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Up The Down Staircase
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Make way for the lady, man. |
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-Hey, lady, watch it. |
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-Try the other door, Teach. |
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-Maybe this door, Teach. |
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-Hey, go ahead, Teach. |
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All right, how do we get in? |
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Can't get in till somebody comes out. |
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Yeah, like a toilet, baby. |
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-Hey! The door. |
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New students report to 121, |
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old students to 123, |
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transfer students, 127. |
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New students report to 121, |
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old students to 123, |
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transfer students, 127. |
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New students report to 121, |
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old students to 123, |
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transfer students, 127. |
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Disregard all bells. |
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Disregard all bells. |
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Keep all circulars in alphabetical order. |
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Keep all directives in numerical order. |
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File before 3:00. |
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Delaney cards and absentee plans, |
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teaching, students... |
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From master program, card blue, |
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-teachers program card... |
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Morning, Miss Finch. |
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-Do you have your key? |
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-What's your room number? |
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Keys, keys, pick up your keys. |
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Teachers must not punch each other in. |
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Teachers must keep their letter boxes |
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All cases of assault and attempted assault |
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in connection with their employment |
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Disregard the bell. |
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You're Miss Barrett? |
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And l'm Ella Friedenberg, |
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You'll receive a directive on it, of course, |
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but with new teachers |
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to watch for latent maladjustments |
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and send them to me on alternate |
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Teachers only. |
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But l... l am a teacher. |
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Miss Barrett, do you realize |
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l'm sorry, Dr. Bester... |
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Dr. Bester! |
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Dr. Bester, |
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Hey, that's the teach |
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Oh, that's right. Ain't she cute, man? |
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She's gotta be my teacher. |
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-Hope so, man. |
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Shades up there. |
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Mr. McHabe, |
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l could only find one piece of chalk. |
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-Our supplies are running low. |
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Rubber bands, desk blotters, board erasers |
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We have blue pencils, no red. |
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You mean that l can have basketballs |
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Well, what do you want |
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They asked me to fill out this requisition. |
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Well, it was obviously meant |
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Shades up there. |
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Mr. McHabe... |
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There he is. |
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Good morning, Mr. Barringer. |
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l'm Alice Blake. |
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You mean you were in my class. |
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This is my friend, Carole Blanca. |
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l would have said |
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l changed it over the summer. |
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We wish to express our gratitude |
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for the way you gave |
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Well, l'm glad l taught you |
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Mr. Barringer, l wanted to be in your class, |
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but they put me in Miss Barrett's. |
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And l don't even know Miss Barrett, |
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and l thought maybe l could switch. |
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Why would you want to switch? |
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Think of the poetic heritage |
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Remember, Alice, |
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''How do l love thee? |
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Now, someone once said |
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Please don't block the doorway. |
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Please come in. |
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Hey, Lou, no wonder, she's a dame. |
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Why do l always get stuck with dames? |
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You want l should slug him, Teach? |
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Boys! |
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Please sit down. Yes, it is. |
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Take your seats, please. Everybody. Yes. |
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l'm sorry. What? |
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Would you please tell me |
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Yes. This is room 322. My name |
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l will have you in homeroom all term, |
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and l hope to see some of you |
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-English. |
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that first impressions are very important. |
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Miss Barrett, you want me to |
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Yes, all right. That would be nice. |
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-Someone once said that first... |
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-Are you a regular or a substitute? |
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Yes. You're late. |
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l'm not late. l'm absent. |
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Class, please. |
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-You are? |
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-Well... Why don't you sit down? |
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l'm dropping out. |
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You're supposed to sign |
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Hey, there's glass all over my desk |
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l know. Just don't touch the broken glass, |
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lt should be reported to the janitor. |
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Custodian! Custodian. |
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-l'll go. Let me go. |
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l'll go, Teach. |
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-l'm going. |
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Class, please. |
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l'm afraid there won't be time |
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on first impressions. |
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l am passing out... |
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-She's passing out! |
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Fresh air. |
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l am passing out Delaney cards, |
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and l would like you to fill them out |
