
Stupid, I gave that CD back!

1211
01:08:59,578 --> 01:09:00,308
No, you didn't!

1212
01:09:00,603 --> 01:09:02,362
Yes, I did! You always do...

1213
01:09:02,584 --> 01:09:04,126
it's Mr.Clark!

1214
01:09:34,978 --> 01:09:36,285
Yo, what up, Mr. C?

1215
01:09:40,663 --> 01:09:41,487
You tell me.

1216
01:09:46,017 --> 01:09:48,690
You guys have one week
till the state exams.

1217
01:09:49,834 --> 01:09:51,808
One week to show Mr. Turner...

1218
01:09:53,406 --> 01:09:54,176
and your parents...

1219
01:09:54,415 --> 01:09:56,235
and yourselves what you can do.

1220
01:10:00,486 --> 01:10:02,495
And you guys don't have anything
you want to tell me?

1221
01:10:06,986 --> 01:10:09,219
There's no way we're
gonna pass those tests.

1222
01:10:09,376 --> 01:10:10,925
We always mess up.

1223
01:10:10,904 --> 01:10:13,486
Don't jump on us, man... sir.

1224
01:10:14,415 --> 01:10:15,827
I mean, it's nothing personal.

1225
01:10:15,879 --> 01:10:18,435
Everything we do
in this room is personal,

1226
01:10:20,080 --> 01:10:21,363
how we talk to each other,

1227
01:10:22,061 --> 01:10:23,286
how we work together,

1228
01:10:23,338 --> 01:10:25,679
and how we've
prepared for these tests.

1229
01:10:26,689 --> 01:10:28,188
But we're way behind now.

1230
01:10:28,739 --> 01:10:31,051
We're not behind. You're ahead!

1231
01:10:32,764 --> 01:10:35,452
Everyone thinks we're losers,
Mr.Clark.

1232
01:10:36,038 --> 01:10:36,906
No.

1233
01:10:39,167 --> 01:10:41,720
You are not losers.

1234
01:10:49,906 --> 01:10:51,053
These rules?

1235
01:10:52,670 --> 01:10:55,454
They represent everything
you've accomplished this year.

1236
01:10:56,497 --> 01:10:58,047
Discovering new things,

1237
01:10:59,387 --> 01:11:00,894
believing in each other,

1238
01:11:00,924 --> 01:11:02,339
believing in yourselves.

1239
01:11:05,998 --> 01:11:07,417
And I'm proud of you.

1240
01:11:09,439 --> 01:11:12,524
Compared to all that,
this test? Pfh.

1241
01:11:13,818 --> 01:11:14,809
It's nothing.

1242
01:11:15,521 --> 01:11:16,564
Mr.Clark,

1243
01:11:17,085 --> 01:11:20,052
we have to get certain grades
to graduate, right?

1244
01:11:20,943 --> 01:11:23,858
So what if we, you know, choke?

1245
01:11:23,910 --> 01:11:25,177
But you're not going to choke.

1246
01:11:27,629 --> 01:11:29,766
You guys didn't work
hard all this year

1247
01:11:29,818 --> 01:11:31,285
just to get ready for some tests.

1248
01:11:34,423 --> 01:11:37,015
Every day, in this room...

1249
01:11:39,041 --> 01:11:41,514
we are learning things
far more valuable

1250
01:11:41,566 --> 01:11:43,285
than you can get in some book.

1251
01:11:46,992 --> 01:11:48,122
I teach you...

1252
01:11:51,058 --> 01:11:52,282
and you teach me...

1253
01:11:54,568 --> 01:11:58,446
and, together,
we learn to love to learn.

1254
01:12:03,700 --> 01:12:04,506
So...

1255
01:12:06,341 --> 01:12:07,329
next week...

