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Abbott Elementary

Season 1, Episode 6 — Gifted Program

TMDB episode metadata

Show: Abbott Elementary

Episode title: Gifted Program

Air date: February 01, 2022

Director: Matt Sohn

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

Janine convinces Ava to start a gifted program at Abbott led by Jacob. However, when some students begin to feel left out, Gregory and Janine put their heads together and come up with a solution. Elsewhere, Barbara pushes a hesitant Melissa to start dating again.

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Okay, so, if the store has 10 potatoes, right,

potatoes store

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and you take away two of them,

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how many potatoes would the store have left?

left potatoes store

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I don't like potatoes.

potatoes

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Let's not focus on that part of it.

focus part

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You have eight potatoes.

eight potatoes

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Marie, we know that you know.

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I was asking Sydnee.

asking sydnee

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Why don't you go sharpen up some colored pencils?

pencils

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That'd be fun.

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I have a lot of kids in my class,

class kids

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and, uh, some of them are pretty smart potatoes.

potatoes smart

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So I try to get creative with the ones who finish early

creative early finish ones

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with some special projects.

special

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I'm done with the pencils, Ms. Teagues.

pencils teagues

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Okay. Then why don't you...

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help me grade some of the other students' worksheets, okay?

grade students

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Just don't tell anyone.

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Okay, so, if you don't like "potato" potatoes,

potato potatoes

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what if we say they are sweet potatoes?

potatoes sweet

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I really don't like sweet potatoes.

potatoes sweet

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You've really got to work with me, Sydnee.

sydnee

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Janine, what did I say

janine

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about taking my potatoes from the lunchroom?

potatoes

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But visual learning is so much better!

learning

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Well, guess what.

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Now you have zero potatoes.

potatoes

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Yay!

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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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♪♪

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-AVA: Good morning, y'all. -Morning.

morning yall

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Please allow me to introduce our newest student, Malcolm.

malcolm student

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He just moved to the area.

area moved

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He went to that smart private school, Elway Academy,

academy school smart

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with the orchestra classes and everything.

classes

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So he's like baby Beethoven.

baby

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My parents wanted me to go to a school with other Black kids.

black kids parents school wanted

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Well, you are in luck, because we are swimmin' in Black kids.

black kids

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Malcolm got straight A's,

malcolm straight

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and he was in the gifted program and everything.

gifted gifted-program program

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Welcome, Malcolm.

malcolm welcome

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Yes. Welcome to Abbott, Malcolm.

abbott malcolm welcome yes

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I was in the gifted program, too.

gifted gifted-program program

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What were you gifted at? Being annoying?

annoying gifted

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(laughs)

laughs

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No.

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Anyway, Malcolm has a bright future.

bright future malcolm

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I can already see him at the White House,

house white

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thanking Ms. Ava Eva Coleman

coleman

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for turning him into the Oprah of Science.

science

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All you ever have to be is the Malcolm of Science,

malcolm science

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and that will be enough.

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-JANINE: Mm-hmm. -Thank you.

janine

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Malcolm, would you like to get breakfast with the other kids?

breakfast kids malcolm

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Yes! Go get whatever your super brain needs.

brain needs super yes

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We have fish oils or whatever.

fish

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Make way! Smart kid coming through.

coming smart

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Don't look at him with your regular I.Q.s.

regular

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(telephone ringing)

telephone

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This is trash.

trash

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Wow. He really is brilliant.

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You know, Ava, I really wish you wouldn't talk

wish

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about the kids like that in front of them.

front kids

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We have a lot of smart kids here at Abbott.

abbott kids smart smart-kids

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-Always have. -Mm-hmm.

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I got a kid in my class bartering Happy Meals

class happy

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for friendship.

friendship

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Mm!

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Hey. (gasps)

gasps

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You know what? We should have a gifted program here.

gifted gifted-program program

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I mean, I need something for the kids in my class to do

class kids

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other than grade papers and...

grade

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I'm kidding.

kidding

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But seriously,

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I loved the gifted program I was in growing up.

gifted gifted-program growing loved program

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I learned so much, and those experiences were priceless.

learned

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I was in one, too. Yeah.

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I got to write my own musical rap parody about Monsanto.

write

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It was called "Mo' Santo, Mo' Problems."

called problems

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Yo, check it.

check

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My youngest, Gina,

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she participated in a young-engineers program.

program young

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-It did wonders for her. -JANINE: Mm.

janine

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Looks good on a college application, too.

college

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Mm-hmm.

