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Abbott Elementary

Season 1, Episode 5 — Student Transfer

TMDB episode metadata

Show: Abbott Elementary

Episode title: Student Transfer

Air date: January 25, 2022

Director: Randall Einhorn

Top billed cast: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Janelle James

After a negative teacher review, Janine gets a confidence boost when a student gets transferred from Melissa's class into hers. Jacob tries to forge a friendship with an uninterested Gregory.

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JANINE: Gooooood morning, Mrs. Howard.

howard janine morning

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I mean "good morning." I know you told me

morning

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not to elongate my vowels before we're in school.

school

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-Good morning, Janine. -Good morning. So --

janine morning

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-Ms. Howard? -Yes?

howard yes

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Ms. Howard! It is you! Yo!

howard

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I would have thought you would have retired by now!

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Yo, I just dropped off my nephew and --

dropped

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Yo, you was always my favorite teacher,

favorite teacher

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and I never got a chance to thank you

chance

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for everything you did for me back in kindergarten.

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Aw, sweetheart, you don't have to thank me for that.

sweetheart

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You did this.

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Of course I need to thank you!

course

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Before I was in your class, everyone would have been like,

class

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"Oh, he's gon' be the one that needs to be secured."

needs

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But thanks to you, I'm out here securing.

thanks

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(gasps) Well, I am very proud of you.

gasps proud

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By the way, how is your mother?

mother

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Well, that's complicated, but it's gon' mean so much

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to my moms that Ms. Howard asked after her.

asked howard

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Well, sweetheart, it was so good to see you,

sweetheart

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and have a great rest of your day.

rest

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-You, too, Ms. Howard. -All right.

howard

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-You too. -Bye.

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Bye. (chuckles)

chuckles

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See, Mrs. Howard? That is why we do this.

howard

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Mold those young minds.

minds young

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Just create new lives, make those connections. That --

create lives

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Sweetheart, I have no idea who that young man was.

idea sweetheart young

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Morning.

morning

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(Maker's "Hold'em" playing)

holdem holdem-playing makers makers-holdem makers-holdem-playing playing

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♪♪

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(fingers snapping)

fingers

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Well, it looks like a classic Schemmenti good mood day.

classic schemmenti

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You know it! I got my favorite parking spot,

favorite spot

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my macchiato is on point,

point

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and my neighbor finally found her cat,

finally found

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so no more hearing her cry through the walls.

hearing walls

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Jacob, are you ready?

jacob ready

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(scoffs) I am not just ready,

ready scoffs

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-I am set and go. -Yes.

yes

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Ready for what? What's going on?

ready

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We have this little tradition where we read

read tradition

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our Grades for Teachers reviews out loud

grades loud reviews teachers

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when a new one comes in.

comes

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Mine are always just incredibly flattering.

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There's a Yelp for teachers?

teachers

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Yeah. Do you want me to help you set up a page?

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Because as it says here,

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I am excellent at explaining complicated ideas.

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Oh, no, thanks. That just sounds bad.

bad sounds thanks

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Hmm.

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Oh -- Oh, dang. Found a new one.

found

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-Okay, okay. -Mm-hmm.

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What's wrong?

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JANINE: Uh, it's -- it's nothing.

janine

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I just got a C-minus review,

minus review

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which will bring down my overall average

bring

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and (clicks tongue) tarnish my reputation forever.

clicks clicks-tongue forever tongue

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You know? It's like -- It's no big deal, though.

deal

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Well, if traditions were always easy,

easy

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everyone would have them.

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Everyone does.

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"Nice but lacks experience

experience

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compared to the other second-grade teacher at Abbott."

abbott grade grade-teacher second second-grade second-grade-teacher teacher

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Hey! That's me. The other second-grade teacher at Abbott.

abbott grade grade-teacher second second-grade second-grade-teacher teacher

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(chuckles)

chuckles

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This isn't that bad. One of my reviews was so rude,

bad reviews

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the superintendent had to come check on me at home.

check home superintendent

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Yeah, well, that's you, though. I don't get bad reviews.

bad reviews

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You just did. (chuckles)

chuckles

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(coughs) Girl, please, stop.

girl

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You're gonna make me spit my coffee out.

coffee spit

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Okay, look, ignore this. Reviews on a poorly designed website

ignore reviews

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do not determine what kind of teacher you are.

teacher

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Yeah, no. No, I just can't believe

believe

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the entire world can read that I'm a bad teacher.

bad entire read teacher world

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Hey, kid, listen. There's nothing wrong

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with having some room for improvement.

having room

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Just take it from me...