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while l take attendance. |
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-Sorry l'm late. l was in the Late Room. |
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The Late Room. Where they make you sit |
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to make up for your latenesses |
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Otherwise l would have been on time. |
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For parents' name, can l use my aunt? |
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Yes, if you... |
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Yes, of course you may. |
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-Amdur, Janet. |
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-You, young man, why are you late? |
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l'm with Mr. Loomis. |
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My uncle's in this class, |
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-Hey, Tony! Catch. |
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-Are you hurt? |
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Hey, you gotta |
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three copies and send it in to the nurse. |
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Perhaps... Perhaps you had |
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and ask for accident report blanks. |
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-Apolikanos, Michael. |
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-Blake, Alice. |
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Janitor says nobody's down there. |
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How can he say there's no one down there |
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Yes? Can l help you? |
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The stuff from your letter-box. |
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Yes, but l took it all out |
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You're supposed to read this to the class. |
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Thank you. You may sit down now. |
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''Library. Attention class. |
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-''The school library is your library...'' |
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-Change of assembly schedule. |
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''Change in assembly schedule. |
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''All X-2 sections |
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''the second half of the second period. |
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''Tomorrow, all Y-2...'' Class, please. |
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Class, ''Tomorrow all Y-two sections |
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''for X-two sections, |
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''will follow today's program |
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Do we go to assembly today? |
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Blanca, Carmelita. |
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That's Carole. |
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Miss Barrett, Miss Barrett, you forgot |
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All right, all right. |
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-Class dismissed! |
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Class, l want you all back in your seats. |
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Sit down. Sit down. We have to finish. |
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-Class... |
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Repeat. Disregard all bells. |
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This boy's late and on probation. |
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Where's your class, Miss Barrett? |
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l'm afraid that they have all gone. |
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You're off to a good start. |
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Now, listen, since l'm only |
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l guess you know |
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One false step... Suspension. |
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Your name, please? |
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Won't you tell me your name? |
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You've got it there. |
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There are 40 pupils in my homeroom. |
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Call the roll. |
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All right. |
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Let's see, where did l leave off? |
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Davidson? |
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Dubinski, Ehrlick, Gloria. |
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Well, surely you're not |
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Escalera? Esposite? Essner? |
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Really, it would be so much simpler |
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Evans? |
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-Farber, Farreli, Ferone... |
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Joseph Ferone. Do they call you Joe? |
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l see you're to be |
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Tell me, do you like English? |
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Well. |
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l think there's time for you |
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lf you will just fill in the blanks, please. |
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l don't know why |
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Maybe because a man named Delaney |
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You can just take any seat. |
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Get out of here. l want to sit down. |
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You hear me? l ain't playing with you. |
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Come on, man. Get out of here. |
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l'm Beatrice Schacter. |
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How do you do? |
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-Hello there, how are you? |
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l'm Henrietta Pastorfield. Thanks. |
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How did you make out |
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l got through it. |
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l got through 16 of the 20. |
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And l've been here 16 years. |
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Four years more |
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lf l last. |
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l've only got 12 this year. |
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Eight for me. |
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As usual, the white kids don't trust me. |
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Negro kids think |
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l've managed 18. |
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Eleven. |
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Two and a half. |
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l had planned a little talk |
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and from that |
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correct usage and self expression |
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and from that it would just be one step |
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And then to communication |
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And finally, mutual respect and even love. |
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l like the part about limitless realm. |
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Kid them along, make it a game. |
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l have a new one this year. |
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Misspelled words are the patients |
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and the kids are the doctors |
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Why aren't you eating your lunch? |
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Well, l just can't seem to face |
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ln future, try Jell-O. |
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lt gives you energy, |
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Ever tried Punctuation Sex, Henrietta? |
| 00:21:15 |
Hyphens are kisses, |
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and a period is a definite ''no.'' |
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And then, of course, |
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of semicolons and apostrophes. |
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l shudder to think |
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l don't care. lt keeps them off the streets, |
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and you've earned your keep. |
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Have you met Paul Barringer? |
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The glamour boy |
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Unpublished writer. |
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Dangerous. You're on your own. |