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Hey, Gregory, what do you think?

gregory

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Oh, I think I've been here for like five minutes,

five five-minutes minutes

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so I don't really have a say.

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You need to have more opinions.

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We used to have a gifted program, Lollipop Guild,

gifted gifted-program program used

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-but then, you know -- -Oh, let me guess.

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-"We don't have the money." -Oh, no. We have the cheddar.

money

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It's sitting in an account. We just can't touch it.

account sitting touch

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Believe me, I tried.

believe tried

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To use it for...arithmascience.

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Anyway, the problem is,

problem

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there's no one to teach the gifted program.

gifted gifted-program program teach

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You guys are in your classes all day.

classes

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MELISSA: It's true.

melissa

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By the time we take attendance, it's practically lunch.

lunch

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Who's got time?

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-(school bell rings) -Ooh.

bell bell-rings rings school school-bell school-bell-rings

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It'd be easy to just give up and not have a gifted program,

easy gifted gifted-program program

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but there was an acronym I learned in the one I was in --

learned

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PIE -- Perseverance, Ingenuity, and Effort.

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I love PIE.

love

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Even though I can't eat it, though.

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Hurts my tummy. (chuckles)

chuckles hurts

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But I did try for many years.

years

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That's the perseverance part,

part

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which is why we should have a gifted program.

gifted gifted-program program

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It's a foot facial.

facial foot

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It's like a facial, but for your feet.

facial feet

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Oh! See, I'd go for that.

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Mm-hmm.

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-Hey, Gar. -Hey.

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So, what? No raspberry iced teas for me this week?

week

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You holding out on me?

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No. I got another box on the truck.

another truck

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Oh.

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I was, uh... keeping 'em safe for you.

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Don't miss me too much while I'm gone.

miss

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-Pshh. You wish. -(laughs)

laughs wish

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Girl, that man likes you. Ask him out.

girl likes

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No.

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My ex was a firefighter, and if he taught me anything,

taught

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it's no men in uniforms,

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'cause somehow you wind up making their car payments

wind

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and sleeping at your sister's after a fight.

fight

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My Gerald wears a uniform, and he's a good man.

gerald wears

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Come on. You deserve a little fun.

deserve

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(door opens)

door door-opens opens

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This fell off the truck for you.

truck

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(chuckles)

chuckles

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So, basically, all we need to make the gifted program work

gifted gifted-program program

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is someone enthusiastic who has a lot of free time.

free

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And I think I know someone.

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♪ Yo, yo, and that's how it go ♪

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♪ Just say no to Monsanto ♪

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♪ Hey! ♪ And that's just the hook.

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(laughs)

laughs

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I found someone to teach the gifted program.

found gifted gifted-program program teach

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-(exhales deeply) -Why you breathing so hard?

deeply exhales hard

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I'm excited.

excited

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Well, it's weird. You should get that checked out.

weird

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Okay.

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Well, Jacob is going to teach the gifted program

gifted gifted-program jacob program teach

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during his free periods.

free

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I would love to till the fertile soil

love

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and grow the minds of tomorrow.

grow minds tomorrow

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I'll be like, um, that guy in that movie.

movie

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-Um... -Um...

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-Coach Carter. -No. Um...

coach

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-Jiro Dreams of Sushi. -No, no.

dreams

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What's that rock-climbing movie? Wait. Don't tell me.

climbing movie

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-No, none of these. It's... -Don't tell me. Don't tell me.

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Hey, um, Ava? What do you think?

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A chance to make more Science Oprahs?

chance science

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27 Hours. That's the name of the rock-climbing movie.

climbing hours movie name

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-I knew it. I knew it. -No.

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-Hey, Ava. Ava. -AVA: With the...

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-Right. Gifted program. -Yes.

gifted gifted-program program yes

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You know, my sorority sisters are always bragging

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about how they have these smart kids they gave birth to.

birth kids smart smart-kids

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I could be like Charles Xavier with legs,

legs

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with hundreds of smart kids that I didn't give birth to,

birth hundreds kids smart smart-kids

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obviously. (chuckles)

chuckles obviously

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Go ahead and start your little mutant academy.

academy ahead start

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Yes! Thank you.

yes

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(chuckles)

chuckles

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Take that, Crystal.

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(school bell rings, children shouting)

bell bell-rings children children-shouting rings school school-bell school-bell-rings shouting

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So, I called to book it,

book called

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and they told me they don't do a foot facial.

facial foot

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-They said it's just a pedicure. -That's not what Dr. Oz said.