1256
01:12:08,462 --> 01:12:09,674
you're gonna take that test,

1257
01:12:09,957 --> 01:12:12,193
you're gonna do the best
that you can do,

1258
01:12:12,876 --> 01:12:14,787
and you are going
walk out of that room

1259
01:12:14,893 --> 01:12:16,943
and know that you can
do anything you want

1260
01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:18,449
for the rest of your lives.

1261
01:12:30,827 --> 01:12:32,701
All right,
tomorrow is the big day,

1262
01:12:32,753 --> 01:12:34,824
but don't worry.
You know the material

1263
01:12:34,876 --> 01:12:36,576
backwards and forwards.

1264
01:12:36,419 --> 01:12:37,965
So, just get a good night's sleep

1265
01:12:38,401 --> 01:12:40,146
and, you know, good luck.

1266
01:12:40,973 --> 01:12:42,781
Badriyah, can I talk to you
for one minute?

1267
01:12:42,782 --> 01:12:45,755
And, Tayshawn, can you wait
for me at the door, please?

1268
01:12:49,872 --> 01:12:53,048
I know that it's been hard
for you to fit in.

1269
01:12:53,452 --> 01:12:56,485
But, you can be smart
and still be cool.

1270
01:12:57,085 --> 01:12:59,674
In fact, you're so smart and cool,

1271
01:12:59,838 --> 01:13:01,358
you can do anything you want to do.

1272
01:13:02,827 --> 01:13:04,347
I want to be a doctor.

1273
01:13:05,782 --> 01:13:06,764
Okay, good.

1274
01:13:07,346 --> 01:13:10,665
You better kick some butt
on that test, then, doctor.

1275
01:13:13,151 --> 01:13:14,227
Thank you, Mr.Clark.

1276
01:13:14,315 --> 01:13:15,219
Good luck!

1277
01:13:17,097 --> 01:13:17,582
Tayshawn!

1278
01:13:23,666 --> 01:13:25,315
Yo, kid, get it done.

1279
01:13:25,368 --> 01:13:27,835
Know what I'm sayin'?
Do this.

1280
01:13:28,010 --> 01:13:29,126
Hey, what up, T?

1281
01:13:29,178 --> 01:13:30,557
Yeah, little brother,
where you been, man?

1282
01:13:30,609 --> 01:13:31,545
We been looking for you.

1283
01:13:31,583 --> 01:13:33,094
You forgot what's up?

1284
01:13:33,112 --> 01:13:34,483
Hey, check it, we got some goods

1285
01:13:34,535 --> 01:13:35,813
we gotta move now. Come on.

1286
01:13:35,814 --> 01:13:36,744
It's raining, dude, come on.

1287
01:13:42,043 --> 01:13:42,708
Hey!

1288
01:13:43,398 --> 01:13:46,403
Look, you can't be in and not roll.

1289
01:13:46,457 --> 01:13:48,383
All right, you can't be like that, son.

1290
01:13:49,273 --> 01:13:50,314
I was thinking maybe

1291
01:13:50,315 --> 01:13:52,463
we could walk to school together.

1292
01:13:52,957 --> 01:13:55,679
We can do a last-minute review
of the test on the way.

1293
01:13:57,485 --> 01:13:58,985
Yo, you want it this way

1294
01:13:59,037 --> 01:14:01,247
or that way, Payaso?
Which way? Come on!

1295
01:14:06,030 --> 01:14:06,951
That way.

1296
01:14:09,712 --> 01:14:10,669
Pff. Punk.

1297
01:14:19,632 --> 01:14:21,012
Okay, so,

1298
01:14:21,578 --> 01:14:22,893
when you get to the math section...

1299
01:14:26,478 --> 01:14:28,458
Ready? go get 'em.

1300
01:14:41,703 --> 01:14:43,039
Good morning.

1301
01:14:44,854 --> 01:14:46,624
Do not open your test booklets

1302
01:14:46,676 --> 01:14:47,753
until I tell you to begin.

1303
01:14:49,199 --> 01:14:51,465
Keep your eyes on your own paper.