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the other, better, more experienced teacher at Abbott.

abbott experienced teacher

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(Barbara and Melissa chuckle)

barbara chuckle melissa

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Melissa plays a lot. She jokes.

melissa plays

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You know? She's good at it.

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Just another thing she's better at than me,

another

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according to the reviews.

according reviews

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She's a regular Lucille Ball. (chuckles dryly)

ball chuckles regular

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(indistinct conversations)

conversations indistinct indistinct-conversations

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Oh, hey, man. Can you tell me where I can find the mailboxes?

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-Oh, I'll show you. -No, you can just tell me.

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No, no, it's good. It's fine. We can walk together.

walk

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Ooh, speaking of mail, can we talk USPS?

mail speaking

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Have you heard of informed delivery?

delivery heard

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What up, ol' curly head Arthur from PBS looking boy?

head looking

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(boys snicker)

boys

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And good morning to you, Raheem.

morning

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You let them talk to you like that?

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Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but the boys and I are bonding

bonding boys correct

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in the tradition of playing the dozens.

playing tradition

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It's also called roasting.

called

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Also called, uh, blazing, frying.

called

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Hmm. Lot of cooking terminology.

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Look, man. I'm from Baltimore, okay?

baltimore

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All I know is when somebody roasts you,

somebody

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you got to roast them back.

roast

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Our teachers used to roast us.

roast teachers used

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If they didn't, we wouldn't have respected them.

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You're just getting clowned.

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Of course I'm being clowned, okay?

course

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I don't know how to roast.

roast

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It's not that hard.

hard

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You just kind of have to take what people give you, like...

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you ol' mothball- sweater-vest-looking boy.

looking sweater

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Hmm. Simple yet cutting.

cutting simple

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-Mm-hmm. -Okay. Thank you.

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I thought you had to bring way more to the table.

bring

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In the Dean Martin celebrity roasts --

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Where are the mailboxes?

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Oh. Yeah. Come on.

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All right. Attendance time.

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So, raise your hand if you're not here.

hand

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(laughter)

laughter

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All right. So Nicole's not here.

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(intercom beeps)

beeps intercom intercom-beeps

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AVA: Janine, come to my office.

janine office

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-Ooh! -Ooh!

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All right, everybody, uh, settle down.

everybody settle

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Okay, everyone's who's not here, please be good, all right?

everyones

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I'll be right back.

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Mm-hmm. She'll be right back.

shell

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Can she see me?

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(plastic pops)

plastic

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Hey, girl.

girl

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Hey, Ava.

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You know I can't just leave my classroom

classroom

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unattended like this, right?

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It's five minutes. It's not like something

five five-minutes minutes

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could go wrong in five minutes.

five five-minutes minutes

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A lot can go wrong, actually.

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If you say so. Anyway, one of Melissa's students

melissa melissas students

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will be transferring into your class.

class

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Really? Why?

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Girl, I don't know. Things happen all day.

girl happen

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Maybe she wants to be closer to the bathroom.

wants

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Maybe she like you more.

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Maybe she got some kind of Meek Mill-Drake feud

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going on with one of her classmates. I don't know.

classmates

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Maybe she likes me better.

likes

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If you really want to know, you should read her file.

file read

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I have them arranged by sexiest dad.

sexiest

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Her name is Courtney Pierce, and her daddy is "foine."

courtney name

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(chuckles) No, that's okay.

chuckles

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I don't really like to read the file.

file read

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I like to get to know the child

child

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so I don't have any preconceived notions.

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That's an adorable spin on choosing to be unprepared.

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I wonder how Melissa's doing.

melissa melissas wonder

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Hope she's not taking this too hard.

hard hope

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-Find out right now. -(intercom beeps)

beeps intercom intercom-beeps

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Melissa, Janine is on her way.

janine melissa

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You do know that that's coming out of all the speakers,

coming

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not just a specific classroom, right?

classroom specific

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I said you're on your way.

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(plastic pops)

plastic

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(laughter)

laughter

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Looking like Ron Weasley if he was a pick-up artist.

artist looking pick

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This man look like he dream in podcasts.

dream

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(laughter)

laughter

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Well, look at you...

