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-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪

♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪

♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS, AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪

♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪

♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪ - ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪

-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪ TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪ - ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

-38 KILLED AND 123 WOUNDED

AS AMERICAN TROOPS AND NORTH VIETNAMESE REGULARS

CLASH NEAR THE BORDER

IN SOME OF THE MOST BRUTAL...

-DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

$1.19 FOR A POUND OF BACON?

AND JUST LAST WEEK IT WAS 99 CENTS!

THERE'S HARDLY ANY LEAN MEAT ON THERE.

-NORMA, WHERE ARE MY BROWN SOCKS?

-OH, THEY'RE IN THE DRYER.

WAYNE! WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A LITTLE TOAST WITH YOUR JELLY?

- WAYNE, THAT IS SO GROSS. - KEVIN, EAT YOUR EGGS.

-MOM, THE YOLKS ARE RUNNY.

I CAN'T EAT 'EM WHEN THE YOLKS ARE RUNNY.

-IN 1969,

WE HAD THE VIETNAM WAR FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER.

I GUESS IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT WE STOPPED PAYING ATTENTION.

- CROWDED CIVILIAN CENTERS IN THE SOUTH CONTINUE,

A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS PROCESSION OF REFUGEES HAS FLOODED SAIGON

IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

AND WITH FOOD, SHELTER, AND MEDICAL SERVICES

ALREADY IN SHORT SUPPLY, FEARS ARE RISING THAT...

-YOU HAD TO STOP PAYING ATTENTION.

-GET INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT.

REMEMBER, IT'S YOUR STUDENT COUNCIL, PEOPLE.

-ALL RIGHT, CLASS. YOU HEARD MR. DIPERNA.

LET'S HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR OUR HOMEROOM REPRESENTATIVE.

-HOMEROOM ELECTIONS.

AS A SCHOLASTIC HIGHLIGHT,

IT RANKED RIGHT UP THERE WITH SAFETY WEEK.

-ALL RIGHT, THEN.

WHO WANTS TO BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE?

ANY VOLUNTEERS?

SURELY THERE IS SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM

WITH ENOUGH RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY

TO VOLUNTEER TO BE

OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE STUDENT COUNCIL.

KEVIN.

-CAN I GO TO THE BATHROOM?

-IS YOUR HOMEROOM HAVING ELECTIONS?

-YEAH. IT'S PRETTY LAME, THOUGH.

NOBODY'S EVEN RUNNING. - YEAH.

IT'S KIND OF COOL TO BE PRESIDENT OR SOMETHING,

BUT HOMEROOM REP IS FOR WEENIES.

-YEAH.

-ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE VOTE FOR MR. ED.

VERY FUNNY.

AND WE HAVE FOUR VOTES FOR RINGO STARR.

AND WE HAVE 26 VOTES

FOR OUR NEW HOMEROOM REPRESENTATIVE...

-WHO'S THE WEENIE?

- KEVIN ARNOLD.

-WELL, SOME MEN PURSUE GREATNESS,

AND SOME MEN HAVE GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM

WHILE THEY'RE IN THE BATHROOM.

-PAUL!

-KEVIN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

-THEY MADE ME HOMEROOM REPRESENTATIVE.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

-YEAH, ME TOO.

-HOW'D YOU GET STUCK WITH IT?

-I DON'T KNOW.

IT WAS EITHER THE BALLOONS OR THE PENCILS.

ABOUT AN HOUR INTO THE MEETING,

I BEGAN TO SEE THE TRUE NATURE OF STUDENT COUNCIL.

IT WAS BASICALLY ORGANIZED WHINING.

-HOW COME WE ONLY HAVE ICE-CREAM SANDWICHES

IN OUR ICE-CREAM MACHINES?

I MEAN, AT MADISON THEY HAVE THREE CHOICES.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE PUSH-UPS.

-DRUMSTICKS!

- PUSH-UPS! - POPSICLES!

- DRUMSTICKS! - PUSH-UPS!

-ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

THE PROPOSAL IS TO OFFER PUSH-UPS

IN THE ICE-CREAM MACHINE.

-BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE ISSUES THAT REALLY MATTERED,

PARTY LINES WERE CROSSED AND EVERYONE RALLIED THEIR SUPPORT.

