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You know what they're saying?
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That you're the ringleader.
That it was all your idea.
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You give us who we really want,
we'll get you into a new school...
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wipe your record clean.
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You're just 15 years old.
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He took advantage of your youth.
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- Your ignorance.
- Your innocence.
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You've done a lot of growing up,
haven't you?
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And now you know the difference
between right and wrong.
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You do know the difference,
don't you?
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Right?
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Wrong?
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- Don't you?
- Wrong? Right?
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Cheaters - AKA: Trapaceiros
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"What matter here
if I be still the same...
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and what I should be
all but less than he...
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whom thunder hath made greater.
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Here at least we shall be free.
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The Almighty hath not built here...
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for His envy will not
drive us hence.
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Here we may reign secure
and in my choice...
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to reign is worth ambition,
though in Hell.
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Better to reign in Hell
than serve in Heaven."
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Thank you, Asha.
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So, what do we think Satan meant
when he said...
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"Better to reign in Hell
than serve in Heaven"?
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Anything?
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Any ideas? Anybody?
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Okay. What if you had a choice?
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What if you could live
in a mansion in Highland Park...
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but you have to be the chauffeur...
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or you can live in a shelter
on lower Wacker Drive...
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but you would be the king
of that shelter, which would you choose?
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If I'm the chauffeur,
what kind of car I drive?
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- You ain't even got a license, fool.
- Who the hell you callin' fool, fool?
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Who you callin' fool?
You want some?
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- Slap that blonde weave off your head.
- Okay. Thank you.
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Pride, that's what it's all about.
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Lucifer was too proud to play runner-up
to someone he felt superior to...
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so he set up his own shop.
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And what did Dante say was written
on the gates of Lucifer's shop?
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"Abandon all hope
ye who enter here."
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That's what it should say
on the door to this school.
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"And they outcast from God are here
condemned to waste eternal days..."
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"In woe and pain."
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Doesn't sound very pleasant,
does it?
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What's the alternative?
Living like a drone?
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Why do Adam and Eve get in trouble
in the first place?
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- They ate the apple, baby.
- They ate from the tree of knowledge.
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They just wanted knowledge.
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- God was testing them.
- But He didn't tell them why.
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He was just, "I'm in charge here.
Do what I say."
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And He said, "You can eat from any tree
in the garden, just not from this one."
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So, of course, what are they gonna do?
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- It's human nature.
- Already been through that, girl.
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But, hey, that's just my opinion.
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Okay, Michael, are you gonna handle
the bowling club again?
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Don't let the kids drop their balls
in the gutter.
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Sorry. Sorry about that.
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All right, good.
Janie?
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- How about the prom committee?
- Yes.
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Let's try to get started at least
a week before the prom this year.
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I'll try.
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Wonderful.
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Now, the position...
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that strikes terror
in all our hearts...
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brings out the masochist
in the best of us...
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coach of the academic
decathlon team... Jerry.
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What do you say?
Give it another shot?
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Couldn't do worse
than he did last time.
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That's the nice thing
about finishing last.
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Third time's the charm.
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Sorry I'm late.
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What, is the meeting over?
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- Thanks for helping me out.
- Are you kidding? You're helping me out.
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You're the only one who thinks we can
compete in anything besides basketball.
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Most teachers aren't like you.
They don't like to challenge us.
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But you actually think we're capable
of some intelligent thinking.
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Jolie, I am continually amazed by the
things that spring out of your mouth.
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I'll show you where the smart kids are,
but I can't guarantee they'll show up.
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So $40 worth of burritos
will guarantee you an audience.
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See that guy over there?
That's Dominik Wesolowski.
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SATs 1410. 4.0 GPA.
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They announced
the honor roll yesterday...
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and he made the mistake
of being on it.
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Kurgan, Paul.
SATs 1120. 3.8 GPA.
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I tried to get him on the team last year
but he was busy running for president.
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Actually deluded enough
to think he can make a difference.
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Agnieska Maryniarczyk.
SATs 370, 3.7 GPA.
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She's a virgin.
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- Is that relevant?
- If you're her, it is.
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Darius Bettus.
1520 on his SATs. 3.9 GPA.
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If he weren't so good looking,
I'd have to kill him.
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Flickas, Irwin. 3.0 GPA.
Has not taken his SATs yet.
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Personally, I can't stand him, but he
does have a pretty vivid imagination.
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Kur, Matt.
2.9 GPA. SATs 1040.
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But look how cute he is.
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We're putting a team together,
not a dating pool.
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Could be both.
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Hello, and welcome to
the United States Academic Decathlon...
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the nation's foremost
scholastic competition...
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where you can match your intellect
with students from top high schools...
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across America.
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The academic decathlon brings a sense
of pride and accomplishment...
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to the high school environment...
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placing academic achievement
at the forefront of the school...
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and the community at large.
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High school students
from all across the country...
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compete in this extraordinary event...
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pushing themselves to new heights.
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There are ten exciting areas
in which the students compete...
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consisting of written tests
in six core subjects...
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as well as an oral speech,
an interview...
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and essay and Super Quiz.
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And the winning team
from each state...
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will compete for the pride,
prestige and scholarship money...
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that comes with being
national champion.
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That winning team gets to go to
the White House and meet the president.
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The United States
Academic Decathlon...
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building the skills that work
in corporate America.
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Now...
Guys, take it outside.
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You wanna know
why you should do this?
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So we can embarrass ourselves
in front of the entire city.
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Because no one thinks you can.
'Cause you don't think you can.
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- Sir, we know we can't.
- Speak for yourself.
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I just came here
for the free food.
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It's pretty damn funny, isn't it?
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The idea of you guys competing
against kids that are really smart.
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They're not just smart kids.
Kids from Whitney Young.
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Why are you so insecure? We're just
as smart as them. We could beat them.
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Don't kid yourself.
It won't be easy.
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Whitney Young, they live
and breathe the decathlon.
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- They've won the state championship...
- Nine years in a row.
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Nice years in a row.
They recruit for it.
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They have unlimited budgets,
air conditioning...
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parents who care,
toilets that work.
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That's right.
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Even a coach
who knows what he's doing.
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Which is why when we beat them
it'll be so satisfying.
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Do you wanna get into Harvard?
You'll get into Harvard.
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On a full scholarship.
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You'll be in the newspaper,
on television.
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- You're gonna make us famous?
- No, we're gonna make him famous.
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I just want you to know
what it feels like to win.
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Because once you've had that feeling,
you'll never let it go.
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But if we're gonna win
this thing...
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here's what I'm gonna need
from you.
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Everything.
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Spare time?
You aren't gonna have any.
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I will need you two hours before
school, five hours after school...
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and all day on weekends
and holidays.
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You have to be totally committed
and willing to do...
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whatever it takes to win.
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But understand this.
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I will never abandon you.
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And I will never hang you
out to dry.
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And the knowledge that
I'm prepared to give you...
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it will change your life forever.
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What do you guys think?
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- I think he's a full-on freak.
- I heard he still lives with his mom.
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I heard he dates Mr. Silver.
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- He's not gay.
- How would you know?
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Dr. Plecki's really cool.
Okay?
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When we were reading Slaughterhouse
Five, he took us all to meet Vonnegut...
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who was doing this reading
and signed all of our books.
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And these kids that would rather trip
on a book did an amazing thing.
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They actually read the book.
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He just wants to help us out.
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He's doing this because he thinks we can
compete at something and we're smart.
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And we are smart. We just need
an opportunity to prove ourself.
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Dr. Plecki's amazing.
He's a really good teacher.
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What's he doing here?
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I volunteered to coach
the academic decathlon team.
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Again?
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We've got a really good group
of kids this year.
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I think we may have a shot.
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It just takes so much time.
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I spoke with your brother today. He got
a promotion at the publishing house.
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He's now a regional sales manager...
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responsible for hiring 20 people.
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I have a job, Mother.
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I know you do.
I know you do.
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How are we supposed to get any studying
done if you show up at 6:18?
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A Shakespearean sonnet
is always written in?
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I'll take lambic Pentameter
for 500.
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- What activates NMDA receptors?
- Glutamate.
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If Darius is shooting
four out of seven...
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what are the chances of him
making this next shot?
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Fifty-seven percent.
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What did Ivan discover was the key
to survival in the GULAG?
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- Routine. It was the daily routine...
- Booze.
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No. Conditioning.
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He made himself believe
that one piece of bread was good.
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So that when he got two,
he felt great.
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What kind of an idiot feels great
with two pieces of bread?
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Hear how the song repeated the melody
from the beginning? What's that called?
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- A da capo.
- Right.
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The year 1820 was said to be
the beginning of what musical era?
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Romantic Era.
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The distinctive characteristic
of the work of Leopold is?
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Naturalistic.
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Eukaryotes differ from
prokaryotes because?
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Prokaryotes have no nucleus.
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PET measures concentrations of what?
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Concentrations of radioactive
isotopes of living tissue.
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- What are neurons composed of?
- Cell body, exon and dendrites.
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Of ancient empires,
the largest was?
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I don't know.
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Daoism was founded by?
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The distinctive characteristic
of the work of Leopold is?
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No smoking.
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Good morning, decathletes. Welcome to...
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Here's another question for you.
What do we do to the competition?
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- Sweep 'em out of the way!
- That's right.
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You are prepared for this.
We are the best team here...
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and the only way we won't win
is if we defeat ourselves.
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Hands in.
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We've got the brains, the hunger.
What are we gonna do?
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Win!
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Go Whitney! Go Whitney!
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Don't worry about them.
We got 'em right where we want 'em.
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Overconfident and
underestimating your abilities.
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Our abilities? We're not even a factor
in their equation.
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You can't control
what they think.
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What you can do is remember
everything we've drilled.
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Okay? Watch out for lead distracters.
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If an answer seems too obvious,
it probably means it's the wrong answer.
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Don't second-guess yourselves.
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Your first answer is always
your best answer.
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- If you draw a blank, you choose...
- "C."
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Consistently.
Okay, I taught you discipline.
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Use it. And anticipate.
Never panic. Stay focused.
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Now is your chance to show everyone else
how smart I already know you are.
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Do not open your test booklets
until instructed to do so.
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You will have 30 minutes to complete
each section of the exam.
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At the conclusion of the written portion
of the exam...
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you will proceed to the speech
and interview rooms.
238
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Please remember which group
you have been assigned to.
239
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While you are taking
the written test...
240
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keep all books and supplies
under your desk at all times.
241
00:16:30,717 --> 00:16:31,877
Here's 20.
242
00:16:31,985 --> 00:16:34,783
That's what we need,
a little adventurous spirit here.
243
00:16:34,887 --> 00:16:37,549
You never know with these kids.
New kids every year.
244
00:16:37,657 --> 00:16:39,921
You can't count on anything.
245
00:16:40,026 --> 00:16:43,086
Jerry, you wanna get in on this?
246
00:16:43,196 --> 00:16:46,097
Twenty dollars pays...
247
00:16:46,199 --> 00:16:49,930
800 for Steinmetz to win.
248
00:16:50,036 --> 00:16:52,266
No guts, no glory.
249
00:17:48,327 --> 00:17:52,195
"And if the employer can be part
of the overall solution...
250
00:17:52,298 --> 00:17:54,232
then we will not feel...
251
00:17:54,333 --> 00:17:57,825
as much...
252
00:17:57,937 --> 00:17:59,666
'despiring'...
253
00:18:03,276 --> 00:18:05,369
despairing."
254
00:18:05,478 --> 00:18:10,006
Okay, students. It's time for
the Super Quiz. Question number one.
255
00:18:10,116 --> 00:18:14,246
Alteration of the amino acids
of Thermolicyn could...
256
00:18:14,353 --> 00:18:16,617
A: Reduce PKU likelihood...
257
00:18:16,723 --> 00:18:20,124
B: Reduce taste likelihood...
C: Reduce hypertension likelihood...
258
00:18:20,226 --> 00:18:24,287
D: Reduce Down's Syndrome likelihood
and E: None of the above.
259
00:18:24,397 --> 00:18:26,592
The correct answer is "C."
260
00:18:26,699 --> 00:18:29,668
Reduce hypertension likelihood.
261
00:18:29,769 --> 00:18:31,293
The correct answer is "E."
262
00:18:31,404 --> 00:18:34,100
The correct answer is "D."
The correct answer is "A."
263
00:18:36,375 --> 00:18:39,867
- Are we having fun today?
- Yeah.
264
00:18:39,979 --> 00:18:41,708
I had a lot of fun too.
265
00:18:41,814 --> 00:18:44,578
And did we learn anything?
266
00:18:44,684 --> 00:18:47,244
- Yeah!
- All right!
267
00:18:47,353 --> 00:18:48,843
No big problems?
268
00:18:48,955 --> 00:18:51,515
- None at all. I think it went fantastic.
- Me too.
269
00:18:51,624 --> 00:18:54,787
- So how'd you do?
- Okay, I guess.
270
00:18:54,894 --> 00:18:56,555
That was so easy.
271
00:18:56,662 --> 00:18:59,096
Guys, Alexander Hamilton
was the first chief justice, right?
272
00:18:59,198 --> 00:19:01,098
No, John Jay.
273
00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,600
Guys, listen.
I don't care what happens.
274
00:19:03,703 --> 00:19:06,695
I don't care what the final tally is.
I couldn't be more proud of you.
275
00:19:06,806 --> 00:19:10,867
In Language and Literature,
the bronze medal...
276
00:19:10,977 --> 00:19:12,945
from Whitney Young,
Sandy Lee.
277
00:19:13,045 --> 00:19:16,037
Well done, Sandy!
278
00:19:16,149 --> 00:19:19,516
The silver medal,
from Whitney Young, Josh Haden.
279
00:19:22,622 --> 00:19:24,647
And the gold medal...
280
00:19:24,757 --> 00:19:27,225
from Whitney Young,
Sarah White.
281
00:19:28,227 --> 00:19:30,923
The bronze medal,
from Whitney Young...
282
00:19:31,030 --> 00:19:33,760
The silver medal,
from Whitney Young...
283
00:19:33,866 --> 00:19:36,232
And the gold medal,
from Whitney Young...
284
00:19:44,811 --> 00:19:48,338
And now,
the five top scoring teams...
285
00:19:48,447 --> 00:19:52,941
who will advance to the Illinois State
Academic Decathlon Finals.
286
00:19:55,555 --> 00:19:56,988
In first place...
287
00:19:57,089 --> 00:20:00,991
for the tenth year in a row,
Whitney Young High School.
288
00:20:03,329 --> 00:20:06,230
Whitney Young is number one!
Whitney Young is number one!
289
00:20:06,332 --> 00:20:09,824
What an accomplishment.
Ten years in a row.