1304
01:14:52,363 --> 01:14:54,056
When you've chosen your answer,

1305
01:14:54,108 --> 01:14:56,532
fill in the corresponding
answer bubble completely

1306
01:14:56,585 --> 01:14:57,976
with a number 2 pencil.

1307
01:14:59,111 --> 01:15:01,576
If you require an additional pencil,

1308
01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:04,884
please raise your hand
and one will be provided.

1309
01:15:07,346 --> 01:15:08,221
Do your best...

1310
01:15:09,674 --> 01:15:10,326
and no talking.

1311
01:15:19,684 --> 01:15:20,456
You may begin.

1312
01:16:00,962 --> 01:16:02,832
Think they're as nervous as we are?

1313
01:16:03,276 --> 01:16:04,456
I'm not nervous.

1314
01:16:05,334 --> 01:16:06,600
- Antacid?
- Thanks.

1315
01:16:28,517 --> 01:16:29,495
It was 36.

1316
01:16:29,803 --> 01:16:31,300
No, it was 32 apples, right?

1317
01:16:31,301 --> 01:16:33,128
That test was hard, Mr.Clark.

1318
01:16:52,449 --> 01:16:54,676
Double mocha latte, no foam?

1319
01:16:54,759 --> 01:16:56,218
Hi! Come on in.

1320
01:16:57,122 --> 01:16:58,748
How were the tests?

1321
01:16:58,860 --> 01:17:02,047
Oh, uh, good, I think.

1322
01:17:02,099 --> 01:17:03,218
I think the kids did pretty well.

1323
01:17:03,270 --> 01:17:05,408
Yeah, okay, whatever.
I'm freaking out.

1324
01:17:06,275 --> 01:17:07,577
I got an audition.

1325
01:17:08,047 --> 01:17:09,437
Oh, my god, that's great!

1326
01:17:09,507 --> 01:17:10,241
No!

1327
01:17:10,480 --> 01:17:11,419
No, that's not so good.

1328
01:17:12,149 --> 01:17:13,439
Jason got a job and he asked me

1329
01:17:13,491 --> 01:17:14,397
to go to L.A. with him.

1330
01:17:16,828 --> 01:17:18,167
I... I... I don't know what to do.

1331
01:17:21,104 --> 01:17:22,295
Tell me what to do.

1332
01:17:29,549 --> 01:17:31,959
I tell sixth graders what to do,

1333
01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:33,727
and last time I looked

1334
01:17:34,099 --> 01:17:35,376
you weren't in the sixth grade.

1335
01:17:35,907 --> 01:17:38,595
So, thank you very much...

1336
01:17:39,104 --> 01:17:39,939
for stopping by.

1337
01:17:40,147 --> 01:17:40,638
I...

1338
01:17:58,429 --> 01:17:59,959
well...

1339
01:18:00,731 --> 01:18:02,354
What's going on? What time is it?

1340
01:18:02,355 --> 01:18:04,274
Does it look like any of us got a watch?

1341
01:18:04,275 --> 01:18:05,231
Shut up, Julio.

1342
01:18:12,896 --> 01:18:13,624
"Whatever you do,

1343
01:18:13,782 --> 01:18:15,893
do not open the closet."

1344
01:18:16,980 --> 01:18:18,572
no, Julio, no!

1345
01:18:19,412 --> 01:18:20,684
Don't! Don't go!

1346
01:18:21,881 --> 01:18:24,420
no, Julio, no!

1347
01:18:25,965 --> 01:18:27,138
Will y'all calm down?

1348
01:18:31,334 --> 01:18:32,166
Hello, kids!

1349
01:18:33,447 --> 01:18:35,243
Julio, I knew you were
gonna open the closet!

1350
01:18:37,561 --> 01:18:39,372
You guys have been working so hard

1351
01:18:39,424 --> 01:18:41,228
for the last 3 months on this test,

1352
01:18:41,714 --> 01:18:43,163
and whatever the scores are,

1353
01:18:43,626 --> 01:18:46,415
I want you to know
I'm proud to be your teacher.