-I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A JUKEBOX IN THE CAFETERIA.

- YEAH! - YEAH! - YEAH!

ORDER! ORDER! ORDER!

THAT'S BETTER.

NOW, DO I HAVE A SECOND?

- I SECOND! - I SECOND! - I SECOND!

- I SECOND! - I SECOND! - I SECOND!

-WELL, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE ALL IN FAVOR.

WELL, IF THERE ARE NO MORE PROPOSALS, WE CAN...

YES, MARK? WHAT IS IT?

-YEAH, I PROPOSE WE HONOR THE NATIONAL MORATORIUM NEXT FRIDAY

BY ORGANIZING A WALKOUT

TO PROTEST THE IMMORAL, IMPERIALISTIC,

COLONIALIST REPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

BY THE RUNNING-DOG LACKEYS OF THE FASCIST U.S. GOVERNMENT.

-ANY SECONDS?

SORRY, MARK...

-IT'S A CHANCE TO MAKE A REAL STATEMENT AGAINST THE WAR.

THERE'LL BE MARCHES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

WE'LL BE WALKING OUT DURING CLASS.

- I SECOND! - I SECOND! - ALL RIGHT!

- I SECOND! - I SECOND! - I SECOND!

-ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON!

HOLD ON.

ALL RIGHT, WAIT A SECOND. HEY!

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE STUDENT COUNCIL

CAN VOTE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

-MR. TYLER?

-MR. TYLER.

HE WAS FACULTY ADVISER TO THE STUDENT COUNCIL,

BUT MORE THAN THAT, HE WAS OUR COOL TEACHER.

YOU KNOW THE TYPE.

RIDES A MOTORCYCLE.

LETS YOU HAVE CLASS OUTSIDE ON NICE DAYS.

LACKS RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY.

EVERYBODY WAITED TO SEE WHAT MR. TYLER WOULD SAY.

LIKE MR. DIPERNA SAYS, THIS IS YOUR STUDENT COUNCIL.

-ALL IN FAVOR?

- AYE! - AYE! - AYE!

- AYE! -AYE! - AYE!

-ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR A COMMITTEE.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

-WE HAVE TO JOIN A COMMITTEE?

-YEAH, COME ON.

THERE'S SCHOOL SPIRIT, SOCIAL,

ICE CREAM, JUKEBOX, OR WALKOUT.

SO, WHAT DO YOU SAY... JUKEBOX?

-NO, THE LINE'S TOO LONG FOR JUKEBOX.

-WELL, I'D SAY SOCIAL,

BUT NANCY CARDIAN'S THE CHAIRMAN FOR THAT,

AND MRS. GAMBINO'S THE ADVISER.

AND I CAN'T STAND EITHER ONE OF THEM, SO I DON'T KNOW.

- MAYBE ICE CREAM WOULD BE THE BEST. - OH!

WHICH ONE IS MR. TYLER ADVISER FOR?

-I DON'T KNOW. LOOKS LIKE HE'S DOING WALKOUT.

-LET'S DO WALKOUT.

-♪ THE GYPSY WOMAN TOLD MY MOTHER ♪

♪ BEFORE I WAS BORN ♪

-OKAY, PICK A CARD, ANY CARD.

-♪ I GOT A BOY CHILD COMING ♪

-ALL RIGHT, NOW, LOOK AT IT. DON'T TELL ME WHAT IT IS.

- PUT IT BACK. - OKAY.

-HI. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

-KEVIN.

-KEVIN, CUT THE CARDS.

GOOD.

-♪ WHAT THIS ALL ABOUT ♪

-IS THAT YOUR CARD?

-NO.

-NO? OH, WELL, NOW WAIT... WAIT A MINUTE.

IS THAT IT?

-NO.

-OH.

WELL, UH...

IS THAT IT?

-♪ EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M HERE ♪

-HOW DID YOU DO THAT?

-♪ MY SMILE IS MY MAKEUP ♪

♪ I WEAR SINCE MY BREAKUP WITH YOU ♪

-WE DID CARD TRICKS FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES

AND THEN SWITCHED TO FIVE-CARD STUD.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

I'D NEVER KNOWN A TEACHER LIKE THIS.