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ol' blue shirt...

blue

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tan pants wearing guy.

pants wearing

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(Jacob chuckles)

chuckles jacob

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With your bright white shoes

bright shoes white

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and the laces all tied up into a little bow?

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Yeah. (laughs) No way those are accidentally falling off.

falling laughs

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Mr. Vampire Weekend, that really hurt my feelings.

feelings hurt weekend

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(softly) Oh, God.

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Raheem, I am -- I am so sorry.

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You should be.

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With that Twilight-shaped mouth!

mouth

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Ha ha! Got 'im!

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That's what we're all wearing. It's a uniform.

wearing

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You ain't even observant, dawg.

aint

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(laughter)

laughter

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They say the first year of teaching is the hardest.

teaching

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But...

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(sighs) What about the second year?

second sighs

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-Minus $1 equals -- -Hey, Melissa. Hey.

melissa minus

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-What? -Uh, sorry.

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I know you talked to Ava, so this is awkward.

awkward talked

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W-Why would it be awkward?

awkward

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Oh, just the whole your student preferring me thing.

student whole

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Oh, yeah, no. Not awkward at all. Just...

awkward

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there's a couple things that you should know about Courtney

couple courtney

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before you take her into your class.

class

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I know you're more experienced than I am,

experienced

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but this transfer kind of proves

transfer

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I've got something special in my classroom

classroom special

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that's got the kids a-talkin'.

kids talkin

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Courtney, come over here, hon.

courtney

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It's time for you to go with

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your very confident new teacher, Ms. Teagues.

confident teacher teagues

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Why don't you go get your stuff? (chuckles)

chuckles stuff

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I'm like the Allen Iverson of teachers,

teachers

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and you're like that guy he stepped over once.

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You mean three-time NBA champion Tyronn Lue?

three

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-That guy? -Yes, you know basketball,

basketball yes

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but my point is, maybe I'm not a bad teacher.

bad point teacher

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Maybe you are.

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Okay.

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Courtney...

courtney

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I want you to go and be your wonderful self

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with Ms. Teagues, okay?

teagues

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I have no doubt that you're gonna have

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a great time in her class.

class

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All right.

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Have fun.

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All right.

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Oh, look at you all, being so well-behaved.

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Setting a great example for our new student.

student

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Hi. I'm Janine.

janine

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-Hi, Janine! -Hi, Janine!

janine

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Uh, no. She's not Janine. Her name is --

janine name

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My name is Janine Teagues.

janine janine-teagues name teagues

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-Hi, Janine Teagues! -Hi, Janine Teagues!

janine janine-teagues teagues

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It's not Janine.

janine

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Yes, it is.

yes

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MELISSA: Courtney?

courtney melissa

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One of the toughest students I've ever had.

students

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She's gonna eat Janine alive.

alive janine

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Okay, everyone, please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

stand

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Except for Andrew, who is taking a principled stand

andrew except stand

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against nationalism.

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Yes. All right.

yes

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Everyone else? I...

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STUDENTS: I pledge allegiance to the flag

students

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of the United States of Courtney.

courtney

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And to the Courtney for which it stands,

courtney

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one nation under Courtney, indivisible,

courtney

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with Courtney and Courtney for all!

courtney

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That's right! Nice job.

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That's right. Nice job.

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Courtney, go back to your seat.

courtney seat

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But I'm done with all my work.

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Go.

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Your next word is "smooth." Go, go, go.

word

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(kids shouting and cheering)

cheering kids shouting

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COURTNEY: Done!

courtney

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-"Rebble"? -It's "ra-bell."

bell

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(chalk clatters)

clatters

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(students laughing)

laughing students

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JANINE: Courtney?

courtney janine

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Courtney, please stop.

courtney

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Courtney.

courtney

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-Just -- -(knock on door)

door knock

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Hey. Hi. Can I help you?

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Yeah, I just stopped by to see how Courtney's doing.

courtney courtneys stopped

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Oh, yeah, Courtney is thriving.

courtney

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-Whole class is, actually. -(students laughing)

class laughing students whole whole-class

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She was the missing piece to our little puzzle of learning.

learning missing piece

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Oh. That's great to hear.

