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As the tension mounts
throughout the free world

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the ladies have jumped off
to a surprising

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fifteen to nothing lead
over the boys.'

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Now, next question

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bonus question for 20 points.

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What is the origin

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of our civil rights?

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The Magna Carta.

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No, Tom, no.

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- Ellen, take it.
- English common law.

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English common law,
20 point bonus.

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The boys lose ten points
for ringing the bell

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without knowing the answer,
it's a ten point loss.

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Alright, the Magna Carta...

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It was a document
guaranteeing rights

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but the rights of whom?

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Uh, Stacey.

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- The aristocracy.
- The aristocracy.

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Ten point bonus for the girls.

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The aristocracy
vis-a-vis the king.

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The people, the people got their
rights from the common well.

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The common well. Hence...

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Come on, come on, who knows?

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- I know.
- Uh, Anthony.

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- Common wealth?
- Common wealth.

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Ten point bonus for the boys.

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Alright, that's good,
but, guys, watch out.

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The girls have a 45 to nothing
lead over you.

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You're not doing too well.
Okay, next two.

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Come on. Let's go, quickly.

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Alright. Here we go.

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Bonus question for ten points.

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Define the word, "Imbrue."

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Ah-ha. I'll spell it for you.

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I-M-B-R-U-E.

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Imbrue.

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Mr. Clark, could your class
do without you

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for a minute or two?

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Surely. Kids,
take your seats. Quickly.

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'Come on. Quickly.'

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Take out your pencils.
Write this down.

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Imbrue, to taint

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to stain.

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The cancer of racism

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imbrues our national character.

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It stains the spirit

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taints the soul.

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It is a blot...

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...a shameful

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greasy spot
on the fabric

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of our national conscience.

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Imbrue.

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To taint, to stain.

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Thirty words tomorrow. Test.

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What's the matter?

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They're holding a meeting of

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the union executive board.

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- Without us?
- They didn't tell me, either.

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Frank, I told you, I told you
we couldn't trust them.

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Keep it down.

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- Keep it down?
- Yes.

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Those no-good bastards
sell us out

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out of a union
we got started?

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Betray us like
a bunch of Judases?

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Well, then I got
to crucify me.

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No, sir, no. I got
the hammer and the nails.

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I'm not gonna be anybody's
martyr, Frank. Nobody's.

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- Okay. You...
- Now, don't contradict me, man.

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I am sick
and tired of weasels

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and spineless
gutless jellyfish!

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Okay, okay, save it
for the meeting.

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Why, man? I got plenty.

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I'm the Rockefeller
of outrage.

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What the hell are
you people doing?

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- We're having a meeting here.
- You're selling us out, Lott.

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Joe, nobody's selling you...

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We cannot have
an effective voice here.

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Now, say in
our own curriculum

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be anything but impotent
if we're gonna sell out

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every time they threaten us.

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Now, if you're gonna talk
about this, call me in.

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We have to stick together!

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What we have to do
is pay our bills. We have to...

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You want to carry picket signs,
get your picture in the paper.

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Well, we just want to work.

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We are tired of the agitation.

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The-the posturing of crazy...

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Posturing? How the hell can you
talk about posturing, Lott?

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When you're all
the time bent over

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kissing posteriors
down at the school board?

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Who the hell do you think
you're talkin' to?

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You want to step outside?
Come on, come on.

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If you had any nerve at all,
you'd be fightin' on my side.

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Mr. Clark, I'm afraid
that's a moot point.

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Now, we just found out ourselves
that the board of education

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has decided to grant us
our salary increments

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if we agree
to accept their condition

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that you be transferred
to school six...

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...and we agreed.

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God bless you, man.

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Pay your bills.

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- Joe?
- They can go to hell.

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Come on, Joe.

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This place deserves exactly

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what it gets.

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It's alright.
Shh. It's alright.

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It's alright.
It's alright.

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What are you doing?
Go back to your class.

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Leave me alone!

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What's up, Brian?

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Yo! Yo! Where's my money?

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I said where's my money?
Where's my money?