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Your education |
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to arm you and prepare you |
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to function as mature |
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capable of shouldering |
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which a thriving democracy imposes. |
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lt is through you |
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and others like you... |
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We have no doubt |
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that our aims and efforts in this direction |
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will bear fruit |
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and achieve the goals and objectives |
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for in the miniature democracy |
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you are proving yourselves |
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worthy and deserving of our trust |
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and expectations. |
| 00:22:48 |
Any announcements, Mr. McHabe? |
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A blue Pontiac parked |
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Anybody having knowledge |
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please report to me |
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Hey! |
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Silence while exiting! |
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Well, she... |
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Mr. Edmund Green |
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after 10 years at South Park High School, |
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extensive experience in the so-called |
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such as Calvin Coolidge, |
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and an impressive war record |
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He could use that. |
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l'm sure he'll be a valuable addition |
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-Yeah. |
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Miss Sylvia Barrett |
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with a B.A. from Lyons Hall |
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She's to be commended for her courage. |
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Miss Barrett. |
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Thank you. l... |
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l can't say how happy l am to be here. |
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-The first item on the agenda... |
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Dr. Bester, there were certain |
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Agreed. The teaching load, |
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and the new building, Dr. Bester. |
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What about the new building? |
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Well, l brought along |
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-To give us heart. |
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lt's been six years now. We're losing heart. |
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Hear, hear! |
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l didn't see who said that. |
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-Oh, yes, Miss Pastorfield. |
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Well, if you'll stop by |
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l'll gladly accept your check for $7,500,000. |
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Miss Gordon and Mr. Osborne |
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Who'll speak first? |
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Mr. Osborne and l, being floaters, |
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Mr. Osborne insists on putting his things |
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-which is my drawer and l... |
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The left-hand desk drawer is my drawer. |
| 00:26:44 |
-Since when? |
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All right. All right. May l suggest |
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on Rotation of Teachers |
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appoint a sub-committee |
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-You're next on the agenda, Mrs. Wolf. |
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When returning books to the library, |
| 00:27:02 |
students must put them back |
| 00:27:06 |
l want those books in their right places |
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-l think it's very important... |
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Dr. Bester, now that |
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has been declared unconstitutional, |
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is there any objection |
| 00:27:20 |
lt's all right, l understand, |
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if the word ''prayer'' is not used |
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and if the lips don't move. |
| 00:27:29 |
Dr. Bester, by law a faculty conference |
| 00:27:31 |
only has to last 60 minutes |
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Now, l suggest |
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Yes. l'm afraid a discussion |
| 00:27:39 |
will have to be jettisoned until next week. |
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-Will someone move for adjournment? |
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Meeting is adjourned. |
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Morning, Miss Finch. |
| 00:28:31 |
Here are my daily attendance sheets, |
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my absentee cards, |
| 00:28:38 |
my transportation cards, |
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Since we are unable to begin the term |
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l thought we might spend this first class |
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Why we read them |
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Herbert Henry. |
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l didn't know we was gonna have a quiz. |
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-l didn't study for it. |
| 00:30:33 |
Well, whatever it is, l didn't study up. |
| 00:30:35 |
Well, l'm not asking you to study up, |
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-Miss Barrett. |
| 00:30:41 |
Harry A. Kagan, |
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-for President of General Organization. |
| 00:30:45 |
ln answer to your |
| 00:30:48 |
last term, for example, |
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to comprehend in a superb fashion |
| 00:30:54 |
the origins of many of the idiosyncrasies |
| 00:30:58 |
Throughout the decades, constant |
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have spawned such sparkling gems |
| 00:31:05 |
-Jumping Jupiter. |
| 00:31:09 |
You're doing a very good job, Miss Barrett. |
| 00:31:12 |
Class, please. |
| 00:31:15 |
Jose Rodriguez. |
| 00:31:23 |
Where is Jose? |
| 00:31:29 |
Do you have anything |
| 00:31:34 |
-Miss Barrett! Miss Barrett! |
| 00:31:36 |
l think Alice Blake |
| 00:31:40 |
Well, will you tell the class, Alice? |
| 00:31:46 |
Because just about all books |
| 00:31:51 |
All right, class, please. Class. |
| 00:31:57 |
ls that the only reason that we read? |
| 00:32:01 |
For instance, what about this? Algebra. |
| 00:32:05 |
There is no love in that. |
| 00:32:08 |
Well, Alice? |
| 00:32:10 |
You're wearing contact lenses? |
| 00:32:15 |
Suppose we turn |
| 00:32:18 |
to one of our country's most famous poets |
| 00:32:20 |
and see how she expresses herself |
| 00:32:31 |
Emily |
| 00:32:35 |
Dickinson, |
| 00:32:39 |
1830, |
| 00:32:41 |
1886. |
| 00:32:44 |
-Right here. |
| 00:32:48 |
ln eight short lines she sums up |
| 00:32:51 |
and adventure that can be found |
| 00:32:55 |
''...to take us lands away |
| 00:32:58 |
''This traverse may the poorest take |
| 00:33:03 |
Now, do you begin to see |
| 00:33:06 |
Yeah. Yeah. |
| 00:33:07 |
All right. |
| 00:33:13 |
lt begins, |
| 00:33:16 |
''There is no frigate...'' |
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Class. Class! Please. |
| 00:33:47 |
Next time try, |
| 00:33:52 |
l guess everybody's heard |
| 00:33:54 |
Sorry, just trying to, |
| 00:33:59 |
Thank you. |
| 00:34:02 |
You know, if you take |
| 00:34:05 |
just think what your hundredth |
| 00:34:07 |
l came here to teach, or l thought l did. |
| 00:34:10 |
l thought that was what l spent |
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Back home, |
| 00:34:18 |
That teacher up there |
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Sharing something |
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And what's the first thing l find |
| 00:34:33 |
There is no time for teaching. |
| 00:34:36 |
There's only time for memos, |
| 00:34:42 |
letters, notices, forms, records, blanks. |
| 00:34:47 |
And keys. Look what they've given me. |
| 00:34:52 |
Room key, lavatory key, locker key. |
| 00:35:03 |
Book room. |
| 00:35:06 |
Well, at least there are such things, |
| 00:35:11 |
This one is for my desk drawer, |
| 00:35:16 |
You know, l bet you did |
| 00:35:23 |
How did you guess? |
| 00:35:24 |
You and the Clerk of Oxenford, |
| 00:35:33 |
When l finally get the chance, |
| 00:35:40 |
to talk to them about something |
| 00:35:44 |
and l find l am some kind of an enemy. |
| 00:35:48 |
The butt of some enormous joke. |
| 00:35:51 |
The ammunition that they have. |
| 00:35:55 |
ln my first English class, many years ago, |
| 00:35:58 |