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There she is.

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You know, I look forward to every Thursday,

forward thursday

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and it's not just about restocking half-full Funyuns.

full half half-full

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"Half-full." The man's an optimist.

full half half-full mans

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So, uh, what's your deal, Gary? You got dreams or...

deal dreams

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I own and operate a vending-machine business.

business machine vending vending-machine

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I'm living it.

living

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Yes to living your dreams.

dreams living yes

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So, remember how you brought me that iced tea?

brought remember

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I'm thinking what if I let you buy me dinner to go with it?

dinner thinking

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This -- This is gonna be amazing.

amazing

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I'm gonna take you out for a night on the town

night town

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you'll never forget.

forget

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I'm thinking you, me, Dave & Buster's.

thinking

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Y-You know what? I just...

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I think I'm really busy these days.

busy days

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Maybe we just scratch this entire date idea.

date entire idea

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(whispering) I tried.

tried whispering

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Look, I've learned to spot a red flag when it's flying.

flying learned spot

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A guy suggests a dump for a first date,

date dump

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eventually, you're gonna have to dump him.

dump

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My ex suggested a strip club.

strip

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♪♪

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It's Smart Kids Time!

kids smart smart-kids

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I'm gonna need Tyrel, Nadiyah, and Daniel.

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-What are you talking about? -For the gifted program.

gifted gifted-program program

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Those are the only kids who talk in my class.

class kids

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Sucks to be you. (laughs)

laughs

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All aboard the brain train! Choo-choo!

brain train

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♪♪

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GREGORY: What do I think of the gifted program?

gifted gifted-program gregory program

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I mean, look, if everyone's into it, then great.

everyones

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I just think the kids are gonna miss the end of the movie.

kids miss movie

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But who needs the end of the movie?

movie needs

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You know, movies are all about the beginning

movies

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and then the middle and...

middle

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Okay, guys. Let's settle down. Settle down.

settle

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Let's do some math problems to steady our minds.

math minds problems

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Ronald, what's 9 times 10?

times

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-SYDNEE: Chicken! -What?

chicken sydnee

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Chickens in the library!

chickens library

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(chicks chirping)

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The chicken has an ovary and an oviduct,

chicken

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and as the female reaches maturity,

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these ova develop a few at a time into yolks.

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And when they hatch, what do we get?

hatch

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We get breakfast. Am I right?

breakfast

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Served "ova" easy.

easy

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It's happening! They're hatching!

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(gasps)

gasps

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Aww! Look at that.

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They're seeing that chickens

chickens seeing

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don't just come from Crown Fried Chicken.

chicken crown

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♪ I'm comin' out of retirement to save the environment ♪

comin save

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♪ I like farms 'cause they're rustic ♪

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♪ But GMOs -- Don't trust it ♪

trust

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Ms. Teagues, I'm smart. Can I go to the chicken school?

chicken school smart teagues

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CHILDREN: Me too!

children

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-JACOB: Franken -- -CHILDREN: Food!

children food jacob

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-JACOB: Franken -- -CHILDREN: Food!

children food jacob

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JACOB: Very good.

jacob

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(breathing heavily) Okay, guys.

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So, I know we're all on board with the gifted program.

board gifted gifted-program program

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(grunts, wheezing)

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There you go sounding like an old locomotive.

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Honey, you've got to walk at a normal pace.

honey normal walk

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I think some of the kids who aren't in the gifted program

gifted gifted-program kids program

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-are feeling left out. -GREGORY: Agreed.

feeling gregory left

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And they took all the talking kids, so now I have to talk.

kids

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Well, this is nothing we can't fix.

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We just need to make sure all the kids

kids

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who aren't in the program are still on track

program track

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to be successful, you know, go to college, do great things.

college successful

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You don't have to go to college to be successful.

college successful

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No. Oh, my God. No. I didn't mean that.

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-I'm just saying -- -I, for one, love the program.

love program

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I feel like a blend of Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society

dead robin williams

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and, well, Robin Williams in Patch Adams.

robin williams

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Didn't all those kids in Patch Adams die of cancer?

cancer kids

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Well, the real cancer is ignorance.

cancer real

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Mm, the real cancer is cancer.

cancer real

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Look, there's nothing wrong with the gifted program itself.

gifted gifted-program program

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We just need to organize it better

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so that the regular kids --

kids regular

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Ooh. Uh, the ungifted kids -- Mm.

kids

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The regifted kids...

kids

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-Let's lift up the other kids. -Yes. That.

kids lift yes

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Look, if the program is making the kids feel bad,

bad kids program

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I don't think it's worth it.