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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Stop it, stop it, stop it.

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Hey, why you fightin' us, man.

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- Get in the locker.
- Come on, man.

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You're messin' up
my books, man.

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- I'm gonna tell...
- Markus, what are you doing?

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Come on, let's go.

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- Let him out.
- What are you sayin'?

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He's fine. He lives in there.
He likes it.

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Somebody!

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Somebody, help!
Somebody, help!

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Help somebody, please.

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Somebody, help!

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Somebody help!

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Please, let me out!

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Let me out, please! Help!

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Somebody let me out!

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I can't breathe!

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Somebody let me out, please!

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I can't breathe.
Somebody help me, please!

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I can't breathe!
Somebody open up the door!

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Open the door, please!
Somebody let me out!

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I don't believe it.
I just don't goddamn believe it.

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I-I've got
an election coming up

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and you hit me with this now?

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Well, sir, the state report
came in from Trenton just now.

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And we...

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Well, actually,
they ranked the schools

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and we were last in the state.

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Oh, that's a crock.

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They can't just take
my schools away.

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Sir, uh, you're quite right.

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That's what I thought.

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But... Well, no.

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- See, now, actually, they can.
- What?

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You see, the house passed
a bill last week.

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Seventy-five percent
of high school students

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must pass the minimum
basic skills test

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or the state takes control
by the end of the school year.

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Well, how many
passed last year?

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About 38 percent.

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Thirty-eight percent?

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What in God's name
are they doing

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down there at Eastside?

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They were
your appointees, Don.

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Eh, now, wait a minute.

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Don't try to pin
all this on me.

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You're the superintendent
of schools, remember?

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Now, look, I'm not
goin' down the tubes

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just because those kids
can't pass some test.

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It's a can of worms, Don.

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The only person
who would take this job

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is someone with nothing
to lose and then

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the question becomes
what do we want with him?

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I'm sitting here
racking my brain trying...

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You're sitting there
settin' me up, Frank.

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Look, I know you like a book.

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No, wait a minute. No!

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No, no, no, no, no.

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Not that nut. No!

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No way!

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He's the only guy
I can think of.

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Oh, Lord, help us.

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Here, Derrick, Derrick,
Derrick, slow down, now.

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- I am, Mr. Clark.
- Atta boy.

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- Slow down!
- Bye, Mr. Clark.

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- Bye, bye, baby.
- Bye, Mr. Clark.

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- So long, kids.
- Hey, Joe.

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What am I
in some kind of trouble

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you gotta bring your lawyer?

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- Nah!
- Rosenberg.

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Hey, Joe. Hot for October.

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- Oh, you're telling me.
- How's it goin' over here?

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Okay. Same old, same old.
What brings you down here?

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We just came from
the mayor's office.

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Seems they need a new principal
at Eastside High.

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Gotta get those
test scores up.

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He specifically
thought of you.

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- Sure.
- Okay.

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I thought of you.

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All this time
I've been stuck down here

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and you come
and ask me now, Frank?

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I'm not a miracle worker, Joe.

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Hello, Dr. Napier. I just saw
your wife the other day.

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Mr. Clark, before you go,
the girls still need that room.

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- They've got baking class.
- Alright, Mrs. Hamilton.

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And you know, we continue
to find chewing gum

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under the desks.

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I will make an announcement
in the morning

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Mrs. Hamilton,
will that satisfy you?

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Mrs. Hamilton,
you know Mr. Rosenberg

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the school board attorney.

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Oh, yes. How are you,
Mr. Rosenberg?

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Excuse us, Mrs. Hamilton.

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Dr. Napier wants
to inspect our new sandbox.

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Our sandbox? Oh, well,
I didn't mean to interrupt.

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It's-it's good
to see you, Dr. Napier.

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Yes, yes.

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Uh, Joe, I want you to forget

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about what happened before.

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This is a chance for us
to make some changes

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stop blowin' smoke up
each other's butts

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go in and see if we can turn
this thing around.

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You mean nobody else
wants the job?

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Well, nobody I'd want.