MR. TYLER WAS SO COOL, YOU COULD FEEL YOURSELF

BECOMING COOLER IN HIS PRESENCE.

- ♪ THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS ♪ - ♪ THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS ♪

AY.

ALL RIGHT, PAUL... YOUR DEAL.

- MR. TYLER? - HMM?

-WHEN ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE WALKOUT?

-LEAVE IT TO MARK HOOPER TO SPOIL A GOOD THING.

-WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME.

HEY, IT'S NOT MY MEETING.

-OH. OKAY.

WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE WALKOUT.

I THINK WE NEED A STRATEGY.

-OKAY.

-OKAY, SO, WHAT DO WE DO FIRST?

-WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD START BY, UH, FIGURING OUT

HOW YOU'RE GONNA MOBILIZE 800 STUDENTS

ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

-RIGHT, RIGHT. HOW DO WE DO THAT?

-WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ALL THESE MINDS HERE.

-WHAT DO YOU THINK, RUSTY?

-GOOD LUCK!

IT'S NOT THAT RUSTY BROTHMAN WAS STUPID.

IT'S JUST THAT HE SORT OF DRIFTED THROUGH LIFE

IN A PURPLE HAZE.

-OH, WOW.

WELL, WE COULD JUST...

WELL, WE COULD JUST, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH...

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UH...

HMM. WOW.

-THINK, RUSTY. THINK.

THINK!

-OKAY, WAIT!

OKAY. SO, UH...

OKAY, I GOT IT!

WE ALL SPLIT UP AND...

-COME ON, RUSTY. YOU CAN DO IT. COME ON.

- AND KNOCK ON ALL THE HOMEROOM DOORS

TO GIVE THEM THE SIGNAL.

-YES! THAT'S IT!

OKAY, RELAX, RUSTY.

THIS MAN NEEDS SUSTENANCE. THROW ME THAT ORANGE, KEVIN.

OKAY. HERE. EAT THIS. BUILD YOUR STRENGTH BACK UP.

-OKAY, OKAY, GOOD!

SO... SO, LIKE AT 9:00, WE GO TO ALL THE HOMEROOMS,

WE MOBILIZE THE WHOLE SCHOOL,

AND THEN WE MARCH OUT ONTO THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

- THEN WHAT? - THEN WHAT?

-WELL, I MEAN, WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS WALKOUT?

HOW IS STANDING AROUND ON A FOOTBALL FIELD

GOING TO END THE WAR?

WHO'S GONNA KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?

KEVIN?

-I... I DON'T KNOW.

UNLESS...

UNLESS WE CAN GET ON TV OR SOMETHING.

OR... OR IN THE PAPERS.

-YEAH, WAIT, WAIT! THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD!

WE COULD... WE COULD USE THE MEDIA.

-WE COULD... WE COULD WRITE A LETTER TO CHANNEL 5,

AND WE COULD TELL THEM...

-WE COULD GET OTHER SCHOOLS TO DO IT, TOO,

LIKE MADISON AND WHITMAN.

-YEAH, I MEAN, IT'LL BE LIKE THIS WHOLE BIG THING

WHERE ALL THE KIDS AT ALL THE SCHOOLS...

MR. TYLER.

COULD I SPEAK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT?

Look, I heard about this walkout.

It's got to be stopped.

Are you going to do it, or should I?

-OKAY.

UH, THERE'S SOMETHING MR. DIPERNA HERE

WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU.

- THANK YOU, MR. TYLER. - SURE.

-I'M AFRAID THAT KENNEDY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

CANNOT TOLERATE A STUDENT-COUNCIL COMMITTEE

THAT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO VIOLATE SCHOOL RULES.

ANY STUDENT PARTICIPATING IN A WALKOUT DURING SCHOOL HOURS

WILL BE SUBJECT TO IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION FROM SCHOOL,

AND IT WILL GO ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?

YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

-AFTER THE INITIAL SHOCK OF MR. DIPERNA'S ANNOUNCEMENT,

WE DID WHAT ANY TEENAGER WOULD DO

WHEN HIS DEEPEST CONVICTIONS ARE CHALLENGED.