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Guys, there has to be a way to improve the experience

experience

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for the other kids, you know?

kids

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Make them feel special too.

special

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I'm sure you'll figure it out, Janine.

figure janine

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You were in the gifted program, right?

gifted gifted-program program

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I was.

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(beeping)

beeping

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I don't know. Maybe try restarting it?

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You don't think I would've tried that, Geek Squad?

tried wouldve

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Hey, Ava...and Malcolm.

malcolm

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Shouldn't you be in class?

class

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That's what I keep saying!

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Ava, we need more discretionary funds.

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I want to get chickens for my class,

chickens class

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since my kids had to sit and watch Jacob hatch eggs

eggs hatch jacob kids watch

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-in the gifted cl-- -Janine, are you new here?

gifted janine

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That smart money is for the smart kids.

kids money smart smart-kids

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You think if I had more money, I would give it to you for eggs?

eggs money

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(laughs)

laughs

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Hey, Malcolm, why don't you come with me?

malcolm

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All right. Gonna get you to class.

class

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-MALCOLM: Mm-hmm. -JANINE: Okay.

janine malcolm

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Are you excited for your inspiring lesson from Mr. Hill?

excited hill lesson

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-Yes. -Yay! (chuckles)

chuckles yes

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-Okay. -"O, Captain! My Captain!"

captain

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Mm!

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Fire bar from MC Walt Whit, but you can call me Cap'n Hill.

fire hill

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All right? No cap'n.

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Huh? Get out your books.

books

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-Thank you, hubby. -Mm-hmm.

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Aww, you're so cute together.

cute

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-Mm-hmm. -Well, for lunch, madames,

lunch

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we have a burrito with light-to-smedium sour cream.

cream light

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Thank you very much.

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A capicola sammich.

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-My favorite. -GERALD: Mm-hmm.

favorite gerald

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And nacho chips -- because they're my chips.

chips

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MELISSA: (laughs) Now, that's a man.

laughs melissa

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I'm not gonna settle for less than that.

less settle

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That's the bar right there.

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See that, baby? I'm the bar.

baby

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Well, let me tell you something about Gerald.

gerald

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This is not the man I first met.

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Such a player and a flirt.

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Trusting this one was a risk.

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But it is a risk I'm glad I took.

glad

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Girlfriend, sometimes you just got to take a leap of faith.

sometimes

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Barbara, thank you.

barbara

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I know you're trying to help, but I'm -- I'm not you.

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I'm a divorced, none-your- business-year-old woman.

business woman

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I -- Maybe this is it for me.

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Am I interrupting?

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What do you think of Gary, the vending-machine guy?

machine vending vending-machine

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Oh. Oh, my God. I love that he stocks Gushers.

love

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Aren't you like 25?

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And three-quarters, yes. (laughs)

laughs three yes

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So, when I first got the ball moving on the gifted program,

ball gifted gifted-program moving program

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-I said, "Janine --" -Okay.

janine

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Skip this part. What do you want?

part

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Some chicken eggs that will hatch for my class.

chicken class eggs hatch

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I want to teach them about their reproductive systems.

teach

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Gimme a week.

week

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(indistinct conversations)

conversations indistinct indistinct-conversations

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Okay, so, when the cloud fills with water droplets,

water

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-then what does it do? -(cracking)

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Ms. Teagues, one of the eggs is breaking.

breaking eggs teagues

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Oh, my God! Oh, my God! The eggs are hatching!

eggs

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Okay, everybody. Come on. Come on.

everybody

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Gather 'round. Everyone gather 'round.

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It's happening! (laughs)

laughs

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Watch closely, everyone.

watch

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The miracle of life is happening.

life miracle

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See? Isn't this cool?

cool

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We can do fun stuff right here in our class.

class stuff

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Ew! It's wet.

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Yes. That would be the amniotic fluid.

yes

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It creates a pillow around the fetus.

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It protects it.

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Ew! And it's scaly.

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Yes, it's scal-- It's scaly?

yes

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-(gasps) -BOY: It's a snake!

gasps snake

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(all screaming)

screaming

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(gasping)

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Back up!

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Right on. Seize the day, cap-i-tan.

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Aah!

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Fly free, little birdie.

free

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(splat)

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(sighs) Thank you so much.

sighs

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It's my job.