1354
01:18:47,241 --> 01:18:49,808
I'm so proud that I asked your parents

1355
01:18:49,861 --> 01:18:51,519
to let me take you somewhere special,

1356
01:18:51,571 --> 01:18:52,973
and they said yes.

1357
01:18:53,685 --> 01:18:56,406
So, go get your envelopes
and open them.

1358
01:19:01,106 --> 01:19:01,644
Shameika?

1359
01:19:03,019 --> 01:19:03,642
Raquel?

1360
01:19:03,853 --> 01:19:04,536
Right here, right here!

1361
01:19:05,798 --> 01:19:07,259
Elise.

1362
01:19:07,260 --> 01:19:08,301
Oh, my god!
Phantom of the opera!

1363
01:19:08,302 --> 01:19:09,437
Guys, we're going to broadway!

1364
01:19:10,994 --> 01:19:13,539
We are going tonight,
so come get your playbills.

1365
01:19:16,172 --> 01:19:17,145
Thank you, Mr.Clark!

1366
01:19:17,215 --> 01:19:18,188
Thank you, Mr.Clark!

1367
01:19:19,405 --> 01:19:20,447
Oh, thanks, Mr.Clark.

1368
01:19:20,934 --> 01:19:21,976
Thank you, Mr.Clark.

1369
01:19:25,279 --> 01:19:26,252
Thank you!

1370
01:19:58,855 --> 01:20:01,139
And this phantom guy,
he's like so in love with this girl

1371
01:20:01,191 --> 01:20:02,401
that he's got to grab her up,
you know?

1372
01:20:03,210 --> 01:20:04,929
And then he takes her
to this secret crib,

1373
01:20:05,654 --> 01:20:07,508
and then... and then
he keeps her there,

1374
01:20:07,809 --> 01:20:08,916
and then they find him.

1375
01:20:09,373 --> 01:20:10,259
Then what happens?

1376
01:20:10,311 --> 01:20:11,585
Well, I'm not going to tell you.

1377
01:20:11,637 --> 01:20:12,435
You'll find out.

1378
01:20:20,168 --> 01:20:21,779
What the hell?

1379
01:20:23,157 --> 01:20:24,537
You ruined my wall!

1380
01:20:26,807 --> 01:20:29,881
I told you to paint that crap
in the street!

1381
01:20:33,775 --> 01:20:34,565
Not in my house!

1382
01:20:35,305 --> 01:20:35,711
No!

1383
01:20:36,309 --> 01:20:37,687
Get off of me, man!
Get off of me!

1384
01:20:38,637 --> 01:20:40,531
You think you can
do whatever you want?

1385
01:20:43,841 --> 01:20:45,351
You piece of garbage!

1386
01:20:54,511 --> 01:20:57,341
Julio, Shameika, Raquel,

1387
01:20:59,498 --> 01:21:01,484
OK, guys, go in.
The play's gonna start.

1388
01:21:01,531 --> 01:21:03,216
Let's go in. Come on, get in there.

1389
01:21:03,303 --> 01:21:04,262
Let's go.

1390
01:21:05,243 --> 01:21:06,420
I can't find Tayshawn.

1391
01:21:06,910 --> 01:21:08,363
Go look for him, Mr.Clark.

1392
01:21:08,415 --> 01:21:09,830
There's plenty of parents here.

1393
01:21:09,856 --> 01:21:11,022
We'll look after the kids.

1394
01:22:13,836 --> 01:22:14,462
Tayshawn

1395
01:22:21,093 --> 01:22:21,777
Tayshawn?

1396
01:22:37,038 --> 01:22:38,005
I'm here.

1397
01:22:38,290 --> 01:22:40,046
Get away, get away!

1398
01:22:40,132 --> 01:22:42,422
I ain't worth it.
I ain't worth it.

1399
01:22:42,527 --> 01:22:43,337
I ain't worth it.