290
00:20:11,304 --> 00:20:13,636
- The winners!
- In second place...
291
00:20:13,739 --> 00:20:15,639
Kenwood Academy.
292
00:20:15,741 --> 00:20:17,641
In third place,
Bogen High School.
293
00:20:17,743 --> 00:20:21,179
In fourth place,
Lane Technical.
294
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,113
And in fifth place,
Steinmetz High School.
295
00:20:33,192 --> 00:20:36,161
Jerry, here.
I can't take your money.
296
00:20:36,262 --> 00:20:38,162
You didn't know
what you were up against.
297
00:20:42,501 --> 00:20:44,401
See you at State.
298
00:20:54,902 --> 00:20:56,392
It's not over.
299
00:20:56,504 --> 00:20:58,301
I know it isn't.
300
00:21:00,741 --> 00:21:04,268
Get back at it on Monday.
Study even harder.
301
00:21:04,378 --> 00:21:06,869
Maybe take another trip
to the art institute on Thursday.
302
00:21:10,184 --> 00:21:12,118
I just wish we could've
done better for you.
303
00:21:12,219 --> 00:21:15,552
Please, don't be silly.
You did wonderfully.
304
00:21:22,196 --> 00:21:24,061
Thanks.
305
00:21:24,165 --> 00:21:25,564
Sure.
306
00:22:22,256 --> 00:22:23,188
Fuckin' chair.
307
00:22:24,658 --> 00:22:26,558
Irwin, can I speak with you
for a second?
308
00:22:26,660 --> 00:22:28,560
Yeah. Cool.
309
00:22:30,731 --> 00:22:32,130
What's up?
310
00:22:33,767 --> 00:22:36,327
I'm going to switch you
and Dominik for the State.
311
00:22:36,437 --> 00:22:39,235
You had the lowest scores
at the regional competition...
312
00:22:39,340 --> 00:22:42,400
so he's gonna compete at State
and you take the alternate position.
313
00:22:42,509 --> 00:22:45,672
That's not fair. No one told me you
couldn't choose more than one answer.
314
00:22:45,779 --> 00:22:48,111
It's called multiple choice.
315
00:22:48,215 --> 00:22:50,080
We'll switch back
if we go to Nationals.
316
00:22:50,184 --> 00:22:53,915
He can barely speak English.
Give me another chance.
317
00:22:54,021 --> 00:22:56,455
- He's your teammate.
- Come on, Plecki.
318
00:22:57,558 --> 00:22:59,992
- Where are you going?
- Work.
319
00:23:00,094 --> 00:23:02,221
- See? He's gotta leave.
- Sit down.
320
00:23:02,329 --> 00:23:05,196
Mr. Butera says he will replace me
if I take any more time off.
321
00:23:05,299 --> 00:23:08,291
- I'll talk to him again.
- That's all right. I should go.
322
00:23:08,402 --> 00:23:10,393
- Would it help if I went with you?
- It won't help.
323
00:23:10,504 --> 00:23:13,064
- I have to be at work.
- Agna, where are you going?
324
00:23:13,173 --> 00:23:15,300
I need to get home
to take care of my sister.
325
00:23:15,409 --> 00:23:18,537
My mother's working late.
I don't want her to be alone.
326
00:23:18,646 --> 00:23:20,773
Nobody else can help?
327
00:23:20,881 --> 00:23:23,406
We have no money
to afford baby-sitter.
328
00:23:24,385 --> 00:23:27,013
Guys, come on.
This is crunch time.
329
00:23:27,121 --> 00:23:30,318
Nothing is supposed to get in the way
of your studying.
330
00:23:30,424 --> 00:23:32,688
If you have to
stay here all night, then...
331
00:23:32,793 --> 00:23:34,954
No one wants to take care of her,
and she's...
332
00:23:35,062 --> 00:23:37,860
Wait a second. Dr. Plecki, I don't know
what world you're living in...
333
00:23:37,965 --> 00:23:40,900
but we finished 12,000 points
behind Young.
334
00:23:41,001 --> 00:23:44,562
- They killed us.
- That's what I'm talking about.
335
00:23:44,672 --> 00:23:47,573
We simply have to work harder.
Whitney Young is working...
336
00:23:47,675 --> 00:23:50,143
so we'll work twice as hard
and beat them.
337
00:23:50,244 --> 00:23:53,077
I appreciate your optimism,
but the fact of this is...
338
00:23:53,180 --> 00:23:56,411
no matter how hard we study
and work for this...
339
00:23:56,517 --> 00:23:59,008
Young is gonna take that thing
for the tenth year in a row.
340
00:24:00,554 --> 00:24:02,215
So if Dominik wants
to keep his job...
341
00:24:02,323 --> 00:24:05,224
and Agnieska wants to make sure
her sister gets fed tonight...
342
00:24:05,326 --> 00:24:07,692
instead of studying...
343
00:24:07,795 --> 00:24:11,390
cytoplasmic binding proteins
all day, that's...
344
00:24:22,176 --> 00:24:24,406
Look, I love the dream
that you gave us.
345
00:24:27,948 --> 00:24:29,506
No, I really do.
346
00:24:31,251 --> 00:24:34,186
But there's a certain point...
347
00:24:34,288 --> 00:24:38,622
where you have to just wake up
and realize...
348
00:24:38,726 --> 00:24:41,456
you know,
it's just a fuckin' dream.
349
00:24:42,329 --> 00:24:43,887
It's just a dream.
350
00:24:47,234 --> 00:24:50,829
- We can't use the copy machine.
- Why not?
351
00:24:50,938 --> 00:24:53,031
Mrs. Fadely says we can't.
352
00:24:55,743 --> 00:25:00,043
You know what they say about Elizabeth.
She has a lot of growing up to do.
353
00:25:00,147 --> 00:25:02,479
Excuse me.
354
00:25:02,583 --> 00:25:04,983
I'll call you back.
Excuse me.
355
00:25:05,085 --> 00:25:08,543
- Where do you think you're going?
- To make copies.
356
00:25:08,655 --> 00:25:11,317
- For the decathlon?
- For the decathlon, that's right.
357
00:25:11,425 --> 00:25:15,191
Extracurricular activities
are only budgeted $50 a semester.
358
00:25:15,295 --> 00:25:18,230
- You saying I can't use the machine?
- You exceeded your budget.
359
00:25:18,332 --> 00:25:22,564
- He can make all the copies he wants?
- Athletic department has its own budget.
360
00:25:24,638 --> 00:25:27,573
What is it, a penny a page?
Here.
361
00:25:27,674 --> 00:25:30,575
I hate to take a dime away from
the school board's $4 billion budget...
362
00:25:30,677 --> 00:25:34,010
and do something really outrageous
like spend it on kids.
363
00:25:34,114 --> 00:25:37,379
- You can't make any more copies.
- Go upstairs and tell those kids...
364
00:25:37,484 --> 00:25:40,180
if they wanna be in a basketball
tournament, we'll throw money at 'em...
365
00:25:40,287 --> 00:25:42,881
but if they wanna be in an academic
tournament, they are on their own.
366
00:25:42,990 --> 00:25:46,050
- Don't be gettin' smart with me!
- You go tell them.
367
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,890
- Don't come in and get smart with me.
- You go up!
368
00:25:48,996 --> 00:25:51,556
Jerry, what's your record?
369
00:25:51,665 --> 00:25:53,326
My record?
370
00:25:53,434 --> 00:25:56,426
You 0-4, 0-6?
We're 11-0.
371
00:25:56,537 --> 00:25:58,334
Congratu-fuckin'-lations.
372
00:25:58,439 --> 00:26:00,407
That's why I get to use
the machine.
373
00:26:01,475 --> 00:26:04,308
I get it. So, if we don't win,
why even bother trying to compete?
374
00:26:05,245 --> 00:26:06,906
That's not what I'm saying.
375
00:26:07,014 --> 00:26:10,575
If you can't win, you should think twice
about entering the competition.
376
00:26:34,374 --> 00:26:35,602
That you, Jerry?
377
00:26:35,709 --> 00:26:37,973
Yes, Mother, it's me.
378
00:26:38,078 --> 00:26:40,069
Did you remember
the furnace filters?
379
00:26:40,948 --> 00:26:42,848
They're in the car.
380
00:26:50,717 --> 00:26:54,380
That was a tight game we played.
You gonna be around tomorrow?
381
00:26:54,487 --> 00:26:56,011
Definitely.
382
00:26:56,122 --> 00:26:58,682
Yo, yo, Matt.
383
00:26:58,791 --> 00:27:01,351
See ya later, man.
What's up?
384
00:27:01,461 --> 00:27:06,296
Listen. You're on that team, right,
the one that takes tests and shit?
385
00:27:06,399 --> 00:27:08,867
The academic decathlon.
386
00:27:08,968 --> 00:27:12,199
Listen. If I show you something,
will you give me 20 bucks?
387
00:27:30,490 --> 00:27:32,720
Dad, I gotta take a pee.
388
00:27:48,474 --> 00:27:51,272
- What the hell? I been here ten minutes.
- Sorry, man.
389
00:27:51,377 --> 00:27:52,935
Down here.
390
00:28:16,636 --> 00:28:18,661
Tests, tests, tests.
391
00:28:18,771 --> 00:28:21,069
Shit, they were right here
yesterday.
392
00:28:21,174 --> 00:28:23,540
Damn it.
You're wasting my time.
393
00:28:23,643 --> 00:28:26,578
They're here somewhere.
I know they are.
394
00:28:32,485 --> 00:28:34,146
Here you go.
395
00:28:34,253 --> 00:28:35,652
Beautiful.
396
00:28:36,889 --> 00:28:39,119
Let's get out of here.
397
00:28:52,004 --> 00:28:53,972
Here you go.
398
00:29:05,118 --> 00:29:07,552
What the fuck, man?
399
00:29:07,653 --> 00:29:11,521
What's up? I got that copy
of Fantastic Fable you wanted.
400
00:29:11,624 --> 00:29:15,219
The one where Starhawk
beats up Pogo. What's that?
401
00:29:16,195 --> 00:29:17,287
Nothin'.
402
00:29:17,396 --> 00:29:19,956
Can't be nothin'.
Let me see it.
403
00:29:20,066 --> 00:29:22,591
- It's nothin', dude.
- Just let me see it.
404
00:29:22,702 --> 00:29:25,398
- Chill out.
- Just let me see it.
405
00:29:27,173 --> 00:29:29,141
Holy shit!
406
00:29:29,242 --> 00:29:31,642
Is this the real thing?
407
00:29:36,716 --> 00:29:38,115
Hello!
408
00:29:39,352 --> 00:29:40,751
What?
409
00:29:44,957 --> 00:29:47,016
Is Dr. Plecki around?
410
00:29:47,126 --> 00:29:49,594
Sure. Come in.
411
00:29:53,699 --> 00:29:54,927
What's going on?
412
00:29:55,034 --> 00:29:56,934
Let's go outside.
413
00:30:03,743 --> 00:30:06,644
- I got the test.
- The what?
414
00:30:06,746 --> 00:30:08,976
I got the test.
Check it out.
415
00:30:09,081 --> 00:30:11,413
Oh, my God!
Where did you get these?
416
00:30:11,517 --> 00:30:15,146
I didn't get 'em. Matt got 'em,
but he wasn't gonna share 'em.
417
00:30:16,923 --> 00:30:19,323
- Look at this. It's the real deal.
- I know.
418
00:30:21,627 --> 00:30:23,993
Are the rest of the children
coming over to study?
419
00:30:25,431 --> 00:30:26,455
Not today.
420
00:30:28,467 --> 00:30:30,059
What's the matter?
421
00:30:30,169 --> 00:30:32,797
We should get 'em over here right now.
This is the real deal.
422
00:30:32,905 --> 00:30:36,500
- I don't believe this.
- What's the matter with you? Come on.
423
00:31:08,908 --> 00:31:10,500
I'm a teacher.
424
00:31:10,610 --> 00:31:12,510
I'm a teacher.
I couldn't.
425
00:31:14,580 --> 00:31:17,481
I'm a teacher. I'm supposed
to spout the same platitudes...
426
00:31:17,583 --> 00:31:19,141
you've heard
a million times before.
427
00:31:19,252 --> 00:31:21,743
"Cheaters don't prosper."
"It's not whether you win or lose...
428
00:31:21,854 --> 00:31:24,049
it's how you play the game."
429
00:31:24,156 --> 00:31:27,057
This may not be approved curriculum,
but guess what.
430
00:31:27,159 --> 00:31:31,061
Winning does matter.
Cheaters do prosper.
431
00:31:33,466 --> 00:31:36,799
I'm sure your father came to this
country thinking like mine did...
432
00:31:36,902 --> 00:31:39,268
that a democracy
was a meritocracy.
433
00:31:40,072 --> 00:31:42,734
No one worked harder
than my dad.
434
00:31:46,045 --> 00:31:50,948
He never understood why after giving
24 years of his life to his job...
435
00:31:51,050 --> 00:31:55,919
he could get laid off simply so they
could not have to pay his medical bills.
436
00:32:04,330 --> 00:32:05,957
Look, I'm a teacher.
437
00:32:10,836 --> 00:32:12,098
Listen up.
438
00:32:12,204 --> 00:32:15,867
We all know the state competition
is tomorrow.
439
00:32:15,975 --> 00:32:18,535
An opportunity...
440
00:32:18,644 --> 00:32:21,238
has presented itself which...
441
00:32:21,347 --> 00:32:23,941
I would be remiss in not bringing
to your attention.
442
00:32:24,884 --> 00:32:25,976
Paul, wake up!
443
00:32:29,722 --> 00:32:33,214
Now, there are those who don't think
you're mature enough...
444
00:32:33,326 --> 00:32:36,454
to make a decision based on the choice
I'm about to offer up.
445
00:32:36,562 --> 00:32:39,224
- I don't think there's a more...
- What is it?
446
00:32:39,332 --> 00:32:41,493
- I got the tests.
- You got the what?
447
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,865
- I got the tests for the state finals.
- I'm the one who got the tests.
448
00:32:44,970 --> 00:32:47,962
- You were gonna keep 'em for yourself.
- Shut up, faggot!
449
00:32:48,074 --> 00:32:49,632
Shut up.
450
00:32:51,110 --> 00:32:52,737
Let me see.
451
00:32:52,845 --> 00:32:54,745
Sit down. Sit down!
452
00:32:59,852 --> 00:33:02,252
Just be cool.
453
00:33:02,355 --> 00:33:04,050
- No one sees these...
- What?
454
00:33:04,156 --> 00:33:06,420
Unless we are all comfortable
seeing them.
455
00:33:06,525 --> 00:33:10,427
- We do this together or not at all.
- I'm so comfortable with seeing them.