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Well, you add my name
to the list.

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You know what?
You're bullshit.

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Frank, you're bullshit.

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Don't talk to me
about savin' those kids.

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The mayor wants
to save his budget

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and you want
to save your ass.

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Well, so what?

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You want the truth, Joe?

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Yeah, Frank.
Let's have some truth.

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The truth is that
for all your talkin'

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and all your
crazy Joe routine

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what have you ever done?
Nothing!

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You're nothing
but an insignificant man!

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It's like
you were never born.

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Your life hasn't
made one bit of difference

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and neither has mine.

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Want to take that
to the grave?

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We want to, uh, welcome
Mr. Clark to Eastside.

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We've heard
so much about you.

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A-and to tell you what we have
done in anticipation

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of your arrival, uh,
uh, Ms. Levias

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your other vice principal,
and I have appointed

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an executive committee
to oversee certain areas

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where we have noted
a need for improvement.

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Uh, Mr. Zirella for example...

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You may sit down,
Mr. O'Malley.

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You think you can
run this school?

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If you could, then I wouldn't
be here, would I?

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No one talks in my meetings.

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No one!

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You take out your
pencils and write.

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I want the names
of every hoodlum

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drug dealer, and miscreant

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who's done nothing,
but take this place apart

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on my desk by noon today.

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00:15:22,130 --> 00:15:24,549
- Reverend Slappy.
- Yes, sir.

255
00:15:24,674 --> 00:15:27,010
You are now the chief custodian,
Reverend Slappy.

256
00:15:27,135 --> 00:15:29,137
You will scour
this building clean.

257
00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,556
Graffiti goes up, it's off
the next day. Is that clear?

258
00:15:31,681 --> 00:15:33,266
Yes, sir.
The very next day.

259
00:15:33,391 --> 00:15:35,101
Detention students
can help you.

260
00:15:35,226 --> 00:15:37,145
Let them scrub
this place for a while.

261
00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:39,731
And tear down those cages
in the cafeteria.

262
00:15:40,148 --> 00:15:41,483
You treat them like animals

263
00:15:41,608 --> 00:15:43,777
that's exactly
how they'll behave.

264
00:15:47,238 --> 00:15:48,740
This is my new dean
of security

265
00:15:48,865 --> 00:15:51,034
Mr. William Wright.

266
00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:53,036
He will be my avenging angel

267
00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:55,288
as you teachers
reclaim the halls.

268
00:15:56,665 --> 00:15:59,417
This is an institution of
learning, ladies and gentlemen.

269
00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:02,128
If you can't control it,
how can you teach?

270
00:16:04,923 --> 00:16:07,884
Discipline is not the enemy
of enthusiasm.

271
00:16:10,845 --> 00:16:12,722
- Mr. Zirella.
- Yes, sir?

272
00:16:14,099 --> 00:16:16,768
Mr. Zirella, you are now
my new head football coach.

273
00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:21,690
Mr. Darnell.
Stand up, Mr. Darnell.

274
00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:25,610
Mr. Darnell will be
your assistant.

275
00:16:26,236 --> 00:16:28,780
You know why you're being
demoted, Mr. Darnell?

276
00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:30,716
Because I'm sick and tired
of our football team

277
00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:33,243
getting pushed all over
the field. Thank you. Sit down.

278
00:16:33,576 --> 00:16:36,663
I want precision.
I want a weight program.

279
00:16:36,788 --> 00:16:40,250
And if you don't like it,
Mr. Darnell, you can quit.

280
00:16:40,375 --> 00:16:42,210
Same goes for the rest of you.

281
00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,004
You've tried it your way
for years.

282
00:16:44,129 --> 00:16:45,714
And your students
can't even get past

283
00:16:45,839 --> 00:16:47,757
a minimum basic skills test.

284
00:16:48,091 --> 00:16:50,093
That means
they can hardly read!

285
00:16:57,809 --> 00:17:00,437
They've given me
less than one year

286
00:17:00,562 --> 00:17:03,481
one school year
to turn this place around.