1400
01:22:43,430 --> 01:22:44,955
No, no, no. I know you are.

1401
01:22:46,298 --> 01:22:48,367
I saw your work.

1402
01:22:49,426 --> 01:22:50,892
And it's beautiful.

1403
01:22:54,744 --> 01:22:56,099
It's okay.

1404
01:22:56,517 --> 01:22:57,306
It's okay.

1405
01:22:58,012 --> 01:23:00,248
Oh, it's okay. It's okay.

1406
01:23:01,052 --> 01:23:01,897
It's okay.

1407
01:23:11,749 --> 01:23:14,689
Where am I gonna go now, Mr.Clark?

1408
01:23:16,573 --> 01:23:17,880
I'm gonna help you.

1409
01:23:20,466 --> 01:23:22,185
I'm not going anywhere.

1410
01:23:42,639 --> 01:23:44,793
Here we go.

1411
01:23:50,776 --> 01:23:51,819
Tayshawn.

1412
01:23:55,155 --> 01:23:57,868
You'll be staying here for a while.

1413
01:23:59,744 --> 01:24:00,784
Thanks, Mr. Turner.

1414
01:24:00,856 --> 01:24:02,042
You're welcome.

1415
01:24:02,045 --> 01:24:02,990
Hey.

1416
01:24:03,220 --> 01:24:04,880
You're gonna be safe here.

1417
01:24:20,528 --> 01:24:21,517
It may take a while, Ron,

1418
01:24:21,518 --> 01:24:23,781
but, uh, we'll find him a place.

1419
01:24:25,306 --> 01:24:26,303
I give you my word.

1420
01:24:31,682 --> 01:24:34,384
So, which room was yours?

1421
01:24:39,189 --> 01:24:40,820
I'll see you first thing in the morning.

1422
01:24:42,003 --> 01:24:42,663
Yes, sir.

1423
01:24:50,728 --> 01:24:53,283
For highest achievement in science,

1424
01:24:54,830 --> 01:24:56,100
Badriyah Santhanam.

1425
01:24:57,992 --> 01:24:59,504
Thank you, Mr.Clark.

1426
01:24:59,556 --> 01:25:00,581
You are welcome, doctor.

1427
01:25:03,345 --> 01:25:05,507
For most outstanding achievement

1428
01:25:05,559 --> 01:25:06,512
in mathematics,

1429
01:25:07,003 --> 01:25:08,999
Julio Vasquez.

1430
01:25:14,700 --> 01:25:15,703
Thank you, Mr.Clark.

1431
01:25:17,885 --> 01:25:20,272
For exceptional
artistic achievement...

1432
01:25:22,800 --> 01:25:24,390
Tayshawn Mitchell.

1433
01:25:29,423 --> 01:25:30,361
It's for you.

1434
01:25:32,672 --> 01:25:34,972
And last, but not least...

1435
01:25:34,973 --> 01:25:35,904
Shamei...

1436
01:25:39,623 --> 01:25:41,179
I'm sorry to interrupt your...

1437
01:25:41,231 --> 01:25:42,916
end of the year party,
Mr.Clark,

1438
01:25:42,969 --> 01:25:44,414
but I just received a fax

1439
01:25:44,466 --> 01:25:45,641
from the board of education,

1440
01:25:45,693 --> 01:25:47,579
informing me of the results

1441
01:25:47,632 --> 01:25:48,603
of the state exam.

1442
01:25:49,356 --> 01:25:51,341
I felt it was important to...

1443
01:25:51,706 --> 01:25:54,041
give you the scores myself.

1444
01:25:57,550 --> 01:25:58,730
These are probably

1445
01:25:58,782 --> 01:26:01,430
not the scores you expected.

1446
01:26:04,375 --> 01:26:06,089
This class,

1447
01:26:06,141 --> 01:26:08,514
this sixth grade class,

1448
01:26:08,852 --> 01:26:12,841
tested higher than any other class.