456
00:33:10,529 --> 00:33:13,430
Can you see the look on Young's face
when we win? They're gonna shit.
457
00:33:14,166 --> 00:33:17,033
- You're okay with this?
- I got the damn things, didn't I?
458
00:33:19,772 --> 00:33:22,332
I wouldn't mind taking a look
at them to...
459
00:33:22,441 --> 00:33:23,772
see how hard they are.
460
00:33:25,144 --> 00:33:28,671
If we can get the tests,
I'm sure Whitney Young has them too.
461
00:33:28,781 --> 00:33:31,716
Of course they do. Doesn't the decathlon
have their offices at Whitney Young?
462
00:33:31,817 --> 00:33:33,717
I mean, you do the math.
463
00:33:33,819 --> 00:33:35,844
So, two wrongs make a right?
464
00:33:36,956 --> 00:33:38,321
Two wrongs make it even.
465
00:33:38,424 --> 00:33:40,722
Guys, won't we get caught?
466
00:33:40,826 --> 00:33:44,387
Only if you talk,
and then we'd have you killed.
467
00:33:51,470 --> 00:33:52,869
Okay.
468
00:33:58,344 --> 00:34:00,403
Isn't cheating wrong?
469
00:34:00,513 --> 00:34:04,381
Get down off of your crucifix.
This is the ultimate affirmative action.
470
00:34:04,483 --> 00:34:07,145
- We can level the playing field.
- No one will be pressured into cheating.
471
00:34:07,253 --> 00:34:10,222
This isn't about cheating.
This is about winning.
472
00:34:10,322 --> 00:34:13,723
We all know winning isn't everything.
It's the only thing.
473
00:34:27,373 --> 00:34:29,466
What should we do,
Dr. Plecki?
474
00:34:35,881 --> 00:34:38,611
I'm a teacher, so I'm supposed
to spout the same platitudes...
475
00:34:38,717 --> 00:34:40,617
you've heard a million times before.
476
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,620
"Cheaters don't prosper."
"It's not whether you win or lose...
477
00:34:43,722 --> 00:34:45,849
it's how you play the game."
478
00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:49,792
Well, this may not be approved
curriculum, but guess what.
479
00:34:49,895 --> 00:34:53,763
Winning does matter.
Cheaters do prosper.
480
00:34:54,366 --> 00:34:57,267
I used to run a business
supporting Irish crystal...
481
00:34:57,369 --> 00:34:59,929
and let me tell you what happens when
you don't pay off the right people...
482
00:35:00,039 --> 00:35:02,940
or inflate sales claims
or be creative with your accounting...
483
00:35:03,042 --> 00:35:05,875
you don't stay in business
very long.
484
00:35:07,313 --> 00:35:10,282
Try telling the truth on your loan
application, you won't get one.
485
00:35:11,517 --> 00:35:13,849
This is a results-oriented city.
486
00:35:13,953 --> 00:35:16,786
That girl doesn't care about
how that guy got where he is.
487
00:35:16,889 --> 00:35:19,983
All she cares about
is where he is.
488
00:35:20,092 --> 00:35:24,256
Think Bill Gates fired those who stole
Apple's operating code to give to him?
489
00:35:24,363 --> 00:35:26,729
He probably promoted them.
490
00:35:26,832 --> 00:35:31,098
Do you think he would ever send his kids
to a Chicago public school?
491
00:35:33,606 --> 00:35:37,235
They call this place a public school.
Uses public money.
492
00:35:37,343 --> 00:35:39,436
But what it is is a private school...
493
00:35:39,545 --> 00:35:41,513
operating within
the public school system.
494
00:35:42,214 --> 00:35:45,411
These kids get the best education
your tax dollars can buy.
495
00:35:46,385 --> 00:35:50,151
You get to go to school here if your
parents know how to work the system.
496
00:35:50,256 --> 00:35:53,054
Maybe they don't even live
in the city limits...
497
00:35:53,158 --> 00:35:55,524
so they keep a mail drop
in Bucktown or...
498
00:35:55,628 --> 00:35:58,461
they lie about your address...
499
00:35:58,564 --> 00:36:00,691
your income...
500
00:36:00,799 --> 00:36:02,357
your ethnicity.
501
00:36:19,652 --> 00:36:20,949
So?
502
00:36:25,991 --> 00:36:27,618
Okay.
503
00:36:28,994 --> 00:36:32,430
- It's about fuckin' time.
- You okay?
504
00:36:32,531 --> 00:36:35,967
- Where are the answers?
- How about thanks for getting the test?
505
00:36:36,068 --> 00:36:39,526
We don't have a lot of time.
Jolie, you take language and lit.
506
00:36:39,638 --> 00:36:40,536
Got it.
507
00:36:40,639 --> 00:36:42,197
Matt, music.
508
00:36:42,308 --> 00:36:45,402
Darius, mathematics.
509
00:36:46,312 --> 00:36:47,745
- Right here.
- Science.
510
00:36:48,781 --> 00:36:51,750
Agnieska, take social science.
511
00:36:51,850 --> 00:36:54,410
Economics, Dominik.
Flickas, art.
512
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,317
Everybody focus.
513
00:37:11,837 --> 00:37:14,305
I know it's late, but I'm struggling
with this math question...
514
00:37:14,406 --> 00:37:17,500
and I thought since you are
the best math teacher at Steinmetz...
515
00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:20,511
May I speak to somebody
in the music department, please?
516
00:37:32,891 --> 00:37:34,791
What are you doing?
517
00:37:36,996 --> 00:37:38,896
No, it's not.
518
00:37:42,234 --> 00:37:44,225
Burning the midnight oil?
519
00:37:44,336 --> 00:37:47,169
We won't rest until
we're number one, sir.
520
00:37:47,272 --> 00:37:49,797
I like that.
That's the Steinmetz spirit.
521
00:37:49,908 --> 00:37:51,808
I'll try to stop by tomorrow.
522
00:37:51,910 --> 00:37:55,277
You definitely should. I think we're
gonna do better than anyone expects.
523
00:37:55,914 --> 00:37:58,974
Very good. All right,
keep up the good work.
524
00:37:59,084 --> 00:38:00,483
We will.
525
00:38:07,493 --> 00:38:09,256
I'm sorry.
I couldn't resist.
526
00:38:09,361 --> 00:38:12,091
Okay.
Let's get back to work.
527
00:38:13,399 --> 00:38:16,027
12 "C", 13 "B"...
528
00:38:16,135 --> 00:38:19,571
14 "C", 15 "E"...
529
00:38:19,672 --> 00:38:22,971
16 "D", 17 "E"...
530
00:38:23,075 --> 00:38:27,705
18 "D", 19 "E", 20 "A"...
531
00:38:27,813 --> 00:38:32,375
This is a waste of time. Just write
the answers on your hand, man.
532
00:38:32,484 --> 00:38:35,715
What are you doing?
Are you trying to get caught?
533
00:38:35,821 --> 00:38:38,255
If you're gonna cheat,
cheat smart.
534
00:38:38,357 --> 00:38:41,087
- Do you have that gum?
- Yeah.
535
00:38:41,193 --> 00:38:43,661
You can write the answers
on a stick of gum.
536
00:38:43,762 --> 00:38:46,663
I'm not gonna read answers
off a piece of gum.
537
00:38:46,765 --> 00:38:48,824
We wouldn't wanna cross that line,
would we?
538
00:38:48,934 --> 00:38:52,335
Guys, put 'em on the bottom
of your shoes.
539
00:38:52,438 --> 00:38:54,906
Wait, listen.
Everybody give me your calculators.
540
00:38:55,007 --> 00:38:59,205
I'll program the answers in,
then you can just bring 'em up.
541
00:39:02,047 --> 00:39:04,914
Guys, who's got a beeper?
542
00:39:05,017 --> 00:39:07,781
I mean, we could program them
with the answers.
543
00:39:09,221 --> 00:39:11,815
All right, Agnieska!
Welcome to the team.
544
00:39:13,592 --> 00:39:14,786
Thanks.
545
00:39:14,893 --> 00:39:17,225
I'm telling you,
shoes are the key.
546
00:39:19,164 --> 00:39:22,759
We could wear skirts and we could
write the answers on our thighs.
547
00:39:22,868 --> 00:39:26,463
Yeah, I'm gonna wear a skirt.
I'm not gonna wear a skirt.
548
00:39:26,572 --> 00:39:28,836
I mean, you can wear shorts.
549
00:39:42,387 --> 00:39:45,720
Math answers are 1 "B"...
550
00:39:47,459 --> 00:39:49,859
- I need to speak with you.
- Sure.
551
00:39:49,962 --> 00:39:51,520
In private.
552
00:39:58,003 --> 00:40:01,905
Have you talked to Dominik, 'cause he's
acting like he will still be competing?
553
00:40:02,007 --> 00:40:05,238
We agreed Dominik would compete at State
and you would compete at Nationals.
554
00:40:05,344 --> 00:40:08,313
- Agreed? I got you the exams.
- I know you did.
555
00:40:08,413 --> 00:40:11,348
- I've already sent the names to State.
- That's just crap!
556
00:40:11,450 --> 00:40:14,351
- I can't change that.
- I put my ass on the line.
557
00:40:14,453 --> 00:40:16,683
But you'll reap the rewards
at Nationals.
558
00:40:16,789 --> 00:40:19,155
That's crap.
I can't believe it.
559
00:40:19,258 --> 00:40:22,284
I fuckin' worked my ass off,
I got the fuckin' exams.
560
00:40:22,394 --> 00:40:24,726
Do you wanna participate
in State finals?
561
00:40:24,830 --> 00:40:27,094
- Yes!
- Okay, good.
562
00:40:27,199 --> 00:40:29,394
I think I know of a way you can.
563
00:40:30,536 --> 00:40:34,267
So then you just press
the "shift" button.
564
00:40:34,373 --> 00:40:36,637
And then the "memory" button...
565
00:40:36,742 --> 00:40:40,439
and all the answers should come up
and then you just scroll through it.
566
00:40:40,546 --> 00:40:42,946
What if a proctor comes by?
What do you press?
567
00:40:43,048 --> 00:40:45,448
- "AC" button clears the whole screen.
- Does it come back?
568
00:40:45,551 --> 00:40:46,518
Yeah.
569
00:40:46,618 --> 00:40:49,644
Remember, nobody's ever gotten
a perfect score on the math section...
570
00:40:49,755 --> 00:40:51,780
so don't set a precedent.
571
00:40:51,890 --> 00:40:55,348
Jolie, you get two wrong, Darius, three,
the rest of you at least four or five.
572
00:40:55,460 --> 00:40:57,485
- What?
- Four or five.
573
00:40:57,596 --> 00:41:03,466
I think I should score the highest.
That would arouse the least suspicion.
574
00:41:03,569 --> 00:41:07,130
- I did the best on the essays.
- No, listen.
575
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,470
This has already been decided.
No arguing.
576
00:41:15,414 --> 00:41:19,510
Now, don't be surprised if you see Irwin
in the Speech and Interview room.
577
00:41:19,618 --> 00:41:23,384
Each school has to supply
two alumni volunteer judges.
578
00:41:23,488 --> 00:41:25,581
Irwin's gonna get here on his own...
579
00:41:25,691 --> 00:41:28,626
and he's gonna disguise himself
using a friend's ID.
580
00:41:29,728 --> 00:41:32,458
Here's your badge, Mr. Tully.
581
00:41:32,564 --> 00:41:35,465
It's nice to have a college volunteer
helping us out.
582
00:41:35,567 --> 00:41:37,592
- Got it?
- Thank you.
583
00:41:37,703 --> 00:41:39,762
Come here a second.
584
00:41:39,872 --> 00:41:42,500
All right, just remember.
585
00:41:42,608 --> 00:41:44,371
Get some answers wrong.
586
00:41:44,476 --> 00:41:47,639
The only way we get caught
is if we do too well.
587
00:41:47,746 --> 00:41:49,304
All right.
588
00:41:56,054 --> 00:41:57,885
Good morning, decathletes.
589
00:41:57,990 --> 00:41:59,753
Good morning!
590
00:41:59,858 --> 00:42:02,053
Good morning, decathletes,
and welcome...
591
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:05,596
to the State Finals of Illinois
Academic Decathlon.
592
00:42:11,136 --> 00:42:15,800
What a wonderful thing to see
so many bright young kids here today.
593
00:42:16,508 --> 00:42:17,839
You know...
594
00:42:17,943 --> 00:42:21,106
I was trying to explain
to my 15 year old...
595
00:42:21,213 --> 00:42:24,580
what the academic decathlon
was all about.
596
00:42:24,683 --> 00:42:27,584
And he said...
597
00:42:27,686 --> 00:42:30,382
"You mean those dorks
take tests for fun?"
598
00:42:35,727 --> 00:42:37,592
I thought that was kind of...
599
00:42:37,696 --> 00:42:40,756
But I know that you know
that hard work...
600
00:42:40,866 --> 00:42:43,334
and determ... and dedication...
601
00:42:43,435 --> 00:42:46,302
are the keys to achieving
your dreams.
602
00:42:48,173 --> 00:42:50,004
And you are...
603
00:42:50,108 --> 00:42:54,169
And you are our hopes
and our future.
604
00:42:57,883 --> 00:43:01,114
Good luck, decathletes. Let's show
the world all about youth power.
605
00:43:01,219 --> 00:43:02,481
Okay?
606
00:43:03,588 --> 00:43:05,783
Go Whitney! Go Whitney!
607
00:43:30,682 --> 00:43:33,048
Hey, Jerry,
you want in on this?
608
00:43:33,151 --> 00:43:35,346
Remember?
609
00:43:35,454 --> 00:43:37,388
Come on. A buck? Two bucks?
610
00:43:37,489 --> 00:43:40,185
Something.
You gotta be in it to win it.
611
00:43:40,292 --> 00:43:42,522
How about a hundred?
612
00:43:42,627 --> 00:43:45,289
- All of it?
- Yeah. I'm feeling lucky.
613
00:43:45,283 --> 00:43:47,046
Everything going as planned?
614
00:43:47,151 --> 00:43:49,881
I had to kill a proctor
who was onto me, but other than that...
615
00:43:51,222 --> 00:43:53,782
Let's go over the signals.
Point up, it's "A".
616
00:43:53,891 --> 00:43:54,880
- To the left ear...
- "B."
617
00:43:54,993 --> 00:43:55,982
- Right ear?
- "C."
618
00:43:56,094 --> 00:43:59,325
To the neck is "D."
Eraser's "E." Got it?
619
00:44:03,468 --> 00:44:07,097
And now, your starting line up
for your Super Quiz.
620
00:44:07,205 --> 00:44:10,299
Introducing from Whitney Young...