287
00:17:04,024 --> 00:17:05,942
To get those test scores up

288
00:17:06,317 --> 00:17:08,319
so the state
will not take us over

289
00:17:08,445 --> 00:17:09,738
to perform the task

290
00:17:09,863 --> 00:17:12,323
which you have failed to do.

291
00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:14,659
To educate our children!

292
00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:19,080
Forget about the way
it used to be.

293
00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:20,749
This is not a damn democracy.

294
00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:22,959
We are in a state
of emergency

295
00:17:23,084 --> 00:17:25,045
and my word is law!

296
00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,130
There's only one boss
in this place

297
00:17:27,255 --> 00:17:28,590
and that's me.

298
00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:31,885
The H-N-I-C.

299
00:17:33,511 --> 00:17:35,055
Are there any questions?

300
00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,187
Mr. Wright.

301
00:17:49,152 --> 00:17:51,029
The H-N-I-C?

302
00:17:52,238 --> 00:17:54,449
The Head Nigger In Charge.

303
00:17:58,453 --> 00:18:00,173
Hello, everybody, right up here,
right here.

304
00:18:00,205 --> 00:18:01,205
Check this out.

305
00:18:07,629 --> 00:18:10,507
George, Brian, Sams?

306
00:18:10,632 --> 00:18:12,342
They want you onstage.

307
00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:15,136
Let's go. Right now.

308
00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,472
- Mrs. Santos, what about us?
- What about us?

309
00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:19,265
What about you?
What about me, huh?

310
00:18:19,390 --> 00:18:21,518
Sit down.
I said sit down.

311
00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:26,523
- What do they want us for?
- I don't know. Go. Go.

312
00:18:26,648 --> 00:18:27,808
What you got
to do around here

313
00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:29,567
to get picked
for somethin'?

314
00:18:29,692 --> 00:18:32,779
- Maria, sit down.
- You dirtbag!

315
00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:45,375
Hey, check it out,
look at Chita, Holmes.

316
00:18:47,836 --> 00:18:49,712
Hey, man.
Let her check me out, man.

317
00:18:49,838 --> 00:18:52,423
What's wrong with you, man? What
are you afraid of the girlies?

318
00:18:52,549 --> 00:18:54,676
Go flash some cash, boy.

319
00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:56,302
You want some?
I'll give you some.

320
00:18:56,427 --> 00:18:58,138
Go buy her some
stupid gold.

321
00:18:58,263 --> 00:18:59,889
Man, step off, man.

322
00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:01,641
Ah, you're a chump.

323
00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:39,596
- Is this normal?
- I'm afraid it is.

324
00:19:39,721 --> 00:19:41,157
Is everybody
on the list up on the stage?

325
00:19:41,181 --> 00:19:42,432
Yes, sir, I-I gave their names

326
00:19:42,557 --> 00:19:43,717
to all the homeroom teachers.

327
00:19:51,608 --> 00:19:53,401
- Mr. Clark!
- Oh, hello.

328
00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:55,820
Don't you remember me?
Kaneesha.

329
00:19:55,945 --> 00:19:57,822
Kaneesha,
how are you, baby?

330
00:19:57,947 --> 00:19:59,657
- Hey, you know him?
- Yeah.

331
00:19:59,782 --> 00:20:01,826
- Oh, we go way back.
- Fifth grade.

332
00:20:01,951 --> 00:20:03,661
Yeah. How are things going?

333
00:20:03,786 --> 00:20:06,706
- Well, okay.
- Just okay?

334
00:20:06,831 --> 00:20:07,991
Listen, you have any problems

335
00:20:08,041 --> 00:20:10,251
I mean any problems,
you come and see me.

336
00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:13,254
I'm in my office every morning
at 6 o'clock, okay?

337
00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:15,381
- Okay.
- Okay. Good to see ya.

338
00:20:16,674 --> 00:20:19,093
He was my elementary
school principal.

339
00:20:27,310 --> 00:20:28,978
Alright, people.
Settle down now.

340
00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:32,482
You people, get down
off the seats. Settle down.