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By the way, this is actually an endangered species.

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Can I ask where you got these?

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Um...it was a pop-up shop on 52nd Street.

shop street

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Not there anymore. Gone.

anymore

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Can't track it. (chuckles)

chuckles track

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Yeah. I heard about the snakes.

heard snakes

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So, what happened was I got a guy named Chicken for snake eggs

chicken eggs happened snake

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and a guy named Snake for chicken eggs.

chicken eggs snake

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I called Chicken for snakes

called chicken snakes

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when I should have called Snake for chickens.

called chickens snake

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Whoops.

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Look, snakes are scary,

scary snakes

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but I think there's a great lesson in this.

lesson

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Even for me, a teacher of gifted students.

gifted students teacher

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Don't you have a table to go stand on?

stand

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Mm.

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Yes. Okay. Was this a bigger setback than I thought?

bigger yes

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Sure.

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But was it a setup for something great?

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Look, I can appreciate what you're trying to do here,

appreciate

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Janine, but it's not working.

janine working

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I think we should get rid of the gifted program.

gifted gifted-program program

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Gregory, I can't believe you're saying this.

believe gregory

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I thought you liked the gifted program,

gifted gifted-program liked program

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like earlier, when you s--

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Well, I guess you never said you liked it.

liked

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Well, look, you know, I tried to give the kids

kids tried

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not in the gifted program a little bit more attention,

attention gifted gifted-program program

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and it didn't work out this time.

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But I still feel that if we nurture our most gifted minds --

gifted minds

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Janine, when I was a kid,

janine

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I didn't get into the gifted program.

gifted gifted-program program

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Like, not even close.

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It made me feel like school was only for kids

kids school

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who were good at taking tests, which I was not.

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So I checked out.

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I don't know what to say.

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The point is, when you give some kids chickens,

chickens kids point

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other kids are gonna get snakes.

kids snakes

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And if you get snakes for long enough,

snakes

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that's what you think you deserve.

deserve

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And no one deserves snakes.

snakes

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I get it. So then what do we do?

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I'm just saying that there's more than one way to be gifted.

gifted

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Have you ever heard of Howard Gardner's theory

heard howard

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of multiple intelligences?

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Okay. So, look. Like, this kid here, right?

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He may not be good at math,

math

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but he may have naturalistic intelligence,

intelligence

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which means he's good with nature.

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-Okay. -And this girl,

girl

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she may have musical intelligence.

intelligence

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And this kid -- Okay. She's asleep.

asleep

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-Yeah. She's out. Mm-hmm. -Mm-hmm.

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And look at that.

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This kid has custodial intelligence.

intelligence

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You said there was eight eggs, right?

eggs eight

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-Yeah. -Well, we got six snakes.

snakes

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That leaves two snakes.

snakes

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Yes, Sydnee. That's correct.

correct sydnee yes

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Great job.

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Hi.

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Melissa, it's Thursday.

melissa thursday

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Are you ready to see your man?

ready

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Oh, come on, Barb. Let it go. I'm not ready.

barb ready

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Melissa Ann Schemmenti, I know you,

melissa schemmenti

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and you are not ready

ready

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because you are telling yourself you are not ready.

ready telling

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But okay. Do what you want to do.

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Hey, you.

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JOE: You callin' about the timeshare?

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I was gonna use it in June.

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Yeah. No, no, no, no. It's something else.

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But that's fine. I prefer July anyway.

prefer

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So, listen, um... you know after we got divorced

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and you started, you know, seeing Nina or whatever?

nina seeing started

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Weren't you...

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Weren't you, like, just so afraid

afraid

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it was just gonna wind up like we did?

wind

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Of course I was.

course

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It's hard to get near a stove once you've been burned.

hard

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Why? You thinking about cooking?

thinking

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I'm thinking about trying out a new recipe.

thinking

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Look, we were young, and I was an idiot.

idiot young

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You deserve a chance at something better.

chance deserve

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Geez, you got soft.

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Ha ha. I hate you.

hate

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I hate you more.

hate

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See ya, Joe.

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And that's why I don't think

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there's a more respectable bird than the sea gull.

bird

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It survives.

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-Agreed. -(chuckles)

chuckles

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Well, well, well.

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If it isn't the one who ran away.

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Yeah. That wasn't my best moment.

best moment

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Ah! I've seen worse moments.

seen worse

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Yeah. Well, I'm sorry.

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Listen, I get it.