621
00:44:10,408 --> 00:44:13,900
The number of base pairs
of human DNA is...
622
00:44:14,012 --> 00:44:16,071
A: Nearly two billion...
623
00:44:16,180 --> 00:44:17,909
B: Nearly three billion...
624
00:44:18,016 --> 00:44:20,280
C: Nearly four billion...
625
00:44:20,385 --> 00:44:23,013
D: Nearly five billion...
626
00:44:23,121 --> 00:44:25,351
or E: Nearly six billion?
627
00:44:25,456 --> 00:44:27,549
The correct answer: "B."
628
00:44:30,728 --> 00:44:33,697
DNA fermentation first occur
at which level?
629
00:44:33,798 --> 00:44:35,288
A: P1...
630
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,368
B: P2...
631
00:44:37,468 --> 00:44:38,526
C: P3.
632
00:44:38,636 --> 00:44:40,968
The number of base pairs
of human DNA is...
633
00:44:43,107 --> 00:44:45,302
Lambda exonuclease comes from...
634
00:44:45,410 --> 00:44:47,844
Map the 100,000 human genes.
635
00:44:54,819 --> 00:44:59,620
Well, it's been a great day. I see
a lot of anxious faces in the crowd.
636
00:44:59,724 --> 00:45:03,455
I'm just thinking I'll go home
and maybe announce it tomorrow.
637
00:45:05,163 --> 00:45:07,461
Are you ready to find out
what happened here today?
638
00:45:07,565 --> 00:45:10,557
You give me a team cheer if you think
you're gonna take home the medal.
639
00:45:13,338 --> 00:45:14,566
Here we go now.
640
00:45:14,672 --> 00:45:16,640
In Language and Literature...
641
00:45:16,741 --> 00:45:21,007
the bronze medal goes to
Steinmetz's...
642
00:45:21,112 --> 00:45:24,912
Agnieska Maryniarczyk.
643
00:45:26,584 --> 00:45:30,076
The silver medal from Steinmetz,
Darius Bettus.
644
00:45:30,188 --> 00:45:32,782
And the gold goes to
Steinmetz's Jolie Fitch.
645
00:45:32,890 --> 00:45:35,688
The bronze medal goes to Steinmetz...
646
00:45:45,136 --> 00:45:47,195
And the winning team.
647
00:45:47,305 --> 00:45:51,105
The winner of the Illinois
Academic Decathlon for 1995...
648
00:45:51,209 --> 00:45:56,112
scoring 49,166 points...
649
00:45:56,214 --> 00:45:57,772
Steinmetz High School.
650
00:46:10,976 --> 00:46:14,070
All right.
Steinmetz in the house tonight.
651
00:46:14,179 --> 00:46:15,840
Let's hear it.
Come on now.
652
00:46:18,083 --> 00:46:20,677
Reach to the top, yo
Reach to the sky, The time is high
653
00:46:20,786 --> 00:46:24,187
We're used to be number five
But now we're number one from the slum
654
00:46:24,290 --> 00:46:26,190
You know we have more fun
than Whitney Young
655
00:46:26,292 --> 00:46:30,353
Praise to teach and now we on our way
My main man Plecki and the capital "J"
656
00:46:30,462 --> 00:46:34,421
Agnieska on my left, Matt on my right
Darius and Dominik be rockin' tonight
657
00:46:36,535 --> 00:46:40,938
You can't go in there. If one of the
other kids that you judged saw you...
658
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:44,407
with one of your teammates or if you
got your picture taken by somebody...
659
00:46:44,510 --> 00:46:47,070
It's not fair.
I'm the one that brought you the tests.
660
00:46:47,179 --> 00:46:50,273
Just lay low for a while.
Let the hubbub die down.
661
00:46:50,382 --> 00:46:53,476
In a week or so, nobody will remember
you. They won't know your face.
662
00:46:53,585 --> 00:46:55,485
That is bullshit.
663
00:46:56,722 --> 00:46:59,816
- You guys had a hell of a night.
- I know. It's unbelievable.
664
00:46:59,925 --> 00:47:01,449
Yeah, unbelievable.
665
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,118
Tell me about it.
666
00:47:05,230 --> 00:47:07,130
I've only got $180, but...
667
00:47:07,232 --> 00:47:10,292
Oh, keep it. Keep it.
668
00:47:10,402 --> 00:47:12,802
You didn't know
what you were up against.
669
00:47:14,139 --> 00:47:17,597
Of course they cheated.
The only question is how.
670
00:47:17,710 --> 00:47:19,405
I understand that.
671
00:47:19,511 --> 00:47:21,604
It's statistically impossible
for any team...
672
00:47:21,714 --> 00:47:24,478
to increase their score by 10,000 points
in three weeks.
673
00:47:24,583 --> 00:47:27,450
Just take it easy. No.
Listen to me.
674
00:47:27,553 --> 00:47:32,422
You don't jump from a tricycle
to tooling around in a Mercedes.
675
00:47:32,524 --> 00:47:34,492
It's not like the Mavericks
beating the Bulls.
676
00:47:34,593 --> 00:47:36,493
Those kids aren't in the same league.
677
00:47:36,595 --> 00:47:38,825
It's like a bunch of five year olds
beating the Bulls.
678
00:47:38,931 --> 00:47:42,799
Because I don't have proof.
Could you please get me all the scores?
679
00:47:42,901 --> 00:47:44,960
And crunch the numbers.
680
00:47:45,070 --> 00:47:46,765
Yes, that's all...
681
00:47:46,872 --> 00:47:48,772
Yes, good. Thanks.
682
00:48:01,353 --> 00:48:03,253
That was so cool.
683
00:48:05,591 --> 00:48:07,786
How many of you saw the look
on Haden's face when we won?
684
00:48:07,893 --> 00:48:10,657
That alone was worth the price
of admission. It was so cool.
685
00:48:10,763 --> 00:48:13,425
They were such poor losers,
sulking in the corner.
686
00:48:13,532 --> 00:48:16,558
They wouldn't even shake my hand.
They just walked right out.
687
00:48:16,668 --> 00:48:18,795
- Because he thought we cheated.
- We did cheat.
688
00:48:18,904 --> 00:48:21,634
He doesn't know that. He thinks we're
too stupid to win without cheating.
689
00:48:21,740 --> 00:48:23,731
- It's so insulting.
- Guys, listen up.
690
00:48:23,842 --> 00:48:26,675
It was amazing what you did.
Really, I look at all the medals.
691
00:48:26,779 --> 00:48:29,976
We got medals in Speech and Essay
and Interview competition.
692
00:48:30,082 --> 00:48:34,382
Those are areas we didn't have
any advanced preparation.
693
00:48:34,486 --> 00:48:36,977
Agnieska, your speech was beautiful.
694
00:48:37,089 --> 00:48:39,216
It really was.
And a bronze medal.
695
00:48:39,324 --> 00:48:42,725
Dominik gets a gold
for the essay.
696
00:48:42,828 --> 00:48:47,060
Jolie loses all the answers, and look at
all those medals. I don't believe it.
697
00:48:47,166 --> 00:48:50,158
You were all beautiful.
Just a beautiful job today.
698
00:48:50,269 --> 00:48:52,066
I'm very proud of you.
699
00:48:52,171 --> 00:48:55,163
But now comes
the really hard part.
700
00:48:57,342 --> 00:48:58,775
Keeping quiet.
701
00:49:00,946 --> 00:49:03,813
This will be the real test
of your skills.
702
00:49:03,916 --> 00:49:05,474
Right here.
703
00:49:06,585 --> 00:49:09,782
You cannot say anything.
704
00:49:13,759 --> 00:49:15,659
Not to your parents...
705
00:49:17,729 --> 00:49:20,323
your friends,
if you still have any.
706
00:49:22,034 --> 00:49:24,002
Not to your teachers.
707
00:49:24,102 --> 00:49:27,037
Not even to your priest.
708
00:49:28,140 --> 00:49:29,835
You can't.
709
00:49:34,246 --> 00:49:36,771
Benjamin Franklin said...
710
00:49:36,882 --> 00:49:40,147
"The only way three people
can keep a secret...
711
00:49:40,252 --> 00:49:42,482
is if two of them are dead."
712
00:49:47,493 --> 00:49:49,791
Let's see if we can
prove him wrong.
713
00:50:13,685 --> 00:50:15,676
Gonna fly now
714
00:50:17,756 --> 00:50:20,156
Looking strong now
715
00:50:23,095 --> 00:50:24,926
Flying high now
716
00:50:25,030 --> 00:50:27,555
Gonna fly now
717
00:50:30,369 --> 00:50:32,200
Gonna fly
718
00:50:35,340 --> 00:50:37,604
They said it couldn't be done.
719
00:50:37,709 --> 00:50:41,167
They said that a general enrollment
school could never beat Whitney Young.
720
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:42,338
They were wrong!
721
00:50:44,082 --> 00:50:46,744
Faculty members,
these kids are your creations.
722
00:50:46,852 --> 00:50:49,787
Stand up, faculty members, please.
723
00:50:49,888 --> 00:50:52,186
Let's have a round of applause
for your teachers.
724
00:50:56,295 --> 00:50:58,126
The boos are unnecessary.
725
00:50:58,230 --> 00:51:00,994
But now, most of all...
726
00:51:01,099 --> 00:51:02,964
we salute Dr. Jerry Plecki.
727
00:51:06,939 --> 00:51:11,069
Jerry, you inspired these kids.
You taught them how to win.
728
00:51:11,176 --> 00:51:13,906
I don't know how you did it...
729
00:51:14,012 --> 00:51:15,707
but I want you to keep doing it.
730
00:51:19,318 --> 00:51:22,116
I notice that we have some media here
and I would assume...
731
00:51:22,220 --> 00:51:25,519
we could have some positive images
for our school for a change.
732
00:51:25,624 --> 00:51:27,421
Thank you.
733
00:51:27,526 --> 00:51:32,293
It's true that our school does not have
the most up-to-date facilities.
734
00:51:32,397 --> 00:51:35,457
And we don't have as much money
as some other schools.
735
00:51:35,567 --> 00:51:38,502
But we have something that I believe
is much more important.
736
00:51:38,604 --> 00:51:41,300
- Good weed!
- We have heart.
737
00:51:44,376 --> 00:51:46,936
Years from now they'll still be talking
about the stunning upset...
738
00:51:47,045 --> 00:51:49,240
at the Illinois Academic Decathlon.
739
00:51:49,348 --> 00:51:53,114
The architect of this
amazing triumph is Dr. Jerry Plecki.
740
00:51:53,218 --> 00:51:55,743
We all think Dr. Plecki's
the best.
741
00:51:55,854 --> 00:51:59,381
He taught us if they won't let you in
the front, sneak right in the back.
742
00:51:59,491 --> 00:52:01,789
If it weren't for him,
we wouldn't even be on this team.
743
00:52:01,893 --> 00:52:05,294
There would be no team.
There would be nothing.
744
00:52:05,397 --> 00:52:08,798
- So a lot of studying they had to do?
- Months! Months and months.
745
00:52:08,900 --> 00:52:13,166
I mean, holidays, weekends,
the whole deal.
746
00:52:13,271 --> 00:52:14,704
Birthdays, everything.
747
00:52:14,806 --> 00:52:18,139
And you got a place in
your trophy case for all of these?
748
00:52:18,243 --> 00:52:22,304
I'm sleeping with it, actually.
It's gonna replace my teddy bear.
749
00:52:22,414 --> 00:52:25,781
- The Nationals are coming up.
- The Nationals. We're excited about it.
750
00:52:25,884 --> 00:52:28,944
- We're gonna win. You better watch out.
- We're gonna kick some ass.
751
00:52:29,054 --> 00:52:30,954
Did I say that? Sorry.
752
00:52:31,056 --> 00:52:32,580
That's okay.
753
00:52:32,691 --> 00:52:34,818
- Thanks, and good luck.
- Thank you.
754
00:52:34,926 --> 00:52:36,257
Hi, Mom.
755
00:52:36,361 --> 00:52:38,625
Those kids were in here night and day.
756
00:52:38,730 --> 00:52:41,028
They didn't think they were winners
and they are.
757
00:52:41,133 --> 00:52:43,658
All kids need to be
part of a team, right?
758
00:52:43,769 --> 00:52:47,364
And he did that for them.
He made them part of a winning team.
759
00:52:47,472 --> 00:52:51,135
He worked hard, like his father
taught him to work hard.
760
00:52:51,243 --> 00:52:54,906
I wish that his father was alive now
so he could share this joy.
761
00:52:55,013 --> 00:52:58,210
The kids were great. They really
worked hard and, I mean, tireless.
762
00:52:58,316 --> 00:53:00,784
Months and months of...
And it paid off.
763
00:53:00,886 --> 00:53:03,980
Listen, he's so humble,
but he deserves the credit.
764
00:53:04,089 --> 00:53:07,547
It seems all of Chicago is relishing
in this Cinderella story.
765
00:53:07,659 --> 00:53:11,026
But now it's back to the hard work of
studying for the National competition...
766
00:53:11,129 --> 00:53:16,032
which will be held here in Chicago
at Palmer House on April 14.
767
00:53:16,134 --> 00:53:17,567
We wish them well.
768
00:53:17,669 --> 00:53:20,433
Were there any surprises
on the exams?
769
00:53:20,539 --> 00:53:22,507
Not really.
We tried to study everything...
770
00:53:22,607 --> 00:53:25,132
so there would be no surprises.
771
00:53:25,243 --> 00:53:28,076
- So what are we gonna do now?
- Do?
772
00:53:28,180 --> 00:53:30,910
- At the Nationals?
- We're gonna do well.
773
00:53:31,016 --> 00:53:32,745
- We are?
- Yeah.
774
00:53:32,851 --> 00:53:36,287
So what are we gonna say
when we drop 9,000 points...
775
00:53:36,388 --> 00:53:39,516
and the team from North Dakota
edges us out of 43rd place?
776
00:53:39,624 --> 00:53:41,751
That's not gonna happen.
777
00:53:41,860 --> 00:53:45,296
You know what I think? I think
you could've won State without any help.
778
00:53:45,397 --> 00:53:46,830
Please.
779
00:53:46,932 --> 00:53:48,695
No, I do. I really do.
780
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:52,930
All having the test did
was give you a psychological boost.
781
00:53:53,038 --> 00:53:56,337
It's all up here. It's all about having
the confidence, the cockiness...
782
00:53:56,441 --> 00:54:00,104
to think you can do it, to know that
you can beat anybody in that room.
783
00:54:02,414 --> 00:54:04,382
You know what I think?
784
00:54:04,483 --> 00:54:06,815
I think that if I can get
the State tests from DeVry...
785
00:54:06,918 --> 00:54:09,148
I should be able to get the tests
for the Nationals from the same place.