''lt is chiefly through books that we enjoy |
| 00:36:07 |
What kind of thing do you write? |
| 00:36:09 |
Well, l've just finished the first chapter |
| 00:36:12 |
about a nuclear physicist marooned |
| 00:36:18 |
That's a far cry from Calvin Coolidge. |
| 00:36:20 |
l know, a far, far cry. |
| 00:36:23 |
There's no keys in Kamchatka. |
| 00:36:26 |
No lockers. No book rooms |
| 00:36:33 |
Well, but you and l are here. |
| 00:36:36 |
Yeah, and there'll come a time |
| 00:36:39 |
for more cheering up. |
| 00:36:42 |
Or dinner, sometime? |
| 00:36:45 |
All right. l would like that. |
| 00:36:47 |
Good. |
| 00:36:50 |
Hello, Paul. Hello, Sylvia. |
| 00:37:00 |
Miss Barrett, step in here, please. |
| 00:37:03 |
You wait. l'll see you next. |
| 00:37:09 |
Was this boy in your English class today? |
| 00:37:10 |
l don't know. |
| 00:37:12 |
Don't bother. He wasn't. |
| 00:37:14 |
During that period |
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where a wallet has been reported missing. |
| 00:37:18 |
You should have sent in |
| 00:37:21 |
Well, there wasn't time. |
| 00:37:24 |
and the nurse sent |
| 00:37:26 |
Has he given you any trouble |
| 00:37:29 |
l don't know what you mean by trouble. |
| 00:37:30 |
-Trouble. Foul language. Violence. |
| 00:37:34 |
Don't be scared of him, Miss Barrett. |
| 00:37:37 |
l'm just trying to stick to the truth. |
| 00:37:38 |
There has been no violence |
| 00:37:42 |
l hope you haven't got any ideas |
| 00:37:45 |
or understanding him, |
| 00:37:48 |
Did he steal the wallet? |
| 00:37:50 |
You can go. |
| 00:37:59 |
Then he didn't steal the wallet. |
| 00:38:01 |
lt has also come to my attention |
| 00:38:05 |
Accident report |
| 00:38:07 |
in your home room yesterday, |
| 00:38:10 |
on the physical condition of your room |
| 00:38:14 |
My pupil load is 44 and two-fifths. |
| 00:38:17 |
Three-fifths students per class. |
| 00:38:19 |
l believe the directive |
| 00:38:22 |
Let me see, l just couldn't seem to find |
| 00:38:27 |
l have a broken window |
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and l need two more chairs. Three. |
| 00:38:32 |
And the custodian simply answers, |
| 00:38:35 |
Well, my pupil load, Miss Barrett, |
| 00:38:38 |
6000 parents, 150 teachers, |
| 00:38:41 |
25 members of the building staff. |
| 00:38:43 |
1 104, please. |
| 00:38:45 |
An upset neighborhood, |
| 00:38:48 |
and the entire board of education. |
| 00:38:51 |
-Let it be a challenge to you, huh? |
| 00:38:54 |
1 104. Four. Yeah. |
| 00:39:23 |
Hey, Teach. Hey. |
| 00:39:37 |
Come on, lady. |
| 00:39:38 |
-l like you. |
| 00:39:46 |
Don't walk this block alone, Teach. |
| 00:40:03 |
Will the person or persons |
| 00:40:07 |
There will be no questions asked. |
| 00:40:09 |
l just want my desk blotter back. |
| 00:40:13 |
Now, for our first oral book report |
| 00:40:18 |
we will begin with Danny, Danny Harrigan. |
| 00:40:24 |
l'm not prepared, Miss Barrett. |
| 00:40:26 |
Why aren't you prepared, Danny? |
| 00:40:39 |
l had to get married. |
| 00:40:42 |
See, l got this girl in trouble, |
| 00:40:46 |
-The things is, l didn't even like her. |
| 00:40:49 |
l accept your excuse, Danny. |
| 00:40:51 |
So you see, l didn't have very much time |
| 00:40:54 |
Well, will you please return to your seat? |
| 00:41:01 |
Who did prepare a book report? |
| 00:41:05 |
Lou Martin to your rescue. |
| 00:41:09 |
Linda, Linda, Linda. |
| 00:41:13 |
Oh, yeah. |
| 00:41:16 |
What's the bruise over your eye? |
| 00:41:18 |
Just received it this morning. |
| 00:41:21 |
Well, will you go directly to the nurse |
| 00:41:25 |
Lou, you can begin your report |
| 00:41:29 |
-My book is... |
| 00:41:32 |
Yeah. The title is called Macbeth, |
| 00:41:36 |
-The title is. |
| 00:41:39 |
lsn't Macbeth required reading |
| 00:41:43 |
-l ain't never read it before. |
| 00:41:46 |
Me neither. |
| 00:41:50 |
Depicts. |
| 00:41:51 |
-Depicts how this guy, he wants to... |
| 00:41:53 |
Him. |
| 00:41:55 |
-He. |
| 00:41:56 |
All right, Lou, |
| 00:42:00 |
Well, the author narrates this murder. |
| 00:42:03 |
Now, Lou, we don't need you |
| 00:42:10 |
Lou. All right, class. |
| 00:42:14 |
The theme of Macbeth is that too much |
| 00:42:18 |
and end up in disaster. |
| 00:42:21 |
That's what words are for. |
| 00:42:24 |
To be used. |
| 00:42:27 |
What does ruthless mean? |
| 00:42:31 |
Joe? |
| 00:42:36 |
Eddie. |
| 00:42:38 |
Steps all over. |
| 00:42:39 |
Use it in a sentence. |
| 00:42:40 |
Steps all over like white people. |
| 00:42:42 |
l know because l'm colored. |
| 00:42:47 |
-Rusty. |
| 00:42:49 |
-You mean, ''Nudges.'' |
| 00:42:52 |
Being a female, she spurns him on. |
| 00:42:54 |
Spurs. |
| 00:42:55 |
He wouldn't have done it, |
| 00:42:58 |
-Then she's the ruthless one. |
| 00:43:03 |
Alice. |
| 00:43:04 |
l think everyone has missed |
| 00:43:07 |
lt's a play about love. |
| 00:43:09 |
Mr. Macbeth loves Mrs. Macbeth so much |
| 00:43:13 |
even kill. |
| 00:43:16 |
Jerry. |
| 00:43:18 |
Can't some people love and hate |
| 00:43:21 |
Aside from ambition, isn't that |
| 00:43:24 |
destroyed themselves and each other? |
| 00:43:34 |
Jerry. |
| 00:43:36 |
That was a very interesting point |
| 00:43:38 |
and we'll talk more about it next time. |
| 00:43:45 |
You whitey-loving plow boy. |
| 00:44:01 |
Linda, Linda. |
| 00:44:04 |
Did Miss... Did Miss Eagen |
| 00:44:07 |
Oh, no, she gave me a cup of tea. |
| 00:44:08 |
ls that all? |
| 00:44:09 |
l think she uses used tea bags. |
| 00:44:11 |
Well, come with me. l will... l'll talk to her. |
| 00:44:13 |
And it's a very bad bruise. |
| 00:44:15 |
Linda has a rough time with her father. |
| 00:44:18 |
Well, what good will tea do? Why tea? |
| 00:44:21 |
Read that. |
| 00:44:25 |
''The school nurse |
| 00:44:28 |
''...give medication, remove foreign |
| 00:44:32 |
Can't you talk to somebody? |
| 00:44:34 |
Like who? |
| 00:44:36 |
Dr. Bester, the Welfare Administration, |
| 00:44:40 |
l don't know. |
| 00:44:42 |
Oh, l'll do that |
| 00:44:44 |
l'll just do that. |
| 00:44:46 |
While you're here, Miss Barrett, |
| 00:44:48 |
it's come to my attention |
| 00:44:50 |
that there are matters of form |
| 00:44:53 |
Now, students |
| 00:44:57 |
should be alphabetized |
| 00:45:00 |
And please, above all, |
| 00:45:02 |
discourage excessive dieting |
| 00:45:06 |
All right, l'll... l'll remember that. |
| 00:45:10 |
Gym suits and excessive dieting. |
| 00:45:12 |
l will remember that. Thank you. |
| 00:45:17 |
l give them tea. |
| 00:45:19 |
At least that's something. |
| 00:45:23 |
Linda. |
| 00:45:24 |
Linda, you can go on to class now. |
| 00:45:27 |
-You can't still see it, can you? |
| 00:45:30 |
So long as you can't see it. |
| 00:45:32 |
Linda. |
| 00:45:37 |
ls there anything that l can do for you? |
| 00:45:40 |
Oh, yeah, you could get us dancing |
| 00:45:43 |
Other schools do it and they put on things. |
| 00:45:46 |
Why not? You only live once. |
| 00:46:09 |
Miss Friedenberg. |
| 00:46:12 |
Miss Barrett. |
| 00:46:13 |
l would like to have you tell me all you can |
| 00:46:18 |
Eddie Williams, Rusty O'Brien |
| 00:46:20 |
l need some ammunition. |
| 00:46:22 |
Sit down, Miss Barrett. |
| 00:46:25 |
not just the subject but the whole pupil. |
| 00:46:27 |
Well, right now, |
| 00:46:29 |
Now, first let me explain |
| 00:46:34 |
These cabinets contain the PRCs. |
| 00:46:36 |
The PRC is, of course, the permanent |
| 00:46:41 |
Now in the PRC is the PPP. |
| 00:46:45 |
lt almost sings, doesn't it? |
| 00:46:47 |
The PPP is the pupil personality profile. |
| 00:46:51 |
l invented it myself, and l write it up |
| 00:46:55 |
Now, that's Miss Barrett, room 3... |
| 00:46:58 |
22. |
| 00:46:59 |
322. |
| 00:47:02 |
Three twenty-two, now... |
| 00:47:04 |
-That was Edward Williams. |
| 00:47:11 |
Edward Williams. |
| 00:47:13 |
Edward... Edward Williams. |
| 00:47:16 |
''Must curb tendency to paranoia due |
| 00:47:23 |
Lou Martin, was it? |
| 00:47:25 |
Louis Martin. |
| 00:47:28 |
''Exhibits inverted hostility |
| 00:47:32 |
Now, who else was that? |
| 00:47:34 |
Rusty O'Brien. |
| 00:47:35 |
Richard, Richard... |
| 00:47:38 |
''Show signs of latent homosexuality |
| 00:47:43 |
''and permissive self-abusive practices.'' |
| 00:47:46 |
Am l going too fast for you, Miss Barrett? |
| 00:47:48 |
No, no, l think that l understand. |
| 00:47:51 |
Eddie Williams hates white people, |
| 00:47:55 |
Lou Martin is a cut-up |
| 00:48:01 |
lt's a wise teacher who translates |
| 00:48:04 |
into the environmental vernacular. |
| 00:48:07 |
-What about Joe Ferone? |
| 00:48:11 |
Ferone. |
| 00:48:14 |
''Should channel |
| 00:48:17 |
''into socially acceptable attitudes.'' |
| 00:48:21 |
l suggest you wear a smock. |
| 00:48:24 |
On the... |
| 00:48:26 |
On the blue line, |
| 00:48:30 |
is the CC. Capsule characterization. |
| 00:48:33 |
Now, at the end of each term, |
| 00:48:35 |
each teacher |
| 00:48:39 |
A summing up. |
| 00:48:41 |
You should start thinking |
| 00:48:44 |
For example, Linda Rosen. |
| 00:48:47 |
What would you say so far? |
| 00:48:50 |
Marry her off fast. |
| 00:48:52 |
You don't quite get the idea, Miss Barrett. |
| 00:48:55 |
Her home room teacher last term |
| 00:49:00 |
That's true. |
| 00:49:02 |
Now, other exemplary CC's would be, |
| 00:49:05 |
''Latent leader.'' |
| 00:49:07 |
''Needs encouragement.'' |
| 00:49:10 |
''Fine boy.'' ''Should try harder.'' |
| 00:49:14 |
My CC's go back 23 years, |
| 00:49:19 |
Before that, unfortunately, there's a void. |
| 00:49:23 |
You have devoted a whole generation |
| 00:49:26 |
Miss Friedenberg? |
| 00:49:29 |
Why, that's very kind of you, Miss Barrett. |
| 00:49:31 |
No one has ever thought |
| 00:49:34 |
Thank you. |
| 00:49:38 |
lt says here Joe Ferone has an lQ of 133. |
| 00:49:45 |
But his marks are very low. |
| 00:49:46 |
65, 45, F. |
| 00:49:48 |
Yes, but there's a 94 in Social Studies. |
| 00:49:52 |
But a 22 in English. |
| 00:49:56 |
What kind of an English teacher |
| 00:49:59 |
She must have sat up all night |
| 00:50:03 |
He's volunteered various home addresses, |
| 00:50:07 |
So if he doesn't show up at school, |
| 00:50:10 |
-to find him. |
| 00:50:13 |
Yes, but he keeps coming back. |
| 00:50:15 |
Now and then. |