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I'm surprised you're not having any problems.

having problems

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Took me a couple of months to figure out how to keep her

couple figure months

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from disrupting the class.

class

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Look at you doing it in a couple of hours.

couple hours

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-(laughs nervously) -I guess you really are

laughs

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the superior teacher.

superior teacher

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(students giggling)

giggling students students-giggling

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I'm teaching a lesson on gravity.

lesson teaching

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Here's a little secret.

secret

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Courtney didn't get transferred out of my class

class courtney

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'cause I couldn't handle her.

handle

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She got her parents to transfer her

parents transfer

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because I'd already caught on to all her little tricks.

caught

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Most of them.

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Nobody could have seen that macaroni thing coming.

coming nobody seen

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So I said, "I'm not giving you a ride.

giving ride

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I'm 'bout to drop you off at the airport of life."

drop life

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-Oh, I know that's right. -(door opens)

door door-opens opens

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Hey, ladies. Sorry to interrupt.

ladies

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Uh, you mentioned earlier

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that there was a file on Courtney Pierce?

courtney file

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Yeah. Thicker than a Snicker. Heavy like a Chevy.

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-Ooh. -Okay.

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Are you having issues with Courtney?

courtney having

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Ah, I wouldn't say --

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(chuckles) She need help. Look at her.

chuckles

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With that "I need help" face.

face

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Okay, this is not an "I need help" face.

face

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It is an "I have it under control" face

control face

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and arm and leg and --

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And that is good, because I cannot help you.

cannot

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You see, Ava and I have placed a modest wager

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on your success with the whole Courtney situation,

courtney situation whole

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and I will not affect the outcome.

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Wait. Hold on. You bet on me?

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-Well, yeah. (chuckles) -You guys are using

chuckles using

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my performance as a teacher for entertainment?

performance teacher

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-Mm-hmm. -Mm.

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Okay. That's it. You know what? I'm taking everybody's money.

everybody money

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(both laugh)

laugh

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Janine, you do know

janine

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that that is not how bets work, right?

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Ava, I'm gonna need to see that file.

file

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Okay. You don't have to say it all determined.

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Nobody's stopping you from seeing the file.

file nobody seeing

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I offered it to you yesterday. Just go in the office and look.

office yesterday

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Okay.

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-(laughs) -(door opens)

door door-opens laughs opens

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Hey. How's it going?

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It's -- Yeah.

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(telephone rings)

rings telephone telephone-rings

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"Psychological warfare"?

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"Could make a good cult leader someday.

leader

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Melissa Schemmenti."

melissa schemmenti

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Well, I found Courtney's file, and it is substantial.

courtney courtneys file found

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Cannot believe Melissa didn't tell me any of this.

believe cannot cannot-believe melissa

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But now that I'm informed, I can handle it.

handle

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I'm just gonna have to communicate to Courtney

courtney

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that this behavior isn't okay.

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I bet no one's ever really tried to talk to her, you know?

ones tried

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Meet her where she's at.

meet

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Juice?

juice

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Apple juice? Really?

juice

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Okay. Um...

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Courtney, did you know the emotional center

courtney

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isn't actually in the heart but in the brain?

brain heart

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-Pass. -Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

whoa whoa-whoa whoa-whoa-whoa

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Okay. Sit down. Hold on. All right.

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You're a leader, Courtney, and maybe that's something

courtney leader

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your other teachers didn't see about you, but I do.

teachers

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I know that when you tie your classmates' shoelaces together

classmates

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and tell them to dance,

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you're just looking for affirmation.

looking

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And, Courtney, I will affirm you.

courtney

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We will sit down together, maybe do a puzzle --

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I bet you love puzzles as much as I do --

love puzzles

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and just work through some of those feelings together.

feelings

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Okay.

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JANINE: Okay.

janine

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(chuckles) I mean...

chuckles

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So I reached out to her. You know? Sat her down.

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Because at the end of the day,

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teaching is just about communicating,

teaching

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and that's something I live by.

live

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I don't want to compare, but, like...

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Barbara, have you ever been roasted by your students?

barbara students

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One, they're 5.

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Two, they respect me.

respect

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Three, what would they even say?

three

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Mm.

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Hey. I need to talk. Like to a friend.

friend

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You know how sometimes when you're being chased by a dog

sometimes

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and you can't tell if it's playing

playing

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or if it's trying to bite you?

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-No. -But at the same time,

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you don't want to stop running,

running

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because if it isn't playing, you're gonna get bit?

playing

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Look, I tried roasting my students back,

students tried

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and it didn't work.