786
00:54:09,254 --> 00:54:11,916
I guarantee they haven't
even tightened security...
787
00:54:12,023 --> 00:54:14,787
because they don't even know
it was breached.
788
00:54:14,893 --> 00:54:16,383
Good, good, good.
789
00:54:16,495 --> 00:54:18,554
Okay if we get some pictures
with everyone?
790
00:54:18,663 --> 00:54:20,392
Absolutely. Come on, guys.
791
00:54:23,535 --> 00:54:27,232
- Get in there tight.
- Always strategizing, huh?
792
00:54:27,339 --> 00:54:28,931
Always.
793
00:54:54,733 --> 00:54:56,928
The following story is true.
794
00:54:57,035 --> 00:54:59,469
The names have been changed
to protect the innocent.
795
00:54:59,571 --> 00:55:01,903
Well, heck, they've been changed
to protect me.
796
00:55:02,007 --> 00:55:04,999
I stress the need for total privacy.
Somehow, I...
797
00:55:05,110 --> 00:55:07,305
I rushed into Dr. Plicky's house,
thinking if he knew...
798
00:55:07,412 --> 00:55:10,404
how easily the test could be gotten,
he'd call the proper authorities...
799
00:55:10,515 --> 00:55:12,676
and launch a full-on investigation.
800
00:55:12,784 --> 00:55:17,448
But when he saw the tests, he got that
sneaky smile he's so used to modeling.
801
00:55:17,556 --> 00:55:19,456
He'd lost control of his senses.
802
00:55:19,558 --> 00:55:21,856
Soon the group began to congratulate me
for such a wondrous deed.
803
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:24,793
My brain spun as they discussed
cheating techniques.
804
00:55:24,896 --> 00:55:26,921
I could almost taste
the madness to come.
805
00:55:27,032 --> 00:55:29,091
Dr. Plicky decided I could
help the team even more...
806
00:55:29,201 --> 00:55:31,260
by posing as a speech judge.
807
00:55:31,369 --> 00:55:33,701
This information came as
a bit of a surprise.
808
00:55:33,805 --> 00:55:37,172
If I'm not competing,
I won't get any recognition whatsoever.
809
00:55:37,275 --> 00:55:41,109
If the decathlon team as a whole
would benefit, Steinmetz would benefit.
810
00:55:41,313 --> 00:55:43,213
I had to do it.
811
00:55:43,315 --> 00:55:45,806
I shook hands with Dr. Plicky
after the contest.
812
00:55:45,917 --> 00:55:47,817
I hope he noticed that would be
the last time...
813
00:55:47,919 --> 00:55:50,183
he would see me holding
any respect for him.
814
00:55:50,288 --> 00:55:54,725
He turned a simple contest among friends
into a competition of deceit.
815
00:55:54,826 --> 00:55:58,057
I now know what it's like
to sell my soul to the devil.
816
00:55:58,163 --> 00:56:01,462
I can't begin to imagine
how my teammates must feel.
817
00:56:01,566 --> 00:56:04,160
Guilt must clot their veins.
818
00:56:09,441 --> 00:56:10,669
What is this?
819
00:56:12,444 --> 00:56:13,934
It's a story.
820
00:56:14,045 --> 00:56:15,945
I know that, Irwin.
821
00:56:16,982 --> 00:56:18,882
But is there any truth to it?
822
00:56:18,984 --> 00:56:22,613
Well, I think
that every good writer...
823
00:56:22,721 --> 00:56:24,916
draws on inspiration
from his own life.
824
00:56:25,023 --> 00:56:28,891
It's really a very simple question.
825
00:56:28,994 --> 00:56:31,258
Either you had the tests
or you didn't.
826
00:56:32,464 --> 00:56:33,692
Okay, well...
827
00:56:34,900 --> 00:56:37,391
Here's what happened, see?
828
00:56:37,502 --> 00:56:40,733
I just thought, you know,
what a funny story it would make...
829
00:56:40,839 --> 00:56:43,933
you know if the decathlon team,
you know, the "Cinderella Team"...
830
00:56:44,042 --> 00:56:46,169
that's getting all the attention,
you know...
831
00:56:46,278 --> 00:56:48,769
if they only won 'cause they cheated.
832
00:56:50,115 --> 00:56:52,015
How funny would that be?
833
00:56:59,925 --> 00:57:03,827
Irwin has always been one of
our more imaginative writers.
834
00:57:03,929 --> 00:57:06,898
- Thank you.
- He wants to be a screenwriter.
835
00:57:06,998 --> 00:57:08,966
Well, I am a screenwriter, really.
836
00:57:09,067 --> 00:57:12,161
I have written several...
837
00:57:12,270 --> 00:57:16,400
drama and action kind of pieces.
838
00:57:20,145 --> 00:57:22,511
Well, Irwin...
839
00:57:22,614 --> 00:57:25,947
I think you've written
a very dramatic story.
840
00:57:26,051 --> 00:57:29,077
- Thank you.
- But I'm not sure you understand...
841
00:57:29,187 --> 00:57:32,054
how damaging this can be
in the wrong hands.
842
00:57:32,157 --> 00:57:35,024
You may have written this
as a flight of fancy...
843
00:57:35,126 --> 00:57:38,254
but there are a lot of people out there
who would like nothing better...
844
00:57:38,363 --> 00:57:40,957
than to destroy
the pride and prestige...
845
00:57:41,066 --> 00:57:43,364
and self-esteem
that this win has brought the school.
846
00:57:44,970 --> 00:57:47,768
And this may create real problems
for you...
847
00:57:47,872 --> 00:57:50,705
your teammates
and the entire school.
848
00:57:50,809 --> 00:57:52,970
So I have to ask you...
849
00:57:53,078 --> 00:57:55,911
right here and right now...
850
00:57:56,014 --> 00:57:57,948
in plain, simple English...
851
00:57:58,783 --> 00:58:01,479
is this story true or isn't it?
852
00:58:01,586 --> 00:58:04,214
Yes or no?
853
00:58:14,099 --> 00:58:17,227
- You're sure?
- Yeah.
854
00:58:17,335 --> 00:58:20,065
It's a tall tale.
855
00:58:20,171 --> 00:58:24,403
A fantasy. A kind of
sciency fiction thing.
856
00:58:33,151 --> 00:58:35,745
All right. You'll have to write
a recantation.
857
00:58:37,155 --> 00:58:39,055
A what?
858
00:58:39,157 --> 00:58:41,455
You had idle time.
859
00:58:41,559 --> 00:58:45,017
You orchestrated
a fictitious story.
860
00:58:45,130 --> 00:58:47,189
I can't tell you
exactly what to write.
861
00:58:47,298 --> 00:58:50,392
Just explain why you wrote
what you wrote...
862
00:58:50,502 --> 00:58:52,936
should this thing
ever become an issue.
863
00:58:56,741 --> 00:58:58,766
How do you spell "orchestrated"?
864
00:59:00,178 --> 00:59:02,078
- Calm down! Calm down!
- I can't believe you did this!
865
00:59:02,180 --> 00:59:04,375
- I changed the names.
- Oh, yeah, "Dr. Plicky"!
866
00:59:04,482 --> 00:59:07,076
- How fucking original.
- I'm gonna tear you apart!
867
00:59:07,185 --> 00:59:09,085
- Guys! Guys!
- He's probably wearing a wire!
868
00:59:09,187 --> 00:59:11,121
I'm not wearing a...
Let's talk about this.
869
00:59:14,426 --> 00:59:16,917
- Stupid motherfucker!
- Leave him alone!
870
00:59:17,028 --> 00:59:18,928
- Sit down!
- Fuck off!
871
00:59:19,030 --> 00:59:20,930
- Piece of shit.
- Get back there.
872
00:59:21,032 --> 00:59:22,932
Sit down.
873
00:59:24,035 --> 00:59:26,026
Shut up. Do you understand
why they're upset?
874
00:59:26,137 --> 00:59:28,799
Confessions are for priests...
875
00:59:28,907 --> 00:59:30,772
not English teachers.
876
00:59:30,875 --> 00:59:34,174
You write that kind of story,
make those sorts of explosive charges...
877
00:59:34,279 --> 00:59:36,179
who's the one you're hurting, huh?
878
00:59:36,281 --> 00:59:38,476
You're the one who's not gonna
go to Nationals.
879
00:59:38,583 --> 00:59:42,576
You're the one admitting stealing tests,
impersonating a judge.
880
00:59:42,687 --> 00:59:44,621
- I've never...
- Look, look.
881
00:59:46,891 --> 00:59:48,882
I understand why you wrote it.
882
00:59:48,993 --> 00:59:50,893
You're upset about not getting
the credit you deserved.
883
00:59:50,995 --> 00:59:53,555
- Yeah!
- All right. I feel badly about that...
884
00:59:53,665 --> 00:59:57,658
but it was too risky for you
to get any kind of media exposure.
885
00:59:57,769 --> 01:00:00,169
If just one kid from another school
recognized you...
886
01:00:00,271 --> 01:00:03,399
as a judge at the competition,
we'd all be in big trouble.
887
01:00:03,508 --> 01:00:06,500
- Especially you.
- I'm so fucking sick of this guy.
888
01:00:06,611 --> 01:00:08,772
Jerry.
889
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:12,748
- Hey, Connie, what's up?
- Can I see you a minute?
890
01:00:12,851 --> 01:00:14,409
Sure.
891
01:00:20,091 --> 01:00:22,491
- Get over here!
- Can we just talk about this?
892
01:00:22,594 --> 01:00:25,461
- I'll talk about my fist in your eye!
- I changed the names!
893
01:00:25,563 --> 01:00:27,155
Get him, get him, get him!
894
01:00:28,399 --> 01:00:30,299
Absolutely. I think so.
895
01:00:30,401 --> 01:00:32,528
Hello, Dr. Plecki.
I'm Joan Isenberg...
896
01:00:32,637 --> 01:00:35,197
from the Illinois Academic
Decathlon Association.
897
01:00:35,306 --> 01:00:37,206
- Hello.
- And this is Bruce McCaully...
898
01:00:37,308 --> 01:00:39,708
from Hartcourt Brace.
899
01:00:39,811 --> 01:00:42,109
I want to congratulate you
on your win, Dr. Plecki.
900
01:00:42,213 --> 01:00:44,113
- Thank you.
- And I want to inform you...
901
01:00:44,215 --> 01:00:46,683
that your team will have to
take the test again.
902
01:00:46,784 --> 01:00:51,949
We've performed random number
probability experiments...
903
01:00:52,056 --> 01:00:57,858
using a mixed model methodology
and utilizing a two-way analysis...
904
01:00:57,962 --> 01:01:00,260
of your team's performance
at State versus Regional.
905
01:01:00,365 --> 01:01:04,199
Now, the high and low scores indicates
statistical variances...
906
01:01:04,302 --> 01:01:06,327
beyond normal parameters.
907
01:01:06,437 --> 01:01:08,337
Would you like to put that
in English for us?
908
01:01:08,439 --> 01:01:13,069
Whitney Young's scores went down from
the regional to the state competition.
909
01:01:13,178 --> 01:01:16,375
Your scores went up, way up.
910
01:01:16,481 --> 01:01:19,541
You had the highest scores
in decathlon history.
911
01:01:19,651 --> 01:01:22,916
Yeah, well, that probably has
something to do with us winning.
912
01:01:23,021 --> 01:01:25,922
If I could just take you through...
913
01:01:26,024 --> 01:01:28,891
some of the original scores.
914
01:01:28,993 --> 01:01:31,860
In mathematics, for example.
915
01:01:31,963 --> 01:01:36,696
Kurgan, Paul:
Regionals 300, State 900.
916
01:01:36,801 --> 01:01:42,467
Kur, Matt:
Regionals 175, State 875.
917
01:01:42,574 --> 01:01:47,341
Fitch, Jolie:
Regionals 575, State 975.
918
01:01:47,445 --> 01:01:49,606
- Who hired you?
- Dr. McCaully was retained...
919
01:01:49,714 --> 01:01:52,308
by the decathlon committee
after anomalies were detected.
920
01:01:52,417 --> 01:01:55,944
Come on. Let's talk about
who's really behind this, okay?
921
01:01:56,054 --> 01:01:58,545
I can just imagine the phone calls
you got from Whitney Young...
922
01:01:58,656 --> 01:02:01,216
demanding to know why
you let us crash their little party.
923
01:02:01,326 --> 01:02:03,988
- We're just doing our job, Dr. Plecki.
- Then good.
924
01:02:04,095 --> 01:02:07,064
Why don't you investigate Young's scores
for the past nine years?
925
01:02:07,165 --> 01:02:09,463
You won't because
you're in bed with them.
926
01:02:09,567 --> 01:02:13,128
- Are you questioning my integrity?
- I don't need to.
927
01:02:13,238 --> 01:02:15,365
I call your office,
the phone rings at Whitney Young.
928
01:02:15,473 --> 01:02:18,033
We have not had our office there
for two years.
929
01:02:18,142 --> 01:02:20,872
- Please! The whole system is corrupt.
- That is not true!
930
01:02:20,979 --> 01:02:23,675
Are you, like, serious?
931
01:02:23,781 --> 01:02:26,978
Just one second.
Let's be calm here a second.
932
01:02:27,085 --> 01:02:30,612
Dr. Plecki, if you have anything
to say to us, just say it now.
933
01:02:33,024 --> 01:02:35,254
We cheated.
934
01:02:35,360 --> 01:02:38,420
We cheated a system that tries
to make it impossible...
935
01:02:38,529 --> 01:02:42,056
for a general-enrollment school, or
anyone who is not Whitney Young, to win.
936
01:02:42,166 --> 01:02:44,066
And that must piss some people off.
937
01:02:44,168 --> 01:02:47,001
You have completely misunderstood
the situation, Dr. Plecki.
938
01:02:47,105 --> 01:02:49,733
- I have not misunderstood anything.
- Oh, for heaven's sake!
939
01:02:49,841 --> 01:02:52,309
- I know exactly what...
- Let's be calm for one second.
940
01:02:54,679 --> 01:02:58,672
What, in your view, do we have to do
to remedy this situation?
941
01:02:58,783 --> 01:03:02,446
Your team has to take
a validation test this Thursday.
942
01:03:02,553 --> 01:03:05,818
And if there's no significant decrease
in the scores...
943
01:03:05,923 --> 01:03:09,154
they'll be eligible to compete
in the Nationals.
944
01:03:09,260 --> 01:03:11,023
It's so unfair.
945
01:03:11,129 --> 01:03:14,428
Would they ask Whitney Young
to retake the test? Of course not.
946
01:03:14,532 --> 01:03:17,057
You go to a good school,
and they expect you to do well.