| 00:50:16 |
Oh, l'm late. |
| 00:50:18 |
But may l keep this? |
| 00:50:22 |
All right, but bring it back to me. |
| 00:50:25 |
Oh, yes, of course. Thank you very much. |
| 00:50:31 |
Please, please may l have your attention. |
| 00:50:33 |
lf you don't quiet... Please. Thank you. |
| 00:50:35 |
Would the person or persons who took |
| 00:50:39 |
Lou, please. |
| 00:50:43 |
Joe Ferone, |
| 00:50:47 |
l just want my desk blotter back |
| 00:51:17 |
Joe, l got your PRC |
| 00:51:22 |
and l've been going over it very carefully. |
| 00:51:24 |
The thing that interests me most |
| 00:51:27 |
are the contradictions. |
| 00:51:30 |
The low grades, absences... |
| 00:51:32 |
This long list of infractions |
| 00:51:37 |
And then suddenly, out of nowhere, |
| 00:51:42 |
and perfect attendance. |
| 00:52:19 |
You gonna report me, Teach, |
| 00:52:26 |
l never reported you for anything. |
| 00:52:30 |
You will. |
| 00:52:33 |
You act as if you wanted me to. |
| 00:52:37 |
l've just seen your type before, that's all. |
| 00:52:40 |
There's one every year. |
| 00:52:42 |
''Not living up to your potential,'' they say. |
| 00:52:45 |
ls that what you were gonna say, Teach? |
| 00:52:48 |
''Just want to help you, Joe. |
| 00:52:54 |
Then they get to feeling very sorry |
| 00:52:58 |
and your low socioeconomic level |
| 00:53:01 |
till you just have to tell them, |
| 00:53:04 |
''Get your nose out |
| 00:53:08 |
''Keep your damn hands off my potential.'' |
| 00:53:11 |
Then they turn you in. |
| 00:53:15 |
l'm not going to turn you in. |
| 00:53:18 |
You know, you're better at it than most. |
| 00:53:20 |
Standing there, looking down at you, |
| 00:53:25 |
-l do. |
| 00:53:28 |
Give me time. |
| 00:53:31 |
-You trying to make a deal of some kind? |
| 00:53:41 |
All right, Teach. |
| 00:53:44 |
Let's have that talk about my potential. |
| 00:53:50 |
You know... |
| 00:53:52 |
You could be suspended |
| 00:53:58 |
Not unless someone turns me in. |
| 00:54:10 |
Give it to me. |
| 00:54:14 |
Sure. |
| 00:54:27 |
Would you come with me, please? |
| 00:54:32 |
Aren't you gonna say how sorry |
| 00:55:45 |
All right, everybody out, out, out. |
| 00:55:47 |
Let's go. Let's go. |
| 00:55:53 |
Well, ''Suggestions'', Miss Barrett, eh? |
| 00:55:56 |
l must say, you've got guts. |
| 00:55:58 |
Oh, it's just an idea, Mr. McHabe. |
| 00:56:00 |
lt seems to me if the students |
| 00:56:03 |
without constant fear of punishment... |
| 00:56:05 |
Listen, you try running this school |
| 00:56:09 |
Fear, that's all they understand. |
| 00:56:11 |
You, you. Come here. |
| 00:56:17 |
Miss Barrett, |
| 00:56:22 |
Miss Barrett, the name of Joe Ferone |
| 00:56:26 |
and will be carried under your |
| 00:56:30 |
Sign these, please. |
| 00:56:34 |
What good is it going to do |
| 00:56:37 |
Turn him loose on the street |
| 00:56:41 |
Say what you like about Mr. McHabe. |
| 00:56:47 |
l wasn't just blaming him. |
| 00:56:58 |
ls there always one that gets you |
| 00:57:01 |
And is it always the one that wants you |
| 00:57:05 |
and thinks life is made up of deals? |
| 00:57:08 |
l wonder if he'll come back |
| 00:57:12 |
Miss Barrett. Miss Barrett? This... |
| 00:57:17 |
This boy is one of your students, l believe. |
| 00:57:20 |
-Yes. |
| 00:57:22 |
in the auditorium this morning |
| 00:57:24 |
He refuses to say how he got there. |
| 00:57:27 |
l'll send him back to you |
| 00:57:29 |
Come on, let's go. |
| 00:57:56 |
l thought you might be ready |
| 00:57:59 |
-Maybe Thursday? |
| 00:58:08 |
''Dear Teach. Nerts to you.'' |
| 00:58:11 |
You shouldn't be reading those. |
| 00:58:16 |
''Don't try so hard, you'll live longer.'' |
| 00:58:19 |
''How about a date? |
| 00:58:22 |
''Signed, Loverboy.'' |
| 00:58:24 |
''Can you make the chalk |
| 00:58:28 |
''ls it possible for you to teach |
| 00:58:32 |
''You showed me that writing clearly |
| 00:58:36 |
You see that? They are not all jokes. |
| 00:58:39 |
''Scram ! Hit the road. Leave town |
| 00:58:43 |
''A Well-Wisher.'' |
| 00:58:44 |
You shouldn't make fun of them. |
| 00:58:46 |
Sometimes a sense of humor |
| 00:58:49 |
lt's not the same thing. |
| 00:58:52 |
''lt is my considerable opinion |
| 00:58:56 |
''No matter how boring the lesson, |
| 00:58:59 |
-Harry Kagan. |
| 00:59:02 |
lmagine electing that apple-polishing, |
| 00:59:07 |
Do they actually think |
| 00:59:10 |
They see through him for what he is. |
| 00:59:13 |
But then they think everything's a fake, |
| 00:59:15 |
including the GO, |
| 00:59:16 |
so it doesn't matter who's the president. |
| 00:59:19 |
lt doesn't matter to them |
| 00:59:22 |
What's it to them? |
| 00:59:24 |
That's why your suggestion box is a frost. |
| 00:59:29 |
What suggestions can they make? |
| 00:59:30 |
What opinions can they have? |
| 00:59:33 |
This is the only one that makes sense. |
| 00:59:35 |
''Don't try so hard, you'll live longer.'' |
| 00:59:39 |
Mrs. Coolidge. |
| 00:59:46 |
Come on, l'll walk you to the corner. |
| 00:59:53 |
''l am not a good penman, |
| 00:59:57 |
''l put this in the suggestion box |
| 01:00:00 |
''Today is my birthday. |
| 01:00:02 |
''Happy birthday to me. Signed, Me.'' |
| 01:00:08 |
l just want to do something for that child. |
| 01:00:13 |
The nurse says wounds |
| 01:00:16 |
l can't even find the wounds. |
| 01:00:20 |
Tomorrow l go into the hospital |
| 01:00:22 |
-for a week... |
| 01:00:23 |
Routine. l'm at the age. |
| 01:00:24 |
The doctor took my pulse and said, |
| 01:00:28 |
The sad thing is it's so early |
| 01:00:30 |
A week is so important. |
| 01:00:32 |
l don't know who my substitute will be, |
| 01:00:35 |
and the door is open, would you just stop |
| 01:00:38 |
And see if she's doing all right? |
| 01:00:40 |
-Do you trust me to judge? |
| 01:00:44 |
All ready? |
| 01:01:11 |
Don't ever hurry down this block. |
| 01:01:13 |
Just walk slowly. |
| 01:01:15 |
Even if you're frightened |
| 01:01:19 |
And look. Don't seem to, but look. |
| 01:01:22 |
This is where they spend 18 hours a day. |
| 01:01:25 |
We have them for six. |
| 01:01:28 |
Almost insurmountable odds. |
| 01:01:32 |
You noticed l said almost? |
| 01:01:34 |
Because you can't give up, |
| 01:01:39 |
They've been given up |
| 01:01:40 |
We're their last chance. |
| 01:01:43 |
And maybe they're our last chance. |
| 01:01:46 |
Just walk slowly and think of the odds, |
| 01:02:28 |
Oh, you dance very well, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:02:31 |
Thank you, Harry. So do you. |
| 01:02:32 |
Well, my family has always made sure |
| 01:02:37 |
These affairs are rather childish, l think. |
| 01:02:40 |
But they're for the good of the GO. |
| 01:02:48 |
Where are we going, Harry? |
| 01:02:49 |
Well, a gentleman should always return |
| 01:02:52 |
picked her up at. |
| 01:02:53 |
-Thank you, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:03:01 |
Sylvia, have you been dancing? |
| 01:03:03 |
Not much. |
| 01:03:04 |
l've been having an amenity |
| 01:03:11 |
Look, they're doing the Boogaloo. |
| 01:03:13 |
The Jerk is out, you know. |
| 01:03:24 |
All right, you two out there, you two. |
| 01:03:27 |
You two, all right, all right, all right. |
| 01:03:28 |
Out, out, off the floor. |
| 01:03:30 |
No writhing on the floor. |
| 01:03:32 |
No writhing. All dancers will remain |
| 01:03:45 |
There's Bob Whiteside. |
| 01:03:48 |
Dance, Miss Pastorfield? |
| 01:03:50 |
Now, Bob, why would you wanna dance |
| 01:03:54 |
when a pretty young teacher |
| 01:03:57 |
Oh, Henrietta, now, you go ahead. |
| 01:04:00 |
Me, do the Boogaloo? |
| 01:04:02 |
Why, you're pretty hip, Miss Pastorfield. |
| 01:04:04 |
Well, if you say so, Bob. |
| 01:04:06 |
lf you say so. Thanks, Syl. |
| 01:04:54 |
Good evening, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:04:55 |
Good evening, Alice. |
| 01:04:57 |
-Thank you. |
| 01:05:00 |
Go on, you know what you wanna say. |
| 01:05:04 |
l just wanted to say |
| 01:05:06 |
that at the beginning of the term |
| 01:05:11 |
But they made me stay in yours. |
| 01:05:13 |
l just wanted to say that l'm glad, |
| 01:05:15 |
although l'd rather be in Mr. Barringer's. |
| 01:05:19 |
Thank you very much, Alice. |
| 01:05:23 |
When you taught us that poem |
| 01:05:28 |
and the part, ''Take your... |
| 01:05:32 |
''And say to her, my dear, my dear |
| 01:05:35 |
''ls it is not so dreadful here''? |
| 01:05:38 |
And you asked who was speaking? |
| 01:05:40 |
l wanted to say, ''Maybe a teacher.'' |
| 01:05:43 |
l don't recite well. |
| 01:05:44 |
Carole has to help me. |
| 01:05:47 |
-No, no, you recite very well, Alice. |
| 01:05:49 |
l even tried to get more of Edna Vincent |
| 01:05:53 |
-You went to the library? |
| 01:05:56 |
Will you excuse us a minute, Carole? |
| 01:05:58 |
You know, it was rehearsed |
| 01:06:02 |
She knows everything. |
| 01:06:04 |
But there are some things when you just |
| 01:06:09 |
Not a mother or an aunt. |
| 01:06:11 |
Even if it hasn't anything |
| 01:06:13 |
Good evening, Alice. |
| 01:06:17 |
Excuse me, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:06:21 |
There was a choked, unspoken |
| 01:06:26 |
''She who had no need of me |
| 01:06:31 |
ls that all you want them to say? |
| 01:06:33 |
''Miss Barrett, l love you.'' |
| 01:06:35 |
lt's easy to say. |
| 01:06:36 |
Miss Barrett, l love you. |
| 01:06:40 |
As a matter of fact, it's you that she loves. |
| 01:06:44 |
ls that all you found out |
| 01:06:46 |
Why don't you go dance with her? |
| 01:06:48 |
Well, maybe later. |
| 01:06:50 |
Why do you always say, ''Maybe later''? |
| 01:06:52 |
Maybe sometime, maybe Thursday, |
| 01:06:57 |
Wasn't this to be our dance? |
| 01:07:01 |
No. |
| 01:07:03 |
Not that l know of. |
| 01:07:05 |
Do you know, you... |
| 01:07:07 |
just now, to avoid dancing with Alice. |
| 01:07:10 |
ls Miss Barrett refusing me? |
| 01:07:14 |
l... l have to stay with the punch |
| 01:07:17 |
l think Miss Barrett is avoiding me. |
| 01:07:19 |
No. l have a telephone. |
| 01:07:21 |
But it only rings once a week on Sunday |
| 01:07:24 |
when my mother calls long distance |
| 01:07:27 |
in the city. |
| 01:07:32 |
l write most evenings, you know that. |
| 01:07:34 |
And you're always |
| 01:07:37 |
Do you know what l think? |