THIS IS REPRESSION.

-IT'S NOT FAIR.

- WE WHINED. - POWER TRIP.

-MR. TYLER, WHAT ABOUT THE WALKOUT?

-ARE WE GOING TO DO IT?

-WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

-I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T WANT TO GET SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL.

-SOUNDS PRETTY SMART TO ME.

- I THINK WE SHOULD FIGHT 'EM. - WHY?

-BECAUSE WE SHOULD PROTEST THE WAR.

-MM-HMM.

ARE YOU GUYS REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT?

-OF COURSE WE ARE.

-MM. WHY DO YOU WANT TO PROTEST THE WAR?

-BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPERIALIST ACT...

-MR. TYLER?

-HMM? MM! OH.

I'M SORRY, MARK.

IT'S FUNNY.

THE MOMENT I HEAR THE WORD "IMPERIALIST," I GO INTO A COMA.

CAN'T YOU JUST TELL ME IN YOUR OWN WORDS?

WHAT ABOUT YOU, KEVIN?

WHY DO YOU WANT TO PROTEST THE WAR?

-UM, I DON'T KNOW.

- AH, SO YOU'RE JUST GOING ALONG WITH THE CROWD, HUH? - NO.

-SEEMS TO ME IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING, IT CAN'T BE WORTH MUCH.

-MR. TYLER WAS RIGHT. I FELT LIKE AN IDIOT.

WHAT DID I REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR?

I WASN'T EVEN SURE IF "VIETNAM" WAS ONE WORD OR TWO.

-IS IT THAT YOU THINK ALL WARS ARE WRONG?

-WELL, YEAH.

-SO YOU THINK NOTHING'S WORTH FIGHTING FOR?

-WELL, NO. I MEAN...

-THEN HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE WE SHOULD END THIS WAR?

-WELL, IT'S LIKE...

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED.

YOU KNOW, LIKE LITTLE KIDS

AND... AND THEIR WHOLE FAMILIES AND STUFF.

AND PEOPLE FROM OVER HERE WHO ARE FIGHTING

DON'T ALWAYS EVEN WANT TO FIGHT.

-THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE, OR THEY HAVE TO GO TO JAIL AND...

-AND, YEAH, BUT THE THING IS, YOU KNOW,

NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE REALLY OVER THERE FOR.

- YEAH. - THAT'S RIGHT.

-AS WE ALL TALKED, WE BEGAN TO REALIZE

THAT MAYBE WE KNEW MORE THAN WE THOUGHT WE DID.

SURE, WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HO CHI MINH

FROM CAPTAIN KANGAROO,

BUT WE KNEW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE GETTING HURT.

AND WE KNEW THAT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE DOING ANYBODY ANY GOOD.

-I-I JUST THINK IT'S WRONG, THAT'S ALL.

-OKAY.

SO, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

-WE NEED A STRATEGY. WHAT'S OUR STRATEGY?

-WELL, FEW PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THIS,

BUT I HAPPEN TO KNOW FOR A FACT THAT PAUL PFEIFFER HERE

IS A GREAT POLITICAL STRATEGIST.

-I AM?

-COME ON, PAUL, YOU'RE AMONG FRIENDS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP UP THE COVER.

LET'S SHOW 'EM HOW THAT MIND WORKS.

-OKAY, I THINK I GOT IT.

HOW ABOUT IF WE START A PETITION DRIVE?

-A PETITION DRIVE?

-WELL, YEAH!

YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD COLLECT ENOUGH SIGNATURES,

WE COULD FORCE DIPERNA TO TAKE US SERIOUSLY!

OKAY. WELL, MAYBE IT'S A DUMB IDEA.

-IT'S BRILLIANT.