341
00:20:32,607 --> 00:20:35,026
Settle down, boys and girls.
Settle down.

342
00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:38,905
May I have your attention?

343
00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:40,823
Quiet!

344
00:20:41,324 --> 00:20:43,952
Quiet down. Take your seats.

345
00:20:44,535 --> 00:20:46,704
You people, sit down! Sit down!

346
00:20:46,829 --> 00:20:49,165
Quiet down.

347
00:20:49,290 --> 00:20:51,626
I am your new principal.

348
00:20:51,751 --> 00:20:53,419
My name is Joe Clark.

349
00:20:53,544 --> 00:20:55,964
I want you to be quiet!

350
00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:58,299
I want you to listen!

351
00:20:59,008 --> 00:21:00,385
From here out, there will be

352
00:21:00,510 --> 00:21:02,595
no smoking in this school!

353
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,347
All of you who are smoking

354
00:21:04,472 --> 00:21:05,640
put out your cigarettes

355
00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:07,558
on the soles of your shoes

356
00:21:07,684 --> 00:21:10,019
put the butts
in your pockets. Now!

357
00:21:11,479 --> 00:21:12,689
You, there. You.

358
00:21:12,814 --> 00:21:14,607
Put out your cigarette.

359
00:21:14,732 --> 00:21:17,485
I'm going to ask
the people upon the stage

360
00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:20,488
to open with our school song.

361
00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:22,115
Mr. Roland.

362
00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:23,992
Do you believe this guy?

363
00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,954
Suck my dick!

364
00:21:28,079 --> 00:21:30,707
Yo! You sing the song.
You sing it.

365
00:21:39,299 --> 00:21:43,011
Alright. That's enough,
Mr. Roland. That's enough.

366
00:21:43,136 --> 00:21:45,054
Are you kidding?

367
00:21:45,763 --> 00:21:47,557
I want all of you

368
00:21:47,682 --> 00:21:50,184
to take a good look

369
00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:52,854
at these people
on the risers behind me.

370
00:21:54,314 --> 00:21:57,900
These people have been here
up to five years

371
00:21:58,026 --> 00:22:00,236
and done absolutely nothing.

372
00:22:02,989 --> 00:22:04,991
These people are drug dealers

373
00:22:05,116 --> 00:22:07,327
and drug users.

374
00:22:07,452 --> 00:22:09,704
They have taken up space.

375
00:22:09,829 --> 00:22:12,415
They have disrupted this school.

376
00:22:12,540 --> 00:22:14,667
They have harassed
your teachers

377
00:22:14,792 --> 00:22:16,753
and they have
intimidated you.

378
00:22:17,587 --> 00:22:20,214
Well, times are
about to change.

379
00:22:20,631 --> 00:22:23,468
You will not be bothered
in Joe Clark's school.

380
00:22:23,593 --> 00:22:25,178
- Yeah!
- Shh!

381
00:22:25,303 --> 00:22:28,723
These people are incorrigible

382
00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:31,893
and since none of them
could graduate anyway

383
00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:34,937
you are all expurgated.

384
00:22:36,606 --> 00:22:38,775
You are dismissed.

385
00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:40,818
You are out of here forever.

386
00:22:40,943 --> 00:22:43,321
- I wish you well.
- Holy shit.

387
00:22:43,446 --> 00:22:45,615
Mr. Wright.

388
00:22:58,127 --> 00:22:59,754
I don't need your school.

389
00:23:00,213 --> 00:23:01,923
I'm goin' in
the air force, man.

390
00:23:02,048 --> 00:23:03,048
Know what I'm sayin'?

391
00:23:06,677 --> 00:23:09,430
You know what I'm sayin'?
I told you, man.

392
00:23:09,555 --> 00:23:11,432
You ain't nobody.
You ain't nobody, man.

393
00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:13,976
I'm gonna get you, man.
You ain't nobody, money.

394
00:23:28,449 --> 00:23:30,618
Next time it may be you.

395
00:23:32,662 --> 00:23:34,622
If you do no better
than they did

396
00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:37,166
next time it will be you.