↓

It got way worse and oddly specific.

specific worse

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Come on. It couldn't have been that bad.

bad

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They called me "HuffPo-reading gay Pete Buttigieg,"

called reading

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which is repetitive and insulting.

↓

As if I would read a word of Huffington Post

post read word

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after Arianna stepped down.

↓

You may just have to take the L on this one, man.

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I mean, you can't really beat them at their own game.

beat game

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It's like them challenging you to...

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Dungeons & Dragons.

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You can't really challenge someone to D&D.

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It's more like a cooperative game that's all about

game

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the shared experience rather than winning.

experience shared

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-(gasps) -(fingers snap)

fingers gasps

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Thank you, you ol' good friendship having man.

friendship having

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(door opens)

door door-opens opens

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Is everything okay?

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Oh, you tell me.

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You got a little sleepyhead over there.

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Do you want to know what I do

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when a kid falls asleep in my class?

asleep class

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-Sure. -Nothing.

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'Cause it doesn't happen. (chuckles)

chuckles happen

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I keep my kids engaged.

kids

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Anyway, do you have a second

second

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for me to show you something regarding Courtney?

courtney

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All right, my little eagles.

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We're gonna take quiet time a bit early, okay?

early quiet

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STUDENTS: Yes, Ms. Schemmenti.

schemmenti students yes

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I know you didn't pull me out of class

class pull

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just so you could brag.

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No, of course not.

course

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Courtney's teaching us a new word.

courtney courtneys teaching word

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(students giggling)

giggling students students-giggling

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Courtney!

courtney

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(students giggling)

giggling students students-giggling

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Look away, y'all.

yall

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All right, guys, we're gonna go into

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Ms. Schemmenti's class for a little bit

class schemmenti

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while Mr. Johnson cleans the board

board johnson

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because Courtney decided to use permanent marker

courtney decided permanent

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even though dry-erase was right there.

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But she knew that. (chuckles) She knew that.

chuckles

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I heard there's a bet going.

heard

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Is it too late for me to get in on the action?

action late

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(camera shutter clicks)

clicks

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I went from having one teacher to two.

having teacher

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Ain't that some (bleep)

aint bleep

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-Courtney! -Courtney!

courtney

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You know, I'm glad she's in your class now

class glad

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so you two can throw your little tantrums together.

throw

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I'm sorry. Was it not a tantrum

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when you sent Courtney to my class

class courtney sent

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without warning me about her behavioral issues?

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Yes, I saw your notes in her file.

file yes

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I did try to warn you, ya gabbadost,

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but you got too big for your britches

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and you didn't want to listen.

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Well, maybe if you hadn't been making fun of me yesterday,

yesterday

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I wouldn't have gotten defensive.

gotten

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Janine, I was goofing.

janine

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Unlike when you called me a bad teacher,

bad called teacher

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something I would never call you.

↓

You know, I-I know that review hit you hard,

hard review

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but I didn't deserve that.

deserve

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(sighs) Okay.

sighs

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I'm sorry. You're right. You're right.

↓

That review really, really hurt my feelings,

feelings hurt review

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and I took it out on you.

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It wasn't even that bad.

bad

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It just said you were less experienced.

experienced less

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Listen, if you go look at the Facebook reviews

reviews

↓

of my cousin Rocco's hoagie shop, you would think

cousin hoagie shop

↓

-the man sold food poisoning. -(chuckles)

chuckles food

↓

But he's gonna keep making hoagies.

↓

You know why? Most people love them.

love

↓

You got to keep making hoagies.

↓

Now, what are we gonna do about this one?

↓

(Janine sighs)

janine sighs

↓

Thank you for your business.

business

↓

VICK: Ol' I should have been a hooper,

↓

but basketball didn't exist lookin' boy.

basketball lookin

↓

(laughter)

laughter

↓

1800s Slenderman in the face.

face

↓

Okay, while these are hilarious,

↓

let's try and incorporate some of the lessons into the roast.

roast

↓

Ol' bullet in the head at Ford's Theatre lookin' boy.

head lookin

↓

My mans got ain't been sleeping four score and seven years ago

aint four mans score seven years

↓

bags all up under his eyes.

eyes

↓

Abe Lincoln. I'm Abe Lincoln, Mr. Hill.

hill

↓

Yes, yes! Good work, team!

team yes

↓

(students cheering)

cheering students

↓

Yeah, I guess, like, thumbs up is kind of our thing now.

thumbs

↓

Bye. Don't forget your homework.

forget

↓

-Ms. Schemmenti. -Yes?

schemmenti yes

↓

Courtney called me stupid.

called courtney stupid

↓

No, I didn't. I called you "stupendous," you idiot!

called idiot

↓

-Courtney! -You know what?

courtney

↓

I'm just gonna go home and take a nap,

home

↓

'cause I'm utterly depleted.