947
01:03:17,168 --> 01:03:20,262
It's so much easier to cheat.
948
01:03:20,371 --> 01:03:22,532
What about just taking the test again?
949
01:03:22,640 --> 01:03:24,540
- No, no, no, no.
- What?
950
01:03:24,642 --> 01:03:26,633
You know, we should just sue them.
951
01:03:26,744 --> 01:03:29,144
- For defamation of character.
- Yeah.
952
01:03:29,247 --> 01:03:32,182
- And violation of due process.
- Yeah.
953
01:03:32,283 --> 01:03:34,183
- Pain and suffering.
- Guys, look.
954
01:03:34,285 --> 01:03:38,119
I'm glad to hear we've got a handle on
cause of action, but we're not suing.
955
01:03:38,222 --> 01:03:40,747
- What are we gonna do?
- "What are we gonna do?"
956
01:03:41,859 --> 01:03:44,384
We're gonna do some research.
957
01:03:44,495 --> 01:03:49,296
Your students averaged fewer than
four wrong on the multiple choice...
958
01:03:49,400 --> 01:03:53,063
where other schools average
14 to 18 incorrect answers.
959
01:03:54,005 --> 01:03:57,634
Then we found out that most of your kids
finished the test with time to spare.
960
01:03:57,742 --> 01:04:00,040
They should be rewarded, not punished.
961
01:04:00,144 --> 01:04:02,135
- That's right.
- In this country...
962
01:04:02,246 --> 01:04:04,737
one is innocent until proven guilty,
not the other way around.
963
01:04:04,849 --> 01:04:07,249
- Those scores wouldn't be questioned...
- Right on.
964
01:04:07,352 --> 01:04:11,812
If my kids did not have Spanish surnames
and come from barrio schools.
965
01:04:11,923 --> 01:04:13,584
You know that!
966
01:04:13,691 --> 01:04:15,852
If you're so confident
of your students' abilities...
967
01:04:15,960 --> 01:04:18,360
why not encourage them to retest?
968
01:04:18,463 --> 01:04:20,829
- Why should I?
- If they don't...
969
01:04:20,932 --> 01:04:23,093
everyone will assume they cheated.
970
01:04:23,201 --> 01:04:26,170
Everyone will assume they cheated
if they do!
971
01:04:26,270 --> 01:04:29,831
- Bingo.
- I want to see the tests, please.
972
01:04:29,941 --> 01:04:32,739
We feel that by honoring
your demand for a retest...
973
01:04:32,844 --> 01:04:35,074
we would implicitly accede
to the reason behind it...
974
01:04:35,179 --> 01:04:37,147
the suspicion
that cheating has occurred.
975
01:04:37,248 --> 01:04:40,274
We thereby notify you, that unless you
have direct evidence of wrongdoing...
976
01:04:40,385 --> 01:04:42,853
we reject your ultimatum
and refuse to be retested.
977
01:04:44,822 --> 01:04:46,585
Well, then...
978
01:04:46,691 --> 01:04:50,718
I have no choice but to proceed
with this course of action.
979
01:04:52,463 --> 01:04:55,762
As a result of scores
that indicate statistical variances...
980
01:04:55,867 --> 01:04:57,767
beyond normal parameters...
981
01:04:57,869 --> 01:05:00,736
and your refusal
to submit to a retest...
982
01:05:00,838 --> 01:05:02,965
you are summarily stripped
of your championship...
983
01:05:03,074 --> 01:05:05,702
and eligibility to participate
in the national competition.
984
01:05:06,711 --> 01:05:09,202
All trophies and medals
should be returned immediately...
985
01:05:09,313 --> 01:05:12,874
to the Illinois Academic Decathlon
Association Representative...
986
01:05:12,984 --> 01:05:14,713
Miss Joan Isenberg.
987
01:05:14,819 --> 01:05:17,788
Miss Isenberg, if you try to take
our championship away...
988
01:05:17,889 --> 01:05:20,084
we will see you in court.
989
01:05:20,191 --> 01:05:22,159
Do what you have to do, Dr. Kiamos...
990
01:05:22,260 --> 01:05:25,320
and we'll do what we have to do.
991
01:05:36,908 --> 01:05:39,138
You're those kids
from Steinmetz, right?
992
01:05:39,243 --> 01:05:41,336
Yeah, I saw you guys on TV.
993
01:05:41,446 --> 01:05:43,346
Go kick some ass at Nationals, man.
994
01:05:43,448 --> 01:05:45,712
You know we will, man.
You know we will.
995
01:05:46,984 --> 01:05:48,952
Oh, my God, we are so high up!
996
01:05:49,053 --> 01:05:51,749
- Wow.
- Check this out.
997
01:05:51,856 --> 01:05:54,086
Look at this view, man. Whoa!
998
01:05:56,360 --> 01:05:58,920
- Hi, I'm...
- I know who you are, Dr. Plecki.
999
01:05:59,030 --> 01:06:02,659
We've been expecting you.
I'll show you to the conference room.
1000
01:06:05,536 --> 01:06:07,436
Guys, I think I can see Steinmetz.
1001
01:06:07,538 --> 01:06:09,096
Paul, sit down.
1002
01:06:14,045 --> 01:06:16,172
Hey, guys, I'm sorry
to keep you waiting.
1003
01:06:16,280 --> 01:06:18,271
Everything all right here?
1004
01:06:18,382 --> 01:06:23,718
When Constantine told me what they were
trying to do to you, I was outraged.
1005
01:06:23,821 --> 01:06:25,755
It's bullshit. Pardon my French.
1006
01:06:25,857 --> 01:06:28,189
I come from the streets,
just like you.
1007
01:06:28,292 --> 01:06:30,351
I didn't go to the right schools.
1008
01:06:30,461 --> 01:06:33,123
I didn't know the right people.
I don't speak the queen's English.
1009
01:06:33,231 --> 01:06:36,962
Everyone assumes I got where I am today
by lying, cheating, stealing.
1010
01:06:37,068 --> 01:06:39,298
- Mr. Clifford?
- What?
1011
01:06:39,403 --> 01:06:42,031
Tell him I'll call him back.
1012
01:06:42,139 --> 01:06:45,336
And by the way,
you didn't cheat, did you?
1013
01:06:50,348 --> 01:06:52,543
All right. I had to ask that.
1014
01:06:52,650 --> 01:06:54,811
But, obviously, you know
where my sentiments lie.
1015
01:06:54,919 --> 01:06:56,910
I wouldn't have
taken this case pro bono...
1016
01:06:57,021 --> 01:06:59,888
if I didn't think there was
a real wrong being perpetrated here.
1017
01:06:59,991 --> 01:07:02,357
And that's why I've invited
the press down to meet with you.
1018
01:07:02,460 --> 01:07:04,655
The press?
1019
01:07:04,762 --> 01:07:06,662
- To meet us?
- Yeah.
1020
01:07:06,764 --> 01:07:09,096
If we're gonna win this thing, we're
doing it in a court of public opinion.
1021
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:12,192
So sit tight, all right?
All right.
1022
01:07:12,303 --> 01:07:14,203
Look what I'm wearing.
1023
01:07:15,773 --> 01:07:18,298
All right, all right.
1024
01:07:18,409 --> 01:07:20,434
As you can see from the press releases
in front of you...
1025
01:07:20,545 --> 01:07:23,514
these young people
are the cream of the crop.
1026
01:07:23,614 --> 01:07:25,514
They're our future leaders.
1027
01:07:25,616 --> 01:07:28,813
Honor roll students
taking AP classes.
1028
01:07:28,920 --> 01:07:32,185
But they're here today because they
are accused of being too successful.
1029
01:07:32,290 --> 01:07:34,758
Our firm, Robert A. Clifford
and Associates...
1030
01:07:34,859 --> 01:07:38,386
is filing a motion
seeking injunctive relief...
1031
01:07:38,496 --> 01:07:40,430
and a temporary restraining order...
1032
01:07:40,531 --> 01:07:43,557
barring the Decathlon Committee
from stripping the team...
1033
01:07:43,668 --> 01:07:46,728
of its rightfully won title and
its ability to compete at the Nationals.
1034
01:07:49,974 --> 01:07:52,135
Whoa! One question at a time.
1035
01:07:52,243 --> 01:07:54,768
Of the 5,000 students
who took the state tests...
1036
01:07:54,879 --> 01:07:57,609
only 12 scored 900 or better
in the math section.
1037
01:07:57,715 --> 01:07:59,910
Six were from Steinmetz.
1038
01:08:00,017 --> 01:08:03,009
Okay, so we'll try to do better
at the Nationals.
1039
01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:05,554
And of the 105 students
in the state finals...
1040
01:08:05,656 --> 01:08:08,784
only 17 could answer
one difficult calculus problem...
1041
01:08:08,893 --> 01:08:11,157
yet all six from Steinmetz
answered it correctly.
1042
01:08:11,262 --> 01:08:14,322
Props to our math teacher.
You're the best, Dr. Miller.
1043
01:08:14,432 --> 01:08:17,890
How do you explain the high scores,
though? I mean, there must be...
1044
01:08:22,073 --> 01:08:24,940
Hold on. Let me explain.
Can I just say something?
1045
01:08:25,042 --> 01:08:27,033
If we didn't have Polish surnames...
1046
01:08:27,144 --> 01:08:29,237
or come from a poor school...
1047
01:08:29,347 --> 01:08:31,508
these scores would never
have been questioned.
1048
01:08:31,616 --> 01:08:33,516
The Steinmetz team's defiance...
1049
01:08:33,618 --> 01:08:35,518
of the state board directives
is being viewed...
1050
01:08:35,620 --> 01:08:38,088
as a brave and courageous stance...
1051
01:08:38,189 --> 01:08:41,784
in a city now gripped by
"did they or didn't they" fever.
1052
01:08:41,892 --> 01:08:43,792
Those Whitney Young whiners
should just shut up.
1053
01:08:43,894 --> 01:08:47,591
Learning how to lose gracefully is
just as important as knowing how to win.
1054
01:08:47,698 --> 01:08:51,657
No one's proven these kids guilty.
They worked hard. They're innocent.
1055
01:08:51,769 --> 01:08:54,135
If these kids cheated
and managed to keep it quiet...
1056
01:08:54,238 --> 01:08:56,365
they're even more talented
than I thought they were.
1057
01:08:56,474 --> 01:08:59,602
Hey, guys, call me.
I will hire you in a heartbeat.
1058
01:08:59,710 --> 01:09:01,701
Absolutely. We reached those heights.
1059
01:09:01,812 --> 01:09:04,906
We achieved those scores.
1060
01:09:05,016 --> 01:09:08,042
Until and unless someone comes along
to prove that we didn't...
1061
01:09:08,152 --> 01:09:10,052
we're going to stand by
this year's scores.
1062
01:09:10,154 --> 01:09:12,884
If it is discovered that they cheated,
should they be stripped of their title?
1063
01:09:12,990 --> 01:09:18,360
All I have is accusations
from people whose voracity I question.
1064
01:09:18,462 --> 01:09:20,930
- I have absolutely no reason...
- Fuck.
1065
01:09:21,032 --> 01:09:24,126
To believe that this isn't...
1066
01:09:24,235 --> 01:09:26,760
a very clear case of people jealous...
1067
01:09:26,871 --> 01:09:29,704
of those who they don't expect
to beat them.
1068
01:09:29,807 --> 01:09:32,571
What do you think this says
about the city of Chicago?
1069
01:09:32,677 --> 01:09:36,204
I don't think it says much
about the city itself.
1070
01:09:36,313 --> 01:09:38,213
The school system
might be punished for it.
1071
01:09:38,315 --> 01:09:42,081
But along the lines of the city,
the city's still a very respectful city.
1072
01:09:42,186 --> 01:09:44,814
You don't think this gives us
a black eye nationally?
1073
01:09:44,922 --> 01:09:49,586
Hi. Yes. Can I speak
to a Gloria Abrams, please?
1074
01:10:04,275 --> 01:10:06,743
- Hello?
- Dr. Plecki?
1075
01:10:06,844 --> 01:10:08,835
- Yes?
- This is Gloria Abrams...
1076
01:10:08,946 --> 01:10:10,846
from the Sun-Times.
1077
01:10:13,284 --> 01:10:15,218
How did you get this number?
1078
01:10:15,319 --> 01:10:17,753
Irwin Flickas gave it to me,
and he also gave me...
1079
01:10:17,855 --> 01:10:23,487
a very interesting essay concerning
some stolen decathlon materials.
1080
01:10:23,594 --> 01:10:25,585
We're going to print it
in tomorrow's paper...
1081
01:10:25,696 --> 01:10:28,756
and I was wondering if
I could get a comment from you.
1082
01:10:29,834 --> 01:10:33,326
Dr. Plecki, do you know Irwin Flickas?
1083
01:10:36,807 --> 01:10:38,707
Dr. Plecki, are you...
1084
01:10:54,992 --> 01:10:58,155
Jerry? You okay?
1085
01:10:58,262 --> 01:11:01,561
I'm fine. Go back to sleep.
1086
01:11:01,665 --> 01:11:03,997
It's okay. Go on.
1087
01:12:15,039 --> 01:12:16,631
Jerry?
1088
01:12:16,740 --> 01:12:18,935
What the hell are you doing?
1089
01:12:23,480 --> 01:12:25,380
Jerry, my paper!
1090
01:13:15,599 --> 01:13:18,397
- Hey, did someone get killed?
- Yeah, you.
1091
01:13:26,644 --> 01:13:28,942
This is so messed up.
I can't believe that he would...
1092
01:13:29,046 --> 01:13:30,946
- This is no good right here.
- Excuse me?
1093
01:13:31,048 --> 01:13:34,575
Get the hell out of here, man!
What are you doing, huh?
1094
01:13:34,685 --> 01:13:36,585
You want some of this?
1095
01:13:40,858 --> 01:13:43,053
Get out of here!
1096
01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:45,060
Don't give them what they want!
1097
01:13:45,162 --> 01:13:47,892
I can't fucking believe this!
I'm never gonna get into college now.
1098
01:13:48,999 --> 01:13:51,433
This is ridiculous!
1099
01:13:51,535 --> 01:13:54,436
- I look so fat!
- I'm gonna kill him.
1100
01:13:54,538 --> 01:13:56,904
- Am I that fat, for real?
- Yes, you are.
1101
01:13:57,007 --> 01:14:00,738
- Why would he do that?
- Maybe we should give back the medals.
1102
01:14:00,844 --> 01:14:01,742
What?
1103
01:14:03,347 --> 01:14:06,373
Maybe we should just
end this insanity.
1104
01:14:06,483 --> 01:14:09,941
Let Whitney Young go to Nationals.
Let all this craziness just fade away.