| 01:07:39 |
l think if you actually lived in Kamchatka, |
| 01:07:41 |
and had never seen |
| 01:07:44 |
you would write about |
| 01:07:48 |
lf Miss Barrett will excuse me. |
| 01:09:37 |
Well, did you do it? |
| 01:10:00 |
Good morning, Alice. |
| 01:10:03 |
Would you come to my classroom |
| 01:10:18 |
Where are you supposed to be? |
| 01:10:56 |
Come in, Alice. |
| 01:11:04 |
No, come up here. Close the door. |
| 01:11:16 |
Come closer, Alice. |
| 01:11:28 |
First of all, thank you for your note. |
| 01:11:32 |
Suppose... Suppose we go |
| 01:11:36 |
''Dear Mr. Barringer...'' |
| 01:11:38 |
There's nothing wrong |
| 01:11:41 |
but it's considered an affectation. |
| 01:11:44 |
''Last Sunday, |
| 01:11:46 |
''having looked up where you live |
| 01:11:50 |
There should be a comma after ''stop'' |
| 01:11:54 |
and no series of dots. |
| 01:11:59 |
''l hope you don't mind the presumption...'' |
| 01:12:01 |
Look up the spelling of presumption, |
| 01:12:05 |
and no dots. |
| 01:12:07 |
''l walked back...and forth... |
| 01:12:10 |
''Back...and forth...'' |
| 01:12:12 |
Oh, Alice, these dots. |
| 01:12:14 |
Do you know, l think you use them... |
| 01:12:16 |
l think you use them because it's easier. |
| 01:12:18 |
lt's easier |
| 01:12:21 |
That's pretty lazy, Alice. |
| 01:12:24 |
''l thought l saw you in the window, |
| 01:12:27 |
''l bear for you...'' |
| 01:12:30 |
No dots, please |
| 01:12:33 |
and ''throbbing'' is pretty cheap. |
| 01:12:37 |
And omit ''this''. ''Love'' will be enough. |
| 01:12:43 |
''l think of you all the time...'' |
| 01:12:50 |
Now, there is a word, ''darkling'', |
| 01:12:54 |
And even if you'd used it correctly, |
| 01:13:00 |
''l pray to be worthy of you |
| 01:13:04 |
Now, the phrase ''all you stand for'' |
| 01:13:09 |
What... What do l stand for? |
| 01:13:14 |
''lf you ever need me to die for you, |
| 01:13:17 |
''like the Lady of Shalott, |
| 01:13:20 |
''and only said, 'She has a lovely face,' and |
| 01:13:29 |
Run-on sentences are pretty popular |
| 01:13:31 |
but l can't begin to cope with this one. |
| 01:13:36 |
l would suggest |
| 01:13:42 |
and look up the spelling |
| 01:13:45 |
ldylls of the King. |
| 01:13:48 |
''l didn't think l'd ever have the courage |
| 01:13:53 |
''...but when you danced with me, |
| 01:13:56 |
''The Beautiful Truth.'' |
| 01:13:59 |
Well, there's no need to capitalize ''Truth'', |
| 01:14:01 |
nor is there any need |
| 01:14:10 |
Morning, Alice. Books for us at last. |
| 01:14:13 |
Miss Barrett, can l talk to you a minute |
| 01:14:15 |
l came early especially. |
| 01:14:17 |
Of course, Alice. What is it? |
| 01:14:18 |
Syl. Syl! |
| 01:14:26 |
The ghost walks. |
| 01:14:27 |
What does that mean? |
| 01:14:28 |
Dr. Bester is going to observe you |
| 01:14:31 |
But l thought only the department |
| 01:14:33 |
Well, sometimes Dr. Bester |
| 01:14:37 |
Look, give them a composition to write. |
| 01:14:40 |
''My Favorite Sport.'' That's a good one. |
| 01:14:43 |
Okay, thank you. |
| 01:14:46 |
Alice, do you mind if we have our talk |
| 01:14:50 |
-All right, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:14:53 |
l have to have a few minutes |
| 01:15:17 |
All right, class. Class! |
| 01:15:21 |
Let's fill out these book receipts |
| 01:15:24 |
so we can get on to a story |
| 01:15:26 |
that's been a favorite of hundreds |
| 01:15:31 |
Morning, Dr. Bester. |
| 01:15:33 |
Do you mind if l observe |
| 01:15:35 |
Not at all. l'm sorry, Dr. Bester, |
| 01:15:38 |
but the extra chairs that l requisitioned |
| 01:15:43 |
Roy, would you give Dr. Bester |
| 01:15:47 |
and stand in the back of the room, please? |
| 01:15:49 |
l'll stand at the back |
| 01:15:51 |
Thank you. |
| 01:15:53 |
Who would like to help me |
| 01:15:56 |
Where is Alice Blake? Where is Alice? |
| 01:15:59 |
l don't know, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:16:01 |
Well, it's not like Alice to cut. |
| 01:17:00 |
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles |
| 01:17:07 |
Dickens. 1812, 1870. |
| 01:17:16 |
We are not going to talk about this book. |
| 01:17:18 |
We are going to begin by reading it |
| 01:17:22 |
Jerry. Jerry, will you read |
| 01:17:28 |
''lt was the best of times, |
| 01:17:32 |
''it was the age of wisdom, |
| 01:17:35 |
''it was the epoch of belief, |
| 01:17:40 |
''it was the season of Light, |
| 01:17:44 |
''it was the spring of hope, |
| 01:17:47 |
''we had everything before us, |
| 01:17:50 |
''we were all going directly to Heaven, |
| 01:17:52 |
''we were all going |
| 01:17:55 |
Thank you, Jerry. That's enough for now. |
| 01:17:56 |
All right class, |
| 01:17:59 |
The different things. |
| 01:18:01 |
-The yes and no's. |
| 01:18:03 |
Yes. Dickens was saying |
| 01:18:07 |
by the use of contrasts or opposites. |
| 01:18:11 |
We call this... |
| 01:18:20 |
Antithesis. |
| 01:18:23 |
lnstead of saying, |
| 01:18:26 |
he says, ''lt was the best of times, |
| 01:18:30 |
But the most interesting part |
| 01:18:33 |
is still to come. |
| 01:18:37 |
Merle, would you read |
| 01:18:41 |
''...in short, the period was so far |
| 01:18:44 |
Stop. That's enough. Thank you. |
| 01:18:47 |
Dickens wrote that |
| 01:18:50 |
referring to a time almost 200 years ago. |
| 01:18:54 |
''lt was so far like the present period.'' |
| 01:18:58 |
Now, what l want to know is, |
| 01:19:03 |
ls it still the best of times, |
| 01:19:06 |
Only the worst. |
| 01:19:07 |
Why is it only the worst, Lennie? |
| 01:19:10 |
'Cause that's what it is. |
| 01:19:11 |
Well, perhaps it would help us |
| 01:19:13 |
what you mean by the word ''worst''. |
| 01:19:16 |
Poor. |
| 01:19:18 |
But aren't we in the midst of prosperity? |
| 01:19:22 |
There's still the rats and no toilets. |
| 01:19:23 |
Aren't there also |
| 01:19:25 |
with playgrounds and parks? |
| 01:19:27 |
Parks is murder pits. |
| 01:19:28 |
ls Yellowstone National Park a murder pit? |
| 01:19:31 |
We saw the movie in assembly. |
| 01:19:32 |
-That's right, Esmeralda. |
| 01:19:35 |
All right. |
| 01:19:37 |
What's the best? |
| 01:20:28 |
ls it still the season of light |
| 01:20:32 |
-Miss Barrett. |
| 01:20:34 |
Darks don't have no chance, only whites. |
| 01:20:38 |
What about the civil rights laws |
| 01:20:40 |
Yeah, what about? |
| 01:20:42 |
How stupid can you get, huh? |
| 01:20:44 |
What are you talking about? |
| 01:20:47 |
Bussing kids to school miles away. |
| 01:20:50 |
We can't be juggled |
| 01:20:52 |
Yeah, and go home to the rats |
| 01:20:55 |
And the junkies on the road, dope addicts. |
| 01:20:57 |
...kids who wouldn't even arrive. |
| 01:21:01 |
All right. All right. All right. |
| 01:21:04 |
We have time for one last comment. |
| 01:21:08 |
The General Organization of which |
| 01:21:11 |
that other races have just as much right |
| 01:21:15 |
Get bent! |
| 01:21:20 |
Get bent! |
| 01:21:22 |
All right. All right, class. Please. Please. |
| 01:21:26 |
What we've been saying |
| 01:21:29 |
between our period |
| 01:21:31 |
and the period of Tale of Two Cities. |
| 01:21:33 |
As we read on, let's continue to be aware |
| 01:21:36 |
of these similarities and differences |
| 01:21:38 |
because that will make us understand |
| 01:21:41 |
and interesting |
| 01:21:43 |
All right. |
| 01:21:45 |
With the bombs going up and our morals |
| 01:21:53 |
All right, class. |
| 01:21:56 |
All right. |
| 01:22:06 |
Miss Barrett, what is the meaning |
| 01:22:13 |
With Dr. Bester here, you allowed |
| 01:22:14 |
your class to behave |
| 01:22:16 |
l could hear them all the way down |
| 01:22:19 |
lt's the sound of thinking, Mr. McHabe. |
| 01:22:21 |
This class cannot wait to read |
| 01:22:24 |
and Lou Martin made a joke with a point, |
| 01:22:27 |
And Eddie Williams |
| 01:22:30 |
Mr. McHabe, report to the main office |
| 01:22:33 |
Mr. McHabe, report to the main office |
| 01:22:43 |
Sit down in your seats. |
| 01:22:47 |
l'll be back in a moment. Let's not panic. |
| 01:22:50 |
Get back in the room. |
| 01:22:56 |
You are to go to the office immediately. |
| 01:22:58 |
Bob Whiteside is taking over mine. |
| 01:23:00 |
-What happened? |
| 01:23:02 |
She killed herself? |
| 01:23:04 |
No, the ledge broke her fall. |
| 01:23:20 |
Alice Blake? |
| 01:23:22 |
Thank heavens, someone's come. |
| 01:23:23 |
The nurse is always forgotten |
| 01:23:25 |
-Where is Alice? |
| 01:23:27 |
-ls she going to be all right? |
| 01:23:29 |
lt's too late. Send her health card at once. |
| 01:23:32 |
Do you have any blank accident reports? |
| 01:23:38 |
Did you see her jump? |
| 01:23:39 |
l didn't see anyone jump. |
| 01:23:44 |
l was just passing room 309, and l saw |
| 01:23:48 |
Check here. Parent or guardian. |
| 01:23:52 |
Telephone or telegram, and you fill in here, |
| 01:23:56 |
How is Alice? |
| 01:23:58 |
The only important consideration |
| 01:24:00 |
is that the whole disaster |
| 01:24:01 |
would not have occurred if... |
| 01:24:02 |
Come in, Miss Barrett. Sit down. |
| 01:24:05 |
Thank you, Dr. Bester. |
| 01:24:08 |
ls Alice going to be all right? |
| 01:24:09 |
Everything possible is being done. |
| 01:24:11 |
The whole disaster |
| 01:24:13 |
if Mr. Barringer's classroom |
| 01:24:16 |
l have no class then. |
| 01:24:18 |
Nevertheless, you know it that |
| 01:24:21 |
l was having breakfast |
| 01:24:26 |
l see. ls that your usual procedure |
| 01:24:30 |
Sometimes l patronize Harry's |
| 01:24:34 |
Miss Finch, you haven't reported |
| 01:24:38 |
He's always punched in. Always. |
| 01:24:42 |
Who's been punching |
| 01:24:49 |
Gallantry, Mr. McHabe. Gallantry. |
| 01:24:52 |
Miss Finch, see that a directive |
| 01:24:55 |
ln future, no room will be left uncovered |
| 01:24:59 |
and to prevent further |
| 01:25:02 |
all teachers are instructed to re-double |
| 01:25:06 |
l punched him in. He's a creative artist. |
| 01:25:11 |
He shouldn't have to get up at 6:30 |
| 01:25:19 |
l have here the girl's PRC, Dr. Bester. |
| 01:25:22 |
Now, the capsule characterizations |
| 01:25:26 |
''Nice and helpful'', ''Leadership potential'', |
| 01:25:31 |
Thank you, Miss Friedenberg. |
| 01:25:32 |
lt's most atypical for a girl |
| 01:25:35 |
to have done what she did, |
| 01:25:37 |