↓

What'd she say?

whatd

↓

(scoffs) One thing I will say --

scoffs

↓

that girl has a fairly advanced vocabulary.

girl

↓

She corrected my math last week.

math week

↓

She threw a stapler first,

stapler threw

↓

but she was right about the math.

math

↓

You know, when I was going through Part 2

part

↓

of Courtney's file earlier,

courtney courtneys file

↓

I realized her grades have never dropped.

dropped grades

↓

-Mnh-mnh. -And usually when a kid

usually

↓

is acting out like that, you see it in their performance.

performance

↓

Yeah. That's what makes it tough.

makes tough

↓

Hard to discipline a kid who's getting straight A's.

hard straight

↓

All right. (sighs)

sighs

↓

So, what if we rewarded her?

↓

You might be onto something there, rookie.

might

↓

Okay, so if B makes it block,

makes

↓

then C makes it what?

makes

↓

Uh, not quite. Try again.

↓

There you go. Good job.

↓

Wow. You think you know someone.

↓

And then they cheat on you with their thumb.

cheat

↓

Ol' Siskel & Ebert two thumbs up lookin' ass boy.

lookin thumbs

↓

Okay.

↓

You want to bump the (Bleep) Puzzles kid up a grade?

bleep grade puzzles

↓

Yes. After talking to Melissa

melissa yes

↓

about how she was able to keep Courtney in line,

able courtney line

↓

we realized the only thing that works

works

↓

is when she feels challenged.

feels

↓

Are you sure you're not just trying

↓

to dump Courtney on another teacher?

another courtney dump teacher

↓

No, no, no. I feel that with a more challenging workload,

↓

Courtney will be much, much easier to handle,

courtney handle

↓

and she won't have time to distract her classmates.

classmates

↓

MELISSA: Mm-hmm.

melissa

↓

Why does that sound so familiar?

sound

↓

Oh. Hold up.

↓

-(drawer closes) -Part 3?

closes part

↓

My bad, y'all. She was supposed to skip second grade,

bad grade second second-grade supposed yall

↓

but they told me during Essence Fest.

↓

I missed a lot of paperwork during that month.

missed month

↓

Isn't Essence Fest just a weekend?

weekend

↓

-Maybe for y'all. -(door opens)

door door-opens opens yall

↓

Oh, hey, Barbara! Nothing to see here.

barbara

↓

Just Janine going on and on about what a handful Courtney is

courtney janine

↓

and how she can't handle the situation at all.

handle situation

↓

Is that so?

↓

(clicks tongue) Fine.

clicks clicks-tongue tongue

↓

I guess technically Janine succeeded.

janine

↓

She figured out that Courtney needs to be bumped up a grade.

courtney figured grade needs

↓

Guess you win the bet.

↓

Hmm.

↓

Barbara?

barbara

↓

You believed in me?

believed

↓

Janine, why don't you go handle this transfer

handle janine transfer

↓

so that your class isn't any more disrupted

class

↓

than it already has been?

↓

Okay.

↓

Mm.

↓

JANINE: It's a heart.

heart janine

↓

(voice breaking) I learned that from Courtney.

breaking courtney learned voice voice-breaking

↓

I thought Barbara bet against me, but she didn't.

barbara

↓

She actually thinks I'm a great teacher.

teacher thinks

↓

Maybe even better than --

↓

Courtney! Hey, Courtney! What, get --

courtney

↓

How'd you get back in the building?! Courtney!

building courtney howd

↓

(Ava sighs)

sighs

↓

(telephone rings)

rings telephone telephone-rings

↓

It's barely wet. What you, the CDC?

barely

↓

I will expect some non-brassiere money from you by tomorrow

money tomorrow

↓

because, Ava...

↓

Huh?

↓

You do not want to owe me money.

money

↓

Hmm.

↓

Ohh. Damn!

↓

(sniffs) Mm.

sniffs

↓

What?

↓

-- Captions by VITAC --

vitac