1449
01:26:23,883 --> 01:26:25,699
You even tested higher

1450
01:26:25,700 --> 01:26:27,444
than the honors class.

1451
01:26:35,355 --> 01:26:36,262
Congratulations.

1452
01:26:40,459 --> 01:26:41,522
Congratulations, Mr.Clark.

1453
01:26:41,676 --> 01:26:42,684
Thank you.

1454
01:26:42,753 --> 01:26:43,666
Very impressive.

1455
01:26:51,964 --> 01:26:53,776
Shameika, your award was going to be

1456
01:26:53,945 --> 01:26:56,358
for highest achievement in english,

1457
01:26:56,448 --> 01:26:59,398
but I'm afraid I'm going
to have to change that,

1458
01:27:00,097 --> 01:27:02,388
because looking at your exam scores,

1459
01:27:02,440 --> 01:27:03,851
I now see that you achieved something

1460
01:27:04,005 --> 01:27:05,246
that no other student

1461
01:27:05,638 --> 01:27:08,574
in the entire district achieved.

1462
01:27:11,824 --> 01:27:12,482
Shameika Wallace,

1463
01:27:13,528 --> 01:27:15,826
ahem, you earned perfect scores

1464
01:27:16,968 --> 01:27:18,445
in english and math.

1465
01:27:18,706 --> 01:27:20,107
Oh, my god!

1466
01:27:21,070 --> 01:27:22,147
Thank you, Mr.Clark!

1467
01:27:35,736 --> 01:27:37,210
You did it!

1468
01:27:41,281 --> 01:27:42,263
Mr.Clark...

1469
01:27:43,783 --> 01:27:45,745
for always being there,

1470
01:27:45,746 --> 01:27:48,116
eventhough we didn't want you to be.

1471
01:27:50,477 --> 01:27:52,708
You're inspiring us to dream big.

1472
01:27:53,309 --> 01:27:55,039
- Yes, sir, Mr.C.
- Yeah.

1473
01:27:55,040 --> 01:27:56,533
- Yeah.
- Yeah.

1474
01:27:57,073 --> 01:27:59,251
For looking like a fool,
when you Double-Dutch.

1475
01:28:02,240 --> 01:28:05,228
We voted you...

1476
01:28:05,528 --> 01:28:08,118
the daddy teacher in town.

1477
01:28:12,865 --> 01:28:14,586
Oh! Thank you.

1478
01:28:25,257 --> 01:28:28,250
Thank you, Mr.Clark!

1479
01:28:28,252 --> 01:28:30,832
* now let's get down to some
presidential learnin' *

1480
01:28:30,832 --> 01:28:33,774
* start with George Warshington
straight from Mount Vernon *

1481
01:28:33,774 --> 01:28:36,279
* the first president
and commander-in-chief *

1482
01:28:36,279 --> 01:28:38,806
* fought the revolutionary war
so we could be free *

1483
01:28:39,327 --> 01:28:41,518
* John Adams was second,
Thomas Jefferson third *

1484
01:28:41,518 --> 01:28:44,591
* when we fought for independence
their voices were heard *

1485
01:28:44,599 --> 01:28:47,268
* when in the course
of human events *

1486
01:28:47,268 --> 01:28:49,620
* we took a stand and
we've been doin' it since *

1487
01:28:50,246 --> 01:28:54,585
* it's a tribute
to the leaders of the USA *

1488
01:28:54,622 --> 01:28:59,864
* it's a presidents rap,
all right, all right, OK,OK *

1489
01:28:59,901 --> 01:29:05,270
* it's a tribute
to the leaders of the USA *

1490
01:29:05,306 --> 01:29:10,574
* it's a presidents rap,
all right, all right, OK, OK *

1491
01:29:10,611 --> 01:29:15,661
* it's a tribute
to the leaders of the USA *

1492
01:29:15,698 --> 01:29:20,341
* it's a presidents rap,
all right, all right, OK, OK *

1493
01:29:29,953 --> 01:29:32,768
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