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You're a beautiful woman.

woman

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A Philly 11.

philly

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-(laughs) -You deserve options.

deserve laughs options

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I get options --

options

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baked chips, classic chips, cupcakes, sour candy, granola,

chips classic

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local, big names.

local

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The world's your vending machine.

machine vending vending-machine worlds

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Well, I would still like to go out for dinner,

dinner

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if you're interested.

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Oh, hell yeah. How about this?

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Me, you, Scannicchio's?

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Oh. Yeah.

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That's where my ex proposed that we, you know, get a divorce,

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so, you know, not there,

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but we'll -- we'll figure out a place.

figure place

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I knew that chip metaphor would work.

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(laughs)

laughs

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Oh, you know, speaking of options, I would love it

love options speaking

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if some SnackWell's could find their way back into Row E.

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Please.

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I'll see what I can do.

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All right.

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(cart rattling)

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Yeah, he'll get 'em. I'm a Philly 11.

philly

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(snaps fingers)

fingers

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You so smart.

smart

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My little Science Oprah goin' crazy in the botanies.

crazy goin science

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Do you mean botany?

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That's what I said.

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Anyway, my friend Crystal is always bragging

friend

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about how her kids are so smart.

kids smart

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Obviously, I have the smartest kids.

kids obviously

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Maybe you can make a video

video

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memorizing the periodic table or something.

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Send that to Crystal.

send

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What do you do here?

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I'm the principal.

principal

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But you don't do anything.

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(telephone ringing in distance, copy machine clicking)

copy distance machine telephone

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We shuttin' this down. He gettin' too smart.

smart

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Oh. No. Wait.

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Actually, we were all just talking about

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the gifted program, and we have a solution.

gifted gifted-program program solution

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Oh, good.

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'Cause Black Bobby Fischer is killin' me right now.

black

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Okay.

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Um, well, we thought instead of a few kids

kids

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getting to do something special every week,

special week

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what if every kid got to do something special

special

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every few weeks?

weeks

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This way, no kid feels left out.

feels left

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We consider all the intelligences they could have.

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We get everyone excited about learning.

excited learning

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And, you know, Jacob will still teach.

jacob teach

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-We'll help. -Yes.

yes

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"O Captain! My Captain!" for everyone.

captain

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So if everyone's special, then no one's special.

everyones ones special

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Works for me.

works

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What do you normally do after school, anyway?

normally school

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Work out, watch Jeopardy!

watch

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-Work out and watch Jeopardy!? -Yeah, at the same time.

watch

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It stimulates the body and the mind.

mind

↓

That's cool.

cool

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-GREGORY: Um... -JANINE: Oh.

gregory janine

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-Are you okay? -Yeah, yeah.

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I, um...I can't open the door or they'll escape.

door open

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Who will escape?

↓

I found the seventh and eighth snake, okay?

found snake

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They were -- They were in my bag.

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-JANINE: Oh, no. -And, um...

janine

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-Um... -Uh...

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That man teaches the gifted program.

gifted gifted-program program

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-(laughs) -Mm-hmm. (chuckles)

chuckles laughs

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That sucks, how you had to come up,

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like, not thinking you're special.

special thinking

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I mean, I really hope you don't carry that with you,

hope

↓

because I think you're gifted.

gifted

↓

-Just not as gifted as me. -(laughs)

gifted laughs

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Oh. Oh, is that so? Okay.

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That is. It is so.

↓

Um, but in all seriousness, Gregory...

gregory

↓

I was just thinking, um...

thinking

↓

do you need me to back your car out for you?

↓

Because I can do that.

↓

You know, I have the brain that it takes to --

brain takes

↓

All right, now. You have a good night.

night

↓

(both laugh)

laugh

↓

-All right. See you later. -I'll see you.

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I'm really happy Gregory's opening up.

happy opening

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I mean, he's great,

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and it's really nice to have another friend at the school.

another friend school

↓

What?

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Today I learned that snake eggs and chicken eggs look alike.

chicken eggs learned snake today

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We never got to do fun stuff at my old school.

school stuff

↓

(screams)

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Oh, God! Aah!

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I like Principal Coleman. She's like a big kid.

coleman principal

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She's silly, and she doesn't have a job.

silly

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(telephone ringing in distance)

distance telephone

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(candy, plastic clattering)

plastic

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There's one area of giftedness that always goes overlooked.

area

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I've started a gifted custodian program.

gifted program started

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It's like reverse Good Will Hunting.

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You see a genius cleaning.

genius

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I see a cleaning genius.

genius

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vitac