but there are factors beyond our control |
| 01:25:39 |
which are frequently the cause |
| 01:25:44 |
Miss Friedenberg has delicately |
| 01:25:48 |
lt's my fault, sir. l am to blame. |
| 01:25:52 |
Are you, Miss Barrett? |
| 01:25:55 |
Alice came to me this morning |
| 01:25:57 |
lf l had spent five minutes with her, |
| 01:26:03 |
Well, this letter was found |
| 01:26:05 |
Do you recognize it, Mr. Barringer? |
| 01:26:08 |
Yes, it's a letter she wrote to me. |
| 01:26:10 |
A love letter, l should say. |
| 01:26:13 |
Which l corrected for grammar |
| 01:26:16 |
With no comment on its contents? |
| 01:26:20 |
No, sir. |
| 01:26:23 |
Your gallantry seems to vary |
| 01:26:28 |
May l ask, sir, what l should have done? |
| 01:26:30 |
Talked to her. |
| 01:26:32 |
And encouraged a neurotic teenager? |
| 01:27:05 |
Miss Barrett, this boy is being admitted |
| 01:27:08 |
as usual, on probation. |
| 01:27:10 |
l want you to report the slightest violation |
| 01:27:13 |
The next time it'll mean expulsion. |
| 01:27:15 |
Yes, sir. |
| 01:27:24 |
Look at me, Teach. |
| 01:27:35 |
Miss Barrett. Miss Barrett. |
| 01:27:38 |
May l remind you |
| 01:27:39 |
that Alice Blake still has |
| 01:27:43 |
-lt's already 15 cents overdue. |
| 01:27:59 |
Can l talk to you |
| 01:28:01 |
Good morning, Eddie. Sit down. |
| 01:28:14 |
You've been doing so much better lately. |
| 01:28:19 |
-Getting your assignments in on time. |
| 01:28:22 |
You gotta sign my book clearance. |
| 01:28:29 |
Oh, Eddie, why? |
| 01:28:38 |
Do your parents want you to? ls that it? |
| 01:28:44 |
Do you have to get a job? |
| 01:28:49 |
Listen, Eddie, if it's a matter of money, |
| 01:28:54 |
we can talk to somebody. |
| 01:29:01 |
Oh, Eddie, |
| 01:29:07 |
You may be able to get a job now. |
| 01:29:11 |
but you can get a better job |
| 01:29:14 |
My brother stuck it out here. |
| 01:29:16 |
He went up for that better job. |
| 01:29:21 |
The very next day |
| 01:29:27 |
Oh, Eddie, l'm... |
| 01:29:29 |
-Look at the negro teachers in this school. |
| 01:29:35 |
Well, Eddie, what will you do? Nothing? |
| 01:29:42 |
You gotta sign my book clearance. |
| 01:30:18 |
Dickens calls the first book |
| 01:30:23 |
Now, what does that suggest? |
| 01:30:24 |
-Can't be done. |
| 01:30:26 |
So who's recalling? |
| 01:30:27 |
Physical death isn't the only kind of death. |
| 01:30:30 |
The spirit may be killed, or the mind, |
| 01:30:33 |
and then sometimes something happens |
| 01:30:36 |
ln the case of Dr. Manette, |
| 01:30:43 |
Good morning, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:30:45 |
As all the world knows by now, |
| 01:30:48 |
so l decided to sit in on yours. |
| 01:30:50 |
-What's the lesson plan for today? |
| 01:30:52 |
Surely a dedicated teacher like you |
| 01:30:55 |
-A Tale of Two Cities. |
| 01:30:59 |
May l remind you |
| 01:31:05 |
They say a writer |
| 01:31:09 |
What nonsense. |
| 01:31:11 |
What did Dickens know |
| 01:31:14 |
What did Shakespeare know |
| 01:31:17 |
lf he'd stuck to what he knew, |
| 01:31:20 |
We'd have no Alice in Wonderland. |
| 01:31:23 |
You brats think that l and Miss Barrett |
| 01:31:27 |
talking about books and the writing |
| 01:31:31 |
You think it's got nothing to do with you. |
| 01:31:34 |
A writer creates a book. |
| 01:31:39 |
For a writer to create a masterpiece, |
| 01:31:44 |
For an individual to create a life, |
| 01:31:48 |
he's gotta go beyond what he knows. |
| 01:31:52 |
Go beyond the poverty, the disease, |
| 01:31:57 |
Go beyond the oceans to the Alps, |
| 01:31:59 |
a magnificent replica of which |
| 01:32:01 |
the Board of Education |
| 01:32:04 |
Stick with what you think |
| 01:32:05 |
and that's what you're gonna |
| 01:32:07 |
You may as well get out. Now. |
| 01:32:18 |
Miss Barrett's class dismissed. |
| 01:32:21 |
All of you dismissed |
| 01:32:24 |
Some of you may prefer to leave by |
| 01:32:28 |
Punch me out, will you, Teach? |
| 01:32:53 |
Browning wrote, ''A man's reach must |
| 01:33:01 |
But there's something to be said for first, |
| 01:33:04 |
or finally, or sometime knowing what |
| 01:33:11 |
or heart, or whatever you want to call it. |
| 01:33:16 |
lf you deny what you know |
| 01:33:21 |
you deny the simplest part of being alive, |
| 01:33:29 |
like Dr. Manette |
| 01:33:35 |
in A Tale of Two Cities. |
| 01:33:39 |
Can he be recalled to life? |
| 01:33:54 |
l think some can. |
| 01:33:56 |
At least, they come back to where life is |
| 01:34:03 |
And that's a beginning. |
| 01:34:16 |
Do not turn the papers over |
| 01:34:24 |
Examination papers must not be touched |
| 01:34:27 |
All books, notebooks, |
| 01:34:30 |
pocket books and other personal |
| 01:34:33 |
on the floor in front of the room. |
| 01:34:35 |
Doctor says to take a pill at 9:30. |
| 01:34:39 |
When the bell rings, |
| 01:34:43 |
No student is to leave his seat. |
| 01:34:46 |
lf you have a question, raise your hand, |
| 01:34:49 |
lf you stand back there, |
| 01:34:51 |
-Whom, whom l'm watching. |
| 01:34:54 |
-Teach, hey, Teach. We gotta... |
| 01:34:55 |
All right, class. Let's settle down. |
| 01:34:58 |
Class, let's settle down |
| 01:35:08 |
lt isn't fair. We never had this. |
| 01:35:10 |
They always ask what l don't know |
| 01:35:15 |
Silence. Let's get to work. Time is passing. |
| 01:35:37 |
Toilet. |
| 01:35:39 |
Come with me. |
| 01:35:51 |
You have to wait for the hall proctor. |
| 01:35:54 |
You mean you don't trust me? |
| 01:35:56 |
Proctor has to escort you. |
| 01:36:01 |
All right, l'll make a deal with you. |
| 01:36:03 |
l'll let you go alone. |
| 01:36:06 |
But it's to be understood you are |
| 01:36:09 |
for any but legitimate purposes, |
| 01:36:12 |
not even for a quick smoke. |
| 01:36:13 |
Now, is that understood? |
| 01:36:15 |
Sure, Teach. |
| 01:36:36 |
You let him out of the room unescorted. |
| 01:36:38 |
There was no hall proctor. |
| 01:36:40 |
You realize, of course, |
| 01:36:43 |
-There's no point in his continuing. |
| 01:36:46 |
-How do you know that? |
| 01:36:48 |
-Do you believe him? |
| 01:36:50 |
he should be allowed to finish. |
| 01:36:54 |
Very well, Miss Barrett, but l want |
| 01:36:57 |
at the end of the day and then l want |
| 01:37:04 |
Second girl in third row, |
| 01:37:11 |
Joe, please return to your seat. |
| 01:37:50 |
Eighty-six percent, Joe. |
| 01:37:58 |
Wait. Wait. |
| 01:38:14 |
Well, the boy has obviously cheated. |
| 01:38:16 |
The 86 percent he earned |
| 01:38:19 |
requiring the personal interpretation |
| 01:38:23 |
Evaluations, comparisons and judgment. |
| 01:38:25 |
And certainly not the kind of material |
| 01:38:28 |
Well, the examination will be gone over |
| 01:38:31 |
by an unbiased party. |
| 01:38:33 |
l think the boy should be |
| 01:38:35 |
and allowed to defend himself, |
| 01:38:38 |
And as for your conduct, |
| 01:38:41 |
-McHabe speaking. |
| 01:38:43 |
where he stands. |
| 01:38:45 |
Yes, Sergeant, she is one of our students. |
| 01:38:48 |
Just a minute. We'll finish this later. |
| 01:38:52 |
Well, there's nothing we can do |
| 01:38:56 |
No, it's... |
| 01:39:02 |
Got you in trouble, didn't l, Teach? |
| 01:39:05 |
Just think, if l'd gotten |
| 01:39:07 |
the whole thing |
| 01:39:10 |
Listen, Joe, if you're saying to me you got |
| 01:39:16 |
let me tell you something. |
| 01:39:17 |
l don't care. |
| 01:39:18 |
You got it. l was hard on you, Joe. |
| 01:39:21 |
l didn't let you get away |
| 01:39:25 |
You, Joe, 86 percent. |
| 01:39:43 |
To all parents. Welcome. |
| 01:39:47 |
Your son or daughter has given you |
| 01:39:52 |
with the name of each |
| 01:39:55 |
and the room |
| 01:39:58 |
lf you are unable to locate |
| 01:40:02 |
please come to room 1 12, |
| 01:40:05 |
1 12, to the right of |
| 01:40:11 |
ln order to see as many... |
| 01:40:12 |
-Come in, Roy. |
| 01:40:14 |
teachers have been instructed |
| 01:40:18 |
-How do you do, Mrs. Atkins? |
| 01:40:20 |
lt's Lewes. Mrs. Lewes. |
| 01:40:22 |
-We got different names. |
| 01:40:25 |
Do my five minutes start now |
| 01:40:29 |
No, no, please, |
| 01:40:32 |
There seems to be a small turnout tonight. |
| 01:40:35 |
l've got to go. |
| 01:40:36 |
Yeah, you'd better go. |
| 01:40:37 |
-Good night, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:40:39 |
Won't you sit down please, Mrs. Lewes? |
| 01:40:43 |
l'm very pleased to meet Roy's mother. |
| 01:40:47 |
-He seems very cooperative in class... |
| 01:40:51 |
But Roy said that you were his mother. |
| 01:40:53 |
But what if l told him to say so? |
| 01:40:56 |
Just in case only mothers |
| 01:40:59 |
And fathers. |
| 01:41:00 |
Oh, l'm a mother, |
| 01:41:03 |
-But l'm not his mother. |
| 01:41:05 |
He lives with us on the sofa. |
| 01:41:09 |
l think he knows who his real mother is, |
| 01:41:11 |
but l don't know. |
| 01:41:13 |
l never told him. Nobody did. |
| 01:41:18 |
l think he just picked her out on his own. |
| 01:41:20 |
l've seen him looking at her. |
| 01:41:23 |
She works that block, pretty much. |
| 01:41:26 |
He's had about 10 mothers |
| 01:41:29 |
Neighbors. |
| 01:41:30 |
He'd stay with a neighbor |
| 01:41:32 |
and then he'd just sit on the stoop |
| 01:41:36 |
''Come on in, Roy.'' |
| 01:41:40 |
Can l stay, even though l'm not a parent? |
| 01:41:44 |
Of course... Of course you can. |
| 01:41:49 |
l've come about that D you gave Roy |
| 01:41:54 |
The trouble is, Mrs. Lewes, |
| 01:41:58 |
he doesn't pay attention during class. |
| 01:42:01 |
Go on, say it. |
| 01:42:03 |
He goes to sleep. |
| 01:42:07 |
He goes to sleep. |
| 01:42:09 |
And that's why you gave him a D? |
| 01:42:11 |
That's why he gave himself a D. |
| 01:42:16 |
Oh, you're pretty. You're very pretty. |
| 01:42:22 |
You know, he didn't want me |
| 01:42:24 |
And when he saw l was really going |
| 01:42:28 |
But l made him do it. |
| 01:42:29 |
Oh, he listens. |
| 01:42:31 |
l wanted him to come here |
| 01:42:35 |
to work at 8:30 p.m. in that garage |
| 01:42:38 |
all night. |
| 01:42:40 |
l wanted you to see him go. |
| 01:42:43 |
He brings home all his money. |
| 01:42:46 |
How's my five minutes? |
| 01:42:49 |
Just begun. |
| 01:42:52 |
He wants to be around cars, Roy. |
| 01:42:55 |
But he wants to be good at being |