-♪ YEAH, COME ON, ALL OF YOU BIG STRONG MEN ♪

♪ UNCLE SAM NEEDS YOUR HELP AGAIN ♪

♪ HE'S GOT HIMSELF IN A TERRIBLE JAM ♪

♪ WAY DOWN YONDER IN VIETNAM ♪

♪ SO PUT DOWN YOUR BOOKS AND PICK UP A GUN ♪

♪ WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FUN ♪

♪ AND IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE, WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? ♪

♪ WHOO-HOO ♪

♪ DON'T ASK ME, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ♪

♪ NEXT STOP IS VIETNAM ♪

♪ AND IT'S FIVE, SIX, SEVEN ♪

♪ OPEN UP THE PEARLY GATES ♪

♪ AH, THERE AIN'T NO TIME TO WONDER WHY ♪

♪ WHOOPEE! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE ♪

♪ WELL, COME ON, GENERALS, LET'S MOVE FAST ♪

♪ YOUR BIG CHANCE HAS COME AT LAST ♪

♪ GOT TO GO OUT AND GET THOSE REDS ♪

♪ THE ONLY GOOD COMMIE IS THE ONE THAT'S DEAD ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT PEACE ♪

-IT PROBABLY WASN'T NOTICEABLE,

BUT I FELT LIKE MR. TYLER

WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE A SUBTLE INFLUENCE ON ME.

-WELL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

-♪ DON'T ASK ME, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ♪

♪ NEXT STOP IS VIETNAM ♪

-WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS?

-♪ IT'S FIVE, SIX, SEVEN ♪

♪ OPEN UP THE PEARLY GATES ♪

-KEVIN, LOOK!

- WHAT? - LOOK AT THIS.

- OH, MY GOSH. PAUL. - I DON'T HAVE ONE PAGE.

- NOT TWO PAGES. NOT THREE PAGES. - 3 1/2 PAGES.

-WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SIGNATURES. PLENTY OF THEM.

-MY, MY, MY. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

-IT'S OVER 400 SIGNATURES.

-YES, INDEED.

I APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING THESE TO ME.

AND NOW THERE'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SHOW TO YOU.

SECTION 1739.5 OF THE STATE EDUCATION CODE.

KEVIN.

READ THAT FOR US?

-"ALL STUDENTS SHALL REMAIN IN CLASS

"AT ALL TIMES DURING SCHOOL HOURS

UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE ADMINISTRATION."

-AND THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS THE LAW OF THE LAND.

WE CAN EITHER OBEY THAT LAW, OR WE CAN SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE TO YOUR STATE ASSEMBLYMAN

AND TRY AND GET THE LAW CHANGED, MORE POWER TO YOU.

BUT AS LONG AS IT'S ON THE BOOKS,

IF I, OR ANY OTHER TEACHER WERE TO ALLOW THIS,

WE'D BE PROMOTING TRUANCY.

AND AN EDUCATOR CAN'T ADVOCATE THAT, NOW, CAN HE?

NOW, I KNOW YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED,

BUT THINK OF THIS AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING?

YEAH.

I LEARNED YOU WERE AN EVEN BIGGER BUTTHEAD

THAN I THOUGHT YOU WERE.

I GUESS SO.

-WELL, THAT'S WHAT SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT, ISN'T IT?

UH, DON'T FORGET...

FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT HE'S ABOVE THE LAW,

THAT'S IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION,

AND IT WILL GO ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

OH, AND MR. TYLER, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

-WELL, IT WAS A BIT OF A SETBACK.

BUT WE WERE GETTING USED TO LOCKING HORNS

WITH AUTHORITY FIGURES.

WE REACTED PRETTY MATURELY.

- IT'S NOT FAIR! - DIPERNA'S A JERK.

- WE WHINED. - WE'RE NOT GONNA LET DIPERNA GET AWAY WITH THIS.

-WHAT ABOUT OUR RIGHTS?

WHAT ABOUT THE PETITION? OVER 400 SIGNATURES!

-WHAT'S THE USE OF HAVING A STUDENT GOVERNMENT

IF YOU CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTION?

I MEAN, WHAT IS HE, KING?

-I MEAN, IT'S A FREE COUNTRY!

HE CAN'T STOP US, CAN HE, MR. TYLER?

-BOY, HE WAS REALLY GOING AFTER THE OLD CHIN.

I WAS AFRAID HE WAS GONNA RUB IT RIGHT OFF.

-NO, HE CAN'T STOP YOU.

YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

BUT...

YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR ACTIONS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION

BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.

-ARE YOU TELLING US NOT TO DO IT?

-WAS HE?

HAD DIPERNA GOTTEN TO HIM?

-NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

IN A WAY, YOU'RE LUCKY TO HAVE OPPOSITION.

THAT'S THE WAY LIFE IS.

IT'S EASY TO TAKE A STAND ON SOMETHING

IF THERE'S NO RISK INVOLVED.

IT'S EASY TO GIVE A QUARTER TO A POOR MAN

IF YOU KEEP A DOLLAR FOR YOURSELF.

IT'S EASY TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE WAR,

SO LONG AS NOBODY ASKS YOU TO MAKE A REAL SACRIFICE.

BUT...

NOT ALL OF US ARE READY TO SACRIFICE.

SOMETIMES THE PRICE OF ACTING ON OUR CONVICTIONS IS...

TOO HIGH.

-WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO?

-I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT.

EACH OF YOU HAS TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR HIMSELF.

-IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION FROM SCHOOL,

AND IT WILL GO ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?

YOUR PERMANENT RECORD.

-AND NOW, AT LAST,

THE HEROIC CREW OF THE FIRST MANNED SPACE FLIGHT TO MARS,

LED BY COMMANDER KEVIN ARNOLD.

WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS JUST IN.

WE HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT KEVIN ARNOLD LEFT CLASS

DURING SCHOOL HOURS WHEN HE WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, JIM.

THE MISSION HAS BEEN SCRUBBED.

-I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN I FINALLY MADE THE DECISION.

I GUESS I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GONNA DO

UNTIL I FOUND MYSELF DOING IT.

WE WERE GONNA WALK RIGHT UP TO MR. TYLER

AND SHOW HIM WHAT WE WERE MADE OF.

I COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE THE LOOK ON HIS FACE

WHEN HE SAW WHAT WE'D DECIDED.

HE WAS GONNA LOOK SO PROUD, SO HAPPY, SO...

MUCH LIKE A WOMAN.

-WHERE'S MR. TYLER?

-HE'S HOME WITH THE FLU.

-WHAT?

-SOUNDED LIKE HE HAD A BAD CASE OF THE SNIFFLES.

-WHAT?

-I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

WAS MR. TYLER A COWARD?

I MEAN, TO BELIEVE IN SOMEBODY LIKE THAT

AND TO HAVE IT ALL TURN OUT TO BE A LIE.

IT WAS A FEELING IN THE PIT OF MY STOMACH

THAT WAS COMPLETELY NEW.

I HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.

EVERYBODY WAS WATCHING ME,

BUZZING ABOUT THE WALKOUT.

WHAT WAS I GONNA DO? WAS I GONNA LEAD THE WALKOUT?

OR WAS I GONNA CHICKEN OUT, TOO?

AND THEN I DECIDED.

I'D JUST GET UP...

- WALK OUT THAT DOOR...

He's going. Let's go.

- INTO THE HALLWAY...

AND INTO THE BATHROOM.

I WAS GONNA THROW UP.

THERE WASN'T GONNA BE ANY WALKOUT.

- WHAT'S HAPPENING? - IT'S THE WALKOUT.

DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WALKOUT?

-AND THAT'S HOW I STARTED

THE GREAT KENNEDY JUNIOR HIGH PEACE WALKOUT OF 1969.

AS I SAID, SOME MEN PURSUE GREATNESS,

AND SOME MEN HAVE GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM

WHILE THEY'RE IN THE BATHROOM.

-♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

♪ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE ♪

♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

♪ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE ♪

♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

-I'M NOT SURE WE REALLY CHANGED ANYTHING THAT DAY.

I SUPPOSE THE WAR WOULD HAVE GONE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME

IF WE'D STAYED IN HOMEROOM.

BUT ONE THING WOULD BE DIFFERENT...

WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MEMORY TO CARRY WITH US TODAY

OF 800 CHILDREN ON A FOOTBALL FIELD, SINGING.

AND IT WOULDN'T ALL BE ON OUR PERMANENT RECORDS.

-♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

♪ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE ♪

♪ ALL WE ARE SAYING ♪

♪ IS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE ♪