397
00:23:39,001 --> 00:23:41,879
They said this
school was dead

398
00:23:42,004 --> 00:23:43,756
like the cemetery
it's built on

399
00:23:43,881 --> 00:23:45,425
but we call our Eastside

400
00:23:45,550 --> 00:23:48,136
teams Ghosts, don't we?

401
00:23:48,553 --> 00:23:50,721
And what are ghosts?

402
00:23:50,847 --> 00:23:51,848
Ghosts are spirits

403
00:23:51,973 --> 00:23:54,016
that rise from the dead.

404
00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:58,521
I want you to be my ghosts.

405
00:24:01,232 --> 00:24:02,942
You are going to lead

406
00:24:03,067 --> 00:24:04,485
our resurrection

407
00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:07,655
by defying the expectation

408
00:24:07,780 --> 00:24:09,031
that all of us

409
00:24:09,157 --> 00:24:11,492
are doomed to failure.

410
00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:13,244
My motto is simple.

411
00:24:13,995 --> 00:24:15,872
If you do not succeed in life

412
00:24:15,997 --> 00:24:18,291
I don't want you
to blame your parents.

413
00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:21,085
I don't want you
to blame the white man.

414
00:24:21,502 --> 00:24:24,130
I want you
to blame yourselves.

415
00:24:24,255 --> 00:24:27,091
The responsibility is yours!

416
00:24:30,428 --> 00:24:33,055
In two weeks,
we have a practice exam

417
00:24:33,556 --> 00:24:36,017
and the minimum
basic skills test

418
00:24:36,142 --> 00:24:37,935
on April 13th.

419
00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:42,440
That's a 110 school days
from now.

420
00:24:42,565 --> 00:24:45,359
But it's not just about
those test scores.

421
00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:47,612
If you do not have

422
00:24:47,737 --> 00:24:49,739
these basic skills

423
00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:51,657
you will find yourselves

424
00:24:51,782 --> 00:24:53,159
locked out

425
00:24:54,035 --> 00:24:56,078
locked out
of that American dream

426
00:24:56,204 --> 00:24:58,539
that you see
advertised on TV

427
00:24:58,664 --> 00:25:00,791
that they tell you
is so easy to get.

428
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,296
You are here for one reason

429
00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:08,049
one reason only

430
00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:09,759
to learn

431
00:25:09,884 --> 00:25:12,470
to work for what you want.

432
00:25:12,595 --> 00:25:13,888
The alternative

433
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:16,140
is to waste your time

434
00:25:16,265 --> 00:25:18,059
and to fall into the trap

435
00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:21,062
of crime, drugs

436
00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:22,688
and death.

437
00:25:23,731 --> 00:25:26,025
Does everyone
understand that?

438
00:25:26,901 --> 00:25:28,986
Do all of you understand me?

439
00:25:30,780 --> 00:25:33,866
Then welcome
to the new Eastside High.

440
00:25:45,169 --> 00:25:46,963
Mr. Clark don't play.

441
00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:57,515
What happened this mornin'
is an outrage.

442
00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,684
- Damn right.
- My boy's no criminal.

443
00:25:59,809 --> 00:26:01,936
He and those children
belong in school

444
00:26:02,061 --> 00:26:03,980
not back out on the street.

445
00:26:04,105 --> 00:26:08,067
- You're a fascist, Clark!
- Our kids don't deserve this!

446
00:26:08,192 --> 00:26:10,194
Some of those children
are smart.

447
00:26:10,653 --> 00:26:11,813
They're just
discouraged about

448
00:26:11,862 --> 00:26:13,948
what chances
they got out there.

449
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:16,075
What kind of jobs
they got waitin' for them.

450
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,952
Now, what kind
of chance do they have?

451
00:26:18,077 --> 00:26:19,829
He don't care,
it ain't his kid.

452
00:26:19,954 --> 00:26:22,415
He insulted the black
football coach.

453
00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:24,792
- Oh, sit down!
- The man's gone crazy.

454
00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,317
He's declared war
on his own people.