1105
01:14:10,054 --> 01:14:12,921
- Maybe we should just tell the truth.
- No, no, wait! Hold on!
1106
01:14:13,023 --> 01:14:15,617
Hold on! You were the one
that taught us...
1107
01:14:15,726 --> 01:14:18,695
to take charge in each situation,
to get our foot in the door.
1108
01:14:18,796 --> 01:14:21,822
Now you want them to slam it
in our face?
1109
01:14:23,434 --> 01:14:25,334
I mean,
what evidence do they have?
1110
01:14:25,436 --> 01:14:28,269
Some kid wrote an essay
who can't even spell.
1111
01:14:30,274 --> 01:14:32,504
We have to let people know
who Flickas really is.
1112
01:14:32,609 --> 01:14:34,873
He's this kid pissed off
because he's dropped from the team.
1113
01:14:34,979 --> 01:14:36,879
Yeah, yeah, he's just jealous
of our success.
1114
01:14:36,981 --> 01:14:38,881
We don't hate him.
We're not mad at him.
1115
01:14:38,983 --> 01:14:41,975
- Yeah, we feel sorry for this kid.
- We can survive this.
1116
01:14:43,554 --> 01:14:46,853
We can. You taught us
how to survive anything.
1117
01:14:47,992 --> 01:14:50,654
We just have to stick together
and keep our stories straight...
1118
01:14:50,761 --> 01:14:52,661
and take the offensive.
1119
01:14:59,503 --> 01:15:01,061
All right.
1120
01:15:03,807 --> 01:15:05,707
But you understand this:
1121
01:15:07,745 --> 01:15:10,043
Things are only going to get worse.
1122
01:15:10,147 --> 01:15:12,672
The media is going to lie to you,
they're gonna threaten you...
1123
01:15:12,783 --> 01:15:15,513
they're gonna try to turn you
against each other.
1124
01:15:15,619 --> 01:15:16,745
So look around.
1125
01:15:19,757 --> 01:15:23,158
Those are the only faces
you can trust.
1126
01:15:24,261 --> 01:15:26,855
- Talk to me!
- Did you cheat? Did you steal the test?
1127
01:15:26,964 --> 01:15:30,422
Get out of here!
Leave my son alone!
1128
01:15:30,534 --> 01:15:32,764
We just want to let him tell
his side of the story!
1129
01:15:32,870 --> 01:15:35,031
If he doesn't defend himself,
who will?
1130
01:15:35,139 --> 01:15:38,905
- I'm coming down there to kick your ass!
- Yeah, beat his ass, Dad!
1131
01:15:39,009 --> 01:15:40,977
Listen to me.
I'll take you to New York.
1132
01:15:41,078 --> 01:15:42,978
I'll put you in a nice hotel room.
1133
01:15:43,080 --> 01:15:45,776
I could get you courtside seats at
the Bull's game. What's your shoe size?
1134
01:15:45,883 --> 01:15:47,783
Do you like musicals?
I'll take you to Cats.
1135
01:15:47,885 --> 01:15:51,184
Get away from my house!
I've had enough of this!
1136
01:15:51,288 --> 01:15:54,553
Agnieska is not a cheater.
She is a good student! She won!
1137
01:15:54,658 --> 01:15:56,558
Are you sure about this?
1138
01:15:59,296 --> 01:16:01,355
- Out!
- George, keep it going.
1139
01:16:22,686 --> 01:16:25,086
I see your son, this boy here...
1140
01:16:25,189 --> 01:16:27,817
as the bright shining light
in this whole sordid affair.
1141
01:16:27,925 --> 01:16:30,826
The only one with the courage,
with the honesty to come forward...
1142
01:16:30,928 --> 01:16:33,158
and blow the whistle
on those disciples of darkness.
1143
01:16:33,263 --> 01:16:35,231
- So, who's gonna...
- So, who's gonna play me?
1144
01:16:35,332 --> 01:16:37,527
- Shut up. This movie's not about you.
- Wait a minute.
1145
01:16:37,634 --> 01:16:40,159
- Don't tell me to shut up.
- They're making a movie about me!
1146
01:16:40,270 --> 01:16:44,707
All right. Let's examine the essay
for a moment.
1147
01:16:44,808 --> 01:16:48,676
So, first of all, we have
this tragic hero, Irwin Flickas.
1148
01:16:48,779 --> 01:16:53,273
And then there's the suffering victim,
Irwin Flickas.
1149
01:16:53,383 --> 01:16:58,252
And then finally, we have
this redemptive act performed by...
1150
01:16:59,356 --> 01:17:01,483
Irwin Flickas.
1151
01:17:01,592 --> 01:17:04,459
I mean, it's kind of an interesting
profile, don't you think?
1152
01:17:06,130 --> 01:17:09,588
- You're wearing the shirt I gave you.
- I gave 'em the usual "whatever."
1153
01:17:09,700 --> 01:17:12,533
You didn't have to give an exclusive.
Wow, I got screwed.
1154
01:17:12,636 --> 01:17:14,661
My dad's screaming,
"I'm gonna kick your ass!
1155
01:17:14,771 --> 01:17:16,671
Get the fuck off
my private property."
1156
01:17:16,773 --> 01:17:19,367
Connie Chung's people called me.
They want to take me out for breakfast.
1157
01:17:19,476 --> 01:17:22,707
Jeff, I'm outside the Sheraton
Chicago Hotel and Towers...
1158
01:17:22,813 --> 01:17:26,078
where I've obtained an exclusive
interview with Angela Lam...
1159
01:17:26,183 --> 01:17:29,482
the captain of last year's
Steinmetz Academic Decathlon Team.
1160
01:17:29,586 --> 01:17:33,147
- Switch to channel two.
- All right, all right, all right.
1161
01:17:33,257 --> 01:17:37,193
She says that her former coach,
Dr. Jerry Plecki...
1162
01:17:37,294 --> 01:17:39,956
came to her during the competition
with a slip of paper...
1163
01:17:40,063 --> 01:17:42,691
containing the answers to the Super Quiz
portion of the decathlon.
1164
01:17:42,799 --> 01:17:45,632
Quick, turn to channel two.
Right now.
1165
01:17:47,004 --> 01:17:50,872
- Who is that?
- That girl went to our school.
1166
01:17:50,974 --> 01:17:52,805
I admit it. I cheated.
1167
01:17:52,910 --> 01:17:54,343
This girl's full of it.
1168
01:17:54,444 --> 01:17:56,969
Could be true.
She looks to happy to be on TV.
1169
01:17:57,080 --> 01:17:59,981
Their overall score didn't allow them
to advance to state finals.
1170
01:18:00,083 --> 01:18:02,847
This year's team did much better,
winning the state championship.
1171
01:18:02,953 --> 01:18:07,981
But Lam's admission tonight raises more
questions about this year's victory.
1172
01:18:08,091 --> 01:18:10,525
I'd just like to say to the members
of this year's team...
1173
01:18:10,627 --> 01:18:13,596
if you did cheat,
it's time to come clean.
1174
01:18:13,697 --> 01:18:15,824
- Oh, come on!
- Cheating is not all right.
1175
01:18:15,933 --> 01:18:17,867
It is wrong, wrong, wrong.
1176
01:18:17,968 --> 01:18:21,165
The integrity and morality are more
important than winning the contest.
1177
01:18:21,271 --> 01:18:22,863
Oh, please!
1178
01:18:22,973 --> 01:18:24,804
God, man, what is she doing?
1179
01:18:24,908 --> 01:18:26,842
What's wrong with her?
1180
01:18:26,944 --> 01:18:29,504
This is not good at all.
1181
01:18:29,613 --> 01:18:33,515
In an essay, he claims Steinmetz
obtained an advance copy of the test.
1182
01:18:33,617 --> 01:18:36,643
This comes only weeks after
Steinmetz won the academic decathlon.
1183
01:18:36,753 --> 01:18:39,085
- There you are!
- Mom, please!
1184
01:18:39,189 --> 01:18:41,089
If it wasn't for him,
we wouldn't have gotten caught.
1185
01:18:41,191 --> 01:18:44,957
- Come on. We'll be fine.
- It would suck if we got caught, man.
1186
01:18:45,062 --> 01:18:47,223
But the investigation is ongoing.
1187
01:18:47,331 --> 01:18:50,630
Reporting live from downtown Chicago,
I'm Lisa Martin.
1188
01:18:50,734 --> 01:18:53,635
Dr. Plecki, is Angela Lam
telling the truth?
1189
01:19:05,315 --> 01:19:08,478
- Jerry, go home.
- Okay. Look, I can explain.
1190
01:19:08,585 --> 01:19:11,019
I just got a call from Argie Johnson.
1191
01:19:11,121 --> 01:19:14,284
The school board has ruled that you
are suspended until this mess is over.
1192
01:19:14,391 --> 01:19:17,155
Suspended? On what grounds?
1193
01:19:17,261 --> 01:19:19,786
I don't know. Dereliction of duty,
fucking with other people's livelihoods.
1194
01:19:19,896 --> 01:19:22,729
Take your pick. If you want to see
your union rep, I think you should.
1195
01:19:25,602 --> 01:19:27,900
Can I use the phone in your office?
1196
01:19:28,005 --> 01:19:29,996
You can't conduct business
on school property.
1197
01:19:32,242 --> 01:19:33,800
Where are my kids?
1198
01:19:33,910 --> 01:19:37,209
They're on their way
to the school board headquarters.
1199
01:19:37,314 --> 01:19:40,613
Listen to me.
I've been here 26 years.
1200
01:19:40,717 --> 01:19:44,813
I don't think I'm gonna survive this
debacle. Let me give you some advice.
1201
01:19:44,921 --> 01:19:48,550
By the way, no contact anymore
with the students. That's the ruling.
1202
01:19:48,659 --> 01:19:52,789
I think you should go home, don't answer
the door, don't talk to any reporters.
1203
01:19:52,896 --> 01:19:54,864
Just lie low, okay?
1204
01:19:54,965 --> 01:19:56,865
- Do it?
- Yeah.
1205
01:20:00,037 --> 01:20:01,834
Two minutes! Come on, Plecki!
1206
01:20:01,938 --> 01:20:04,964
Was Angela telling the truth?
Did you cheat last year?
1207
01:20:05,075 --> 01:20:07,475
- Come on, Plecki!
- Talk to us!
1208
01:21:20,050 --> 01:21:22,177
Hi, Jolie.
1209
01:21:22,285 --> 01:21:24,810
My name is Jerry Marconi,
and this is Corinne Davis.
1210
01:21:24,921 --> 01:21:27,048
We're attorneys working
with the board of education.
1211
01:21:27,157 --> 01:21:30,092
Now, we know that cheating occurred.
That's a given.
1212
01:21:31,027 --> 01:21:34,019
What we need to know now
is whether Dr. Plecki stole the tests.
1213
01:21:34,131 --> 01:21:37,328
- Coerced you into looking at them.
- Threatened you if you talked.
1214
01:21:37,434 --> 01:21:38,958
- Offered you alcohol.
- Drugs.
1215
01:21:39,069 --> 01:21:41,537
- Sex.
- That doesn't matter.
1216
01:21:41,638 --> 01:21:43,902
You're just a kid.
He took advantage of your youth.
1217
01:21:44,007 --> 01:21:46,601
- Your stupidity.
- Your innocence.
1218
01:21:47,477 --> 01:21:49,945
You did a lot of growing up lately,
haven't you?
1219
01:21:51,081 --> 01:21:54,482
And now you know the difference
between right and wrong.
1220
01:21:54,584 --> 01:21:57,951
You do know the difference
between right and wrong, don't you?
1221
01:22:00,056 --> 01:22:01,580
Right?
1222
01:22:03,326 --> 01:22:04,486
Wrong?
1223
01:22:06,530 --> 01:22:07,997
Don't you?
1224
01:22:11,468 --> 01:22:13,095
- We didn't cheat.
- We didn't cheat.
1225
01:22:33,657 --> 01:22:36,592
Well, well, well!
Look what I just got.
1226
01:22:38,361 --> 01:22:40,693
Signed confessions
from your teammates.
1227
01:22:41,932 --> 01:22:45,663
And guess what they're saying.
That you were the ringleader.
1228
01:22:46,736 --> 01:22:49,296
That is was all your idea.
1229
01:23:00,283 --> 01:23:03,548
Come on, Dominik.
It's time to get it off your chest.
1230
01:23:04,788 --> 01:23:06,847
You're a good Catholic like me.
1231
01:23:06,957 --> 01:23:09,983
We both go to church,
share the same confessor.
1232
01:23:10,093 --> 01:23:13,028
Remember what the Bible says.
1233
01:23:13,129 --> 01:23:16,758
"Repent so that your sins
may be blotted out...
1234
01:23:16,867 --> 01:23:19,097
less Satan take advantage of us.
1235
01:23:19,202 --> 01:23:23,138
For we are not ignorant
of his devices."
1236
01:23:23,240 --> 01:23:26,232
You gotta let it go.
The truth has to come.
1237
01:23:26,343 --> 01:23:28,834
You gonna live with that shame
for the rest of your life?
1238
01:23:28,945 --> 01:23:30,310
Come clean.
1239
01:23:30,413 --> 01:23:33,678
Open up your heart.
You can't live with a lie.
1240
01:23:33,783 --> 01:23:36,547
You can't. How are you
gonna fill that hole?
1241
01:23:36,653 --> 01:23:40,180
You can only fill it with the truth,
Dominik. The truth.
1242
01:23:41,291 --> 01:23:43,259
Tell me the truth.
1243
01:23:43,360 --> 01:23:45,260
Did you cheat?
1244
01:23:47,063 --> 01:23:51,022
All right. I know you all want to
make your deadlines, so I'll be brief.
1245
01:23:51,134 --> 01:23:54,365
We have cracked
the Steinmetz cheating conspiracy.
1246
01:23:54,471 --> 01:23:56,371
I have in my hand
a signed confession...
1247
01:23:56,473 --> 01:23:58,839
from a Steinmetz team member,
admitting that...
1248
01:23:58,942 --> 01:24:02,708
he did, indeed, receive stolen copies
of the academic decathlon test.
1249
01:24:04,714 --> 01:24:05,942
Says the team was instructed...
1250
01:24:06,049 --> 01:24:07,710
- on how to cheat...
- I won!
1251
01:24:07,817 --> 01:24:10,786
By their former decathlon coach,
Dr. Gerard Plecki.
1252
01:24:10,887 --> 01:24:14,015
Now, while Dr. Plecki did not personally
obtain the stolen tests...
1253
01:24:14,124 --> 01:24:16,649
he made sure that all the students
studied with the test.
1254
01:24:16,760 --> 01:24:18,694
He directed the cover-up,
and he attempted to maintain...