| 01:42:59 |
l don't see how one follows the other, |
| 01:43:03 |
He's got this made-up mind |
| 01:43:07 |
But you don't graduate from nowhere |
| 01:43:11 |
Well, there are things that he can do |
| 01:43:13 |
Now l'm... l will help him. |
| 01:43:15 |
What good is English to him when all |
| 01:43:21 |
He's not like... Like other kids |
| 01:43:26 |
He wants to work around cars. |
| 01:43:30 |
What good is English to him? |
| 01:43:33 |
lf he wants to graduate, |
| 01:43:38 |
Then why not pass him on? |
| 01:43:39 |
lt's no skin off your pretty nose. |
| 01:43:41 |
Miss Barrett. |
| 01:43:42 |
Miss Barrett, l believe. l'm Alberta Kagan, |
| 01:43:47 |
President of the General Organization. |
| 01:43:49 |
Oh, l hope l'm not interrupting. |
| 01:43:53 |
No, ma'am, l'm through. |
| 01:43:55 |
Mrs. Lewes, please sit down. |
| 01:43:59 |
l won't keep you a minute, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:44:01 |
l just wanted to give myself the pleasure |
| 01:44:04 |
of such a lovely teacher like yourself. |
| 01:44:07 |
A book like Silas Marner can mean |
| 01:44:12 |
even if it was written by a woman. |
| 01:44:13 |
lt's about people's responsibility |
| 01:44:18 |
His mother already gave him |
| 01:44:23 |
The story can help him understand |
| 01:44:27 |
such things from an adult point of view |
| 01:44:30 |
lt can help prepare him to become a man. |
| 01:44:33 |
You think he's not a man? |
| 01:44:35 |
For example, |
| 01:44:38 |
we are going to improvise a trial. |
| 01:44:41 |
And Rusty... |
| 01:44:44 |
Through the story, he will know |
| 01:44:49 |
They tried to teach him self-defense |
| 01:44:52 |
He came home. |
| 01:44:56 |
l'm... l'm not talking about |
| 01:45:02 |
Yeah. |
| 01:45:04 |
Well, l just wanted to see |
| 01:45:45 |
Joe? |
| 01:45:49 |
Did you bring your parents to see me? |
| 01:45:59 |
Joe, it's 10:30. |
| 01:46:12 |
Are you in trouble? |
| 01:46:27 |
Came for our talk. |
| 01:46:37 |
No, l meant after school. |
| 01:46:41 |
This is after school. |
| 01:46:49 |
Well, we're not supposed |
| 01:46:57 |
You wanna go someplace else? |
| 01:47:02 |
l want you to go home. |
| 01:47:06 |
Look, l'm here. |
| 01:47:09 |
lsn't that what you wanted? |
| 01:47:16 |
Custodian will be checking the rooms |
| 01:47:29 |
You want it in the dark? |
| 01:47:38 |
Joe. |
| 01:47:40 |
Joe, please, turn on the lights. |
| 01:47:50 |
What is it, Teach? |
| 01:47:53 |
Ever since the first day of school, |
| 01:47:57 |
defending me with McHabe, |
| 01:48:03 |
Maybe l'm what they call |
| 01:48:07 |
Took me long to figure it out. |
| 01:48:09 |
But l figured it out. |
| 01:48:17 |
Oh, Joe. |
| 01:48:20 |
ls that the only reason you can think of? |
| 01:48:24 |
What else? |
| 01:48:26 |
Always wanting to see me |
| 01:48:30 |
Well, we're alone now. |
| 01:48:48 |
-Finally got to me, Teach. |
| 01:48:51 |
Joe, oh, Joe, no. |
| 01:49:29 |
l've come to submit my resignation, |
| 01:49:36 |
On the basis |
| 01:49:38 |
l will finish out the term, of course. |
| 01:49:47 |
Do you think you've given us |
| 01:49:51 |
l have given myself a fair chance, |
| 01:49:55 |
l have used everything l ever learned, |
| 01:49:57 |
every instinct l have |
| 01:50:01 |
And you've decided |
| 01:50:05 |
Not here. |
| 01:50:11 |
You know, when l visited your class, |
| 01:50:14 |
l did notice certain deficiencies |
| 01:50:17 |
but l put them down to inexperience, |
| 01:50:21 |
because you are a born teacher, |
| 01:50:26 |
Not here. |
| 01:50:27 |
You say that as if that's your point. |
| 01:50:30 |
There are better schools, we all know. |
| 01:50:33 |
But there are worse. |
| 01:50:36 |
And whatever waste, stupidity, |
| 01:50:41 |
whatever problems and frustrations |
| 01:50:45 |
something very exciting is going on, |
| 01:50:49 |
ln each of the classrooms, |
| 01:50:52 |
education is going on. |
| 01:50:55 |
ln some form or other, for all its abuses, |
| 01:50:59 |
young people are being exposed |
| 01:51:03 |
Even here. |
| 01:51:08 |
A teacher should be able to get through |
| 01:51:12 |
even here. |
| 01:51:17 |
Very well. |
| 01:51:19 |
Write a letter to the Board of Education. |
| 01:51:22 |
They'll send you the proper form |
| 01:51:26 |
Thank you, Dr. Bester. |
| 01:51:43 |
Sylvia, Sylvia ! |
| 01:51:56 |
l suppose you're ticking off the number |
| 01:51:59 |
Thirty-two. |
| 01:52:01 |
Hi, Eddie. |
| 01:52:04 |
And then what? |
| 01:52:06 |
l've made application |
| 01:52:09 |
Well, Joe Ferone never came back, did he? |
| 01:52:12 |
One or two |
| 01:52:14 |
Oh, you'll find some place |
| 01:52:17 |
with white columns and green lawns |
| 01:52:21 |
And you'll sit in a quiet room |
| 01:52:24 |
with eight or 10 well-dressed students, |
| 01:52:28 |
ln Old English, l'd dare say. |
| 01:52:30 |
And they'll be so polite, |
| 01:52:44 |
Miss Finch. |
| 01:52:47 |
They keep sending me retirement forms. |
| 01:52:49 |
What l need is a resignation form. |
| 01:52:54 |
They even make it hard for you to give up. |
| 01:52:56 |
Maybe you should give up giving up. |
| 01:53:04 |
Syl. |
| 01:53:08 |
The Teacher's lnterest Committee |
| 01:53:11 |
on the last day of school before Christmas. |
| 01:53:13 |
-Henrietta, are you all right? |
| 01:53:19 |
Bob Whiteside. |
| 01:53:21 |
l went into the book room |
| 01:53:23 |
l just opened the door. |
| 01:53:25 |
My Bob Whiteside with Linda Rosen. |
| 01:53:29 |
Your Linda Rosen. Why, he won the essay |
| 01:53:35 |
Do you want the chicken patty |
| 01:53:40 |
-Patty. |
| 01:53:47 |
Look at this lvanhoe, Mr. McHabe. |
| 01:53:51 |
Gutted. |
| 01:53:53 |
lt's been used to carry something |
| 01:53:55 |
Something filthy, you can be sure. |
| 01:53:58 |
Who would dare to do that to lvanhoe? |
| 01:54:05 |
Miss Barrett, you said we could |
| 01:54:08 |
and due to midterms and horsing |
| 01:54:11 |
So here's a myth report, Miss Barrett, |
| 01:54:17 |
Thank you, Lou. |
| 01:54:19 |
You gotta pass me on, Miss Barrett. |
| 01:54:21 |
lt's just my spelling that keeps me back. |
| 01:54:24 |
At home, they won't let me drop out. |
| 01:54:27 |
Class, class, please. |
| 01:54:29 |
Class, pay attention. |
| 01:54:31 |
Class. |
| 01:54:32 |
Come on now, we don't have |
| 01:54:36 |
Now, boys, Herbie, Ronnie, please. |
| 01:54:40 |
The jury pool sits down in the auditorium. |
| 01:54:43 |
Will you please take your seats there |
| 01:54:47 |
Now, go quickly and go quietly. |
| 01:54:49 |
Quietly. |
| 01:54:52 |
Quietly. Listen to your teacher, now. |
| 01:54:55 |
Prosecuting... Prosecuting attorney |
| 01:54:58 |
Lou? Lou. You there. |
| 01:55:02 |
The plaintiff here. Wooley, right here. |
| 01:55:04 |
Now, who's my defendant? |
| 01:55:06 |
-Where's my defendant? |
| 01:55:08 |
Rusty, defense attorney. |
| 01:55:10 |
Well, Harry, stop trying to influence |
| 01:55:14 |
and take your seat |
| 01:55:18 |
Now the... The court clerk sits in here. |
| 01:55:23 |
Gary, that's you. Right down here. |
| 01:55:24 |
Don't look so worried. |
| 01:55:26 |
everything that's said and repeat it back |
| 01:55:31 |
Now, let's see. My witnesses. |
| 01:55:34 |
Witnesses will sit along here. |
| 01:55:36 |
Girls, everybody along here, |
| 01:55:39 |
Miss Barrett, l'm not prepared to testify. |
| 01:55:42 |
Well, in that case, |
| 01:55:44 |
we'll just have to have the two attorneys |
| 01:55:51 |
Lou. |
| 01:55:53 |
Harry, take a note on that, now. |
| 01:55:55 |
Meanwhile, Lennie, will you just take |
| 01:55:57 |
Now, let's see, what else... Oh, the judge. |
| 01:56:01 |
Whom did l... Did l appoint judge? |
| 01:56:05 |
l think it was Jose Rodriguez, |
| 01:56:07 |
Yes, it was Jose. Now where... |
| 01:56:10 |
Where is Jose? |
| 01:56:12 |
Well, knowing the fellow only slightly as l |
| 01:56:16 |
l would think he probably |
| 01:56:19 |
Cold feet! |
| 01:56:22 |
Lou, Lou. |
| 01:56:24 |
Enough is enough. Come on, sit down. |
| 01:56:27 |
ln that case, l'm going to have |
| 01:56:30 |
Now, do l have any volunteers? |
| 01:56:33 |
No? |
| 01:56:44 |
Class, class. |
| 01:56:54 |
You're late, Jose. |
| 01:56:57 |
Members of the court are supposed |
| 01:57:01 |
Even teachers. |
| 01:57:06 |
Well, we'd almost given you up, |
| 01:57:29 |
The judge is supposed to be the last one |
| 01:57:33 |
He don't need no late pass. |
| 01:57:52 |
Court clerk's supposed to say |
| 01:57:55 |
He says you gotta get up. |
| 01:57:59 |
The judge says the court clerk says. |
| 01:58:02 |
The judge says l say. |
| 01:58:12 |
You, too. |
| 01:58:19 |
This here court is now in session. |
| 01:58:30 |
The case of Silas Marner |
| 01:58:34 |
for the custody of the child |
| 01:58:42 |
l object, Your Honor, l object. |
| 01:58:43 |
Objection overruled! |
| 01:58:44 |
Your Honor's overruled every objection |
| 01:58:47 |
Maybe l'm stupid, |
| 01:58:49 |
but l'm the judge and you gotta listen. |
| 01:58:51 |
l challenge Your Honor to |
| 01:58:55 |
l ought to know, l been. |
| 01:59:03 |
Quiet. This here court will get quiet, |
| 01:59:11 |
Because the bell is about to ring, it would |
| 01:59:14 |
to call the next witness. |
| 01:59:17 |
Members of the jury are instructed |
| 01:59:20 |
in any manner, ways, means, |
| 01:59:23 |
Members of the court are to leave |
| 01:59:27 |
with no talking and to proceed |
| 01:59:31 |
This court is adjourned |
| 01:59:43 |
Hey, we go to lunch? |
| 02:00:00 |
Miss Barrett. |
| 02:00:06 |
l'm sorry you're leaving us. |
| 02:00:10 |
And l wish you happiness |
| 02:00:18 |
Miss Barrett... |
| 02:00:20 |
l'm Me. |
| 02:00:25 |
ln the suggestion box, l'm Me. |
| 02:00:35 |
Thank you for telling me, Jose. |
| 02:00:42 |
l just wanted you to know. |
| 02:00:47 |
l think your English this term |
| 02:01:23 |
Oh, Miss Barrett, Miss Barrett! |
| 02:01:29 |
Your resignation form has come through. |
| 02:01:36 |
Fill it out now and return it to me. |
| 02:01:39 |
Later on, there'll be other forms. |
| 02:01:40 |
And your keys, don't lose any of your keys. |
| 02:01:53 |
lf l fill this out l will be late |
| 02:02:00 |
Oh, Miss Barrett, it has come to |
| 02:02:03 |
namely Jose Rodriguez, has pilfered |
| 02:02:07 |
from the supply room. |
| 02:02:44 |
Hi, Teach. |
| 02:02:46 |
Hi, Pupe. |
| 02:04:02 |
English |