1255
01:24:18,795 --> 01:24:21,923
a code of silence
amongst the conspirators.
1256
01:24:22,032 --> 01:24:26,059
As a result, we are considering pursuing
criminal charges against Dr. Plecki.
1257
01:24:26,169 --> 01:24:30,105
Those charges may include conspiracy
to defraud the decathlon competition...
1258
01:24:30,206 --> 01:24:32,401
theft of a scholarship and perjury.
1259
01:24:32,509 --> 01:24:35,808
How did Dr. Plecki get them to cheat?
1260
01:24:35,912 --> 01:24:38,779
These kids are a very tight-knit group.
1261
01:24:38,882 --> 01:24:42,283
Like a cult, if you will. And Dr. Plecki
is the leader of this cult.
1262
01:24:42,385 --> 01:24:45,548
He brainwashed them, made sure they'd
follow him to the gates of hell...
1263
01:24:45,655 --> 01:24:47,623
and then break them down for him.
1264
01:24:47,724 --> 01:24:49,658
And let me just tell you something.
1265
01:24:49,759 --> 01:24:53,286
I've dealt with hard-core rapists,
serial killers, you name it...
1266
01:24:53,396 --> 01:24:56,456
but these kids may be some of the most
skilled liars I've ever encountered.
1267
01:24:56,566 --> 01:25:00,832
They looked me straight in the eye
and lied to me. They scared me.
1268
01:25:00,937 --> 01:25:03,371
Mr. Marconi, is it true...
1269
01:25:03,473 --> 01:25:06,465
one of the team members
is a bisexual witch?
1270
01:25:06,576 --> 01:25:10,034
I can't comment on that aspect
of the investigation.
1271
01:25:10,146 --> 01:25:13,980
Mr. Marconi, there have been allegations
that perhaps there was some sort...
1272
01:25:14,084 --> 01:25:17,645
of sexual relationship going on between
Dr. Plecki and one of his students.
1273
01:25:17,754 --> 01:25:19,984
I can't comment on that aspect
of the investigation.
1274
01:25:20,090 --> 01:25:23,287
Sir, where is Dr. Plecki now?
1275
01:25:23,393 --> 01:25:25,293
His whereabouts are unknown to me
at the moment.
1276
01:25:25,395 --> 01:25:27,420
Will the students be expelled?
1277
01:25:27,530 --> 01:25:30,397
Cheating is a serious infraction...
1278
01:25:30,500 --> 01:25:33,765
in any educational institution...
1279
01:25:33,870 --> 01:25:37,772
and it's something that I
will not tolerate in this system...
1280
01:25:37,874 --> 01:25:40,502
by any teacher or anyone else.
1281
01:25:40,610 --> 01:25:44,637
They should hold that adult responsible
as a teacher. They should fire him.
1282
01:25:44,748 --> 01:25:48,275
What it does is tell me how far
we've come in our society.
1283
01:25:48,385 --> 01:25:51,912
When I was in school,
cheating was a monumental offense.
1284
01:25:52,022 --> 01:25:54,047
Honor was held in high esteem.
1285
01:25:54,157 --> 01:25:56,057
He's a moral midget.
1286
01:25:56,159 --> 01:25:59,128
I always had a bad feeling about Jerry.
1287
01:25:59,229 --> 01:26:01,789
I knew something was going on.
1288
01:26:01,898 --> 01:26:04,492
Kids coming and going late at night.
1289
01:26:04,601 --> 01:26:08,469
One time I saw a teenager
leave at 1:00 in the morning.
1290
01:26:08,571 --> 01:26:10,471
A crisis management team
has been called in...
1291
01:26:10,573 --> 01:26:13,167
to counsel shocked students
and team members.
1292
01:26:13,276 --> 01:26:16,268
Steinmetz is a school in pain.
1293
01:26:16,379 --> 01:26:18,472
There he is.
Get that fuckin' snitch!
1294
01:26:23,520 --> 01:26:26,387
- Get him!
- Help! Get 'em off me!
1295
01:27:01,357 --> 01:27:04,258
How could you do this?
1296
01:27:04,360 --> 01:27:06,885
How could you betray those kids?
1297
01:27:06,996 --> 01:27:08,930
It's not that simple, Mother.
1298
01:27:09,032 --> 01:27:11,500
Yes, it is. It's that simple.
1299
01:27:11,601 --> 01:27:14,195
Teachers don't teach kids
how to cheat.
1300
01:27:14,304 --> 01:27:17,364
Believe me, those kids
didn't need any instruction.
1301
01:27:17,474 --> 01:27:19,942
Yes! Yes, they did.
1302
01:27:20,043 --> 01:27:23,444
They needed someone to tell them
that it was wrong.
1303
01:27:24,547 --> 01:27:28,005
Your father was so proud
when you became a teacher.
1304
01:27:28,118 --> 01:27:30,143
He never cared
how much money you made.
1305
01:27:30,253 --> 01:27:33,711
He just wanted you
to reflect well on us.
1306
01:27:33,823 --> 01:27:36,690
He lived a decent, honest life.
1307
01:27:36,793 --> 01:27:39,387
Yeah, and look what happened to him.
He got screwed.
1308
01:27:39,496 --> 01:27:42,727
He had this bullshit immigrant notion
that if he worked hard enough...
1309
01:27:42,832 --> 01:27:46,233
and wanted something badly enough,
all his dreams would come true!
1310
01:27:48,238 --> 01:27:52,732
All your dreams would come true!
That's why he worked so hard.
1311
01:27:52,842 --> 01:27:56,107
So that you would have the opportunities
that he never got.
1312
01:27:56,212 --> 01:27:58,680
That's why he worked at that factory!
1313
01:27:58,782 --> 01:28:00,977
Inhaling those diesel fumes
so you wouldn't have to!
1314
01:28:01,084 --> 01:28:04,019
The minute he got sick,
they laid him off!
1315
01:28:04,120 --> 01:28:07,521
They took his pension,
they took his medical insurance!
1316
01:28:07,624 --> 01:28:10,957
They killed him!
They fucking killed him!
1317
01:28:11,060 --> 01:28:15,190
That was his reward! That was the reward
that he got for all his hard work!
1318
01:28:15,298 --> 01:28:17,664
- Right there!
- Listen.
1319
01:28:18,835 --> 01:28:22,464
No matter what happened
to your father...
1320
01:28:22,572 --> 01:28:26,633
he never used it as an excuse
to do something that was wrong.
1321
01:28:28,044 --> 01:28:30,478
You're not the victim here, Jerry.
1322
01:28:30,580 --> 01:28:33,549
What you did was wrong.
1323
01:28:34,517 --> 01:28:38,476
And nothing you say
can ever make it right.
1324
01:28:53,703 --> 01:28:56,467
Guys, I'm leaving tonight.
1325
01:28:56,573 --> 01:29:00,202
As I'm sure you know,
the only question left unanswered...
1326
01:29:00,310 --> 01:29:03,438
is whether to form a lynching party
or just burn me at the stake.
1327
01:29:03,546 --> 01:29:07,209
So I think it's time
to head for friendlier climes.
1328
01:29:07,317 --> 01:29:10,650
Or at least someplace
where there isn't a bounty on my head.
1329
01:29:10,753 --> 01:29:12,653
Have you considered Somalia?
1330
01:29:14,557 --> 01:29:17,651
Now, obviously,
we made some mistakes.
1331
01:29:17,760 --> 01:29:20,024
- Getting caught, for one.
- No, no, no.
1332
01:29:20,129 --> 01:29:23,530
This isn't about getting caught
or being punished.
1333
01:29:23,633 --> 01:29:26,864
I look at what we did as kind of
a civil disobedience.
1334
01:29:27,704 --> 01:29:31,231
Or maybe that was a mistake.
Maybe I owe you an apology.
1335
01:29:32,809 --> 01:29:35,141
I don't know anything anymore.
I just know that sometimes...
1336
01:29:35,245 --> 01:29:38,237
you need to break the rules
in order to change them.
1337
01:29:38,348 --> 01:29:41,146
And things will change because of this.
1338
01:29:41,251 --> 01:29:45,711
- They'll make the tests harder to steal.
- Yeah, probably will.
1339
01:29:45,822 --> 01:29:49,349
But they'll also have to justify
holding a competition that isn't real...
1340
01:29:49,459 --> 01:29:51,825
where the same team wins,
year after year.
1341
01:29:51,928 --> 01:29:54,021
They'll have to justify
warehousing you...
1342
01:29:54,130 --> 01:29:57,293
while a chosen few
get a quality education.
1343
01:29:57,400 --> 01:30:01,200
But I want you all
to put it behind you.
1344
01:30:03,306 --> 01:30:06,764
If anyone asks,
you tell them I got the tests...
1345
01:30:07,677 --> 01:30:09,702
forced you to look at them...
1346
01:30:09,812 --> 01:30:12,110
threatened you if you talked.
1347
01:30:14,284 --> 01:30:16,650
'Cause it doesn't matter to me.
My career is over.
1348
01:30:16,753 --> 01:30:19,051
Yours are just beginning.
1349
01:30:21,190 --> 01:30:22,748
Here.
1350
01:30:22,859 --> 01:30:25,726
We got something for you.
1351
01:30:26,829 --> 01:30:29,730
- A little something.
- Well, that's...
1352
01:30:30,833 --> 01:30:33,267
Thank you very much. That's...
1353
01:30:47,250 --> 01:30:49,548
"Dear Dr. Plecki,
the skills you've taught us...
1354
01:30:49,652 --> 01:30:51,677
will serve us
the rest of our lives.
1355
01:30:51,788 --> 01:30:54,256
You were the best teacher
we ever had.
1356
01:30:54,357 --> 01:30:58,623
The '94, '95 Steinmetz
Academic Decathlon Team."
1357
01:31:28,024 --> 01:31:31,152
These were children.
And it incenses me that an adult...
1358
01:31:31,260 --> 01:31:34,718
would seduce and corrupt
innocent children in this manner.
1359
01:31:34,831 --> 01:31:38,232
I am just so upset by this.
I cannot even believe...
1360
01:31:38,334 --> 01:31:41,394
Everyone in my school cheats.
It's like brushing your teeth.
1361
01:31:41,504 --> 01:31:46,305
Only the stoners don't cheat, because
they don't even care about their grades.
1362
01:31:46,409 --> 01:31:48,934
But don't you realize
that when you cheat...
1363
01:31:49,045 --> 01:31:51,536
the only one you're hurting
is yourself?
1364
01:31:51,647 --> 01:31:56,380
Yeah, I'm in a lot of pain. I cheated in
high school and got into a good college.
1365
01:31:56,486 --> 01:31:59,011
I cheated in college and got into
a really great law school.
1366
01:31:59,122 --> 01:32:01,989
I cheated in law school
and got into a great law firm.
1367
01:32:02,091 --> 01:32:04,719
Now I'm bagging,
like, 700 grand a year...
1368
01:32:04,827 --> 01:32:08,661
and I never regretted not learning how
to do that calculus derivative stuff.
1369
01:32:08,765 --> 01:32:12,667
I'm just glad I got out of high school
and got an "A" in calculus.
1370
01:32:21,711 --> 01:32:23,611
People always ask me...
1371
01:32:23,713 --> 01:32:25,613
"Having gone through everything
you went through...
1372
01:32:25,715 --> 01:32:27,615
would you do it again?"
1373
01:32:27,717 --> 01:32:29,912
And I always give the same answer.
1374
01:32:30,019 --> 01:32:31,919
"In a heartbeat."
1375
01:32:32,021 --> 01:32:34,251
I learned more about the way
the world really works...
1376
01:32:34,357 --> 01:32:36,257
from my nine months on the decathlon...
1377
01:32:36,359 --> 01:32:39,328
than most people
will learn in a lifetime.
1378
01:32:40,430 --> 01:32:42,591
Eventually the media siege ended...
1379
01:32:42,698 --> 01:32:44,598
and we returned to school.
1380
01:32:44,700 --> 01:32:47,328
We took some grief for ruining
Steinmetz's reputation...
1381
01:32:47,437 --> 01:32:49,701
as if such a thing were possible.
1382
01:32:50,907 --> 01:32:53,467
We had to write an essay on ethics.
1383
01:32:53,576 --> 01:32:55,874
Matt copied his from
the Dalai Lama's autobiography...
1384
01:32:55,978 --> 01:32:58,947
which we all thought
was pretty amusing.
1385
01:32:59,048 --> 01:33:01,608
And then we just drifted apart.
1386
01:33:02,852 --> 01:33:06,219
Most of the kids just wanted to
put the whole thing behind them.
1387
01:33:06,322 --> 01:33:08,347
They think I'm crazy
for talking to you...
1388
01:33:08,458 --> 01:33:10,790
but I've never
buried my head in shame.
1389
01:33:10,893 --> 01:33:13,327
And I'm not very big on apologies.
1390
01:33:14,630 --> 01:33:16,530
I spent my senior year half asleep...
1391
01:33:16,632 --> 01:33:20,090
which made it
a whole lot easier to blend in.
1392
01:33:21,737 --> 01:33:25,969
I haven't seen Dr. Plecki
since that day by the lake.
1393
01:33:26,075 --> 01:33:29,374
I heard something about a business
near Wicker Park.
1394
01:33:29,479 --> 01:33:31,379
I thought about trying to find him...
1395
01:33:31,481 --> 01:33:34,041
but I never did.
1396
01:33:35,384 --> 01:33:38,285
I figure we'll meet up again
when the time's right.
1397
01:33:41,390 --> 01:33:43,290
That's right. That's me.
1398
01:33:43,392 --> 01:33:46,054
I got into college...
a good one...
1399
01:33:46,162 --> 01:33:49,461
just like Dr. Plecki promised.
1400
01:33:49,565 --> 01:33:53,934
I think the admissions officer thought
my decathlon experience built character.
1401
01:33:55,037 --> 01:33:56,937
I'm getting good grades...
1402
01:33:57,039 --> 01:33:59,007
and no, I'm not cheating.
1403
01:34:00,109 --> 01:34:02,373
Don't laugh, but...
1404
01:34:02,478 --> 01:34:05,572
I'm thinking about
becoming a teacher.
1405
01:34:05,681 --> 01:34:09,583
There's no more noble job
than shaping young minds.
1406
01:34:10,686 --> 01:34:13,382
So what would I do if I caught
one of my students cheating?
1407
01:34:13,489 --> 01:34:16,322
I'd turn the little bastard in.
1408
01:34:16,425 --> 01:34:18,325
But if they can get by me...
1409
01:34:18,427 --> 01:34:21,225
then I know they'll be ready
for the real world.
1410
01:34:21,330 --> 01:34:23,798
I wouldn't have it any other way.
1411
01:34:33,187 --> 01:34:37,187
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