455
00:26:26,419 --> 00:26:28,963
May I remind you,
Ms. Barrett

456
00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:30,673
that Mr. Clark
was nice enough

457
00:26:30,798 --> 00:26:32,425
to come to this
emergency meeting

458
00:26:32,550 --> 00:26:34,302
after a very trying day.

459
00:26:34,427 --> 00:26:35,678
That's what he gets paid for.

460
00:26:35,803 --> 00:26:38,764
I think we owe him
a chance to respond.

461
00:26:48,149 --> 00:26:49,692
They say

462
00:26:50,568 --> 00:26:53,863
"One bad apple
spoils the bunch."

463
00:26:53,988 --> 00:26:55,656
My son ain't no bad apple!

464
00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:57,325
Well, what about 300?

465
00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:01,203
Rotten to the core.

466
00:27:03,748 --> 00:27:06,042
Now, you're right,
Mrs. Barrett.

467
00:27:06,626 --> 00:27:08,294
- This is a war.
- 'Yeah.'

468
00:27:08,419 --> 00:27:09,962
It's a war to save

469
00:27:10,087 --> 00:27:12,089
2700 other students

470
00:27:12,214 --> 00:27:15,426
most of whom don't have
the basic skills

471
00:27:15,551 --> 00:27:16,969
to pass the state exam.

472
00:27:18,304 --> 00:27:20,222
Now, if you want
to help us, fine.

473
00:27:20,723 --> 00:27:23,559
Sit down with your kids
and make 'em study at night.

474
00:27:24,018 --> 00:27:25,519
Go get your families
off welfare.

475
00:27:25,645 --> 00:27:27,289
How dare you talk to these
people about welfare!

476
00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:29,815
Give our children
some pride.

477
00:27:30,608 --> 00:27:32,693
Let 'em get their
priorities straight.

478
00:27:37,365 --> 00:27:38,741
When Dr. Napier came

479
00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:41,827
to me offering this job

480
00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:43,871
I saw the lightning flash.

481
00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:46,999
- Alright!
- I heard the thunder roll.

482
00:27:48,626 --> 00:27:51,379
I felt breakers crashing

483
00:27:51,504 --> 00:27:52,546
swamping my soul.

484
00:27:52,672 --> 00:27:54,632
We are not in church,
Mr. Clark!

485
00:27:54,757 --> 00:27:58,761
I fell down on my knees

486
00:27:59,387 --> 00:28:01,806
and I cried, "My God!

487
00:28:01,931 --> 00:28:05,059
- Why has Thou forsaken me?"
- 'Tell 'em about it.'

488
00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:07,520
And the Lord said, "Joe...

489
00:28:07,645 --> 00:28:08,979
...you're no damn good."

490
00:28:09,105 --> 00:28:11,190
No, no. I mean this

491
00:28:11,565 --> 00:28:13,526
more than you realize.

492
00:28:14,193 --> 00:28:17,279
"You're no earthly good at all

493
00:28:17,988 --> 00:28:21,575
"unless you take
this opportunity

494
00:28:21,701 --> 00:28:24,412
and do whatever
you have to."

495
00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:27,790
And he didn't say,
"Joe, be polite."

496
00:28:27,915 --> 00:28:29,250
- That's right.
- Yeah.

497
00:28:31,794 --> 00:28:34,839
Do whatever you have to

498
00:28:34,964 --> 00:28:36,424
to transform

499
00:28:36,549 --> 00:28:39,218
and transmogrify this school

500
00:28:39,343 --> 00:28:41,303
into a special place

501
00:28:41,429 --> 00:28:44,014
where the hearts
and souls and minds

502
00:28:44,140 --> 00:28:47,435
of the young can rise!

503
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:51,063
Where they can grow tall
and blossom

504
00:28:51,188 --> 00:28:54,108
out from under the shadows
of the past

505
00:28:55,151 --> 00:28:58,195
where the minds
of the young are set free.

506
00:28:58,320 --> 00:28:59,320
That's right!

507
00:29:00,781 --> 00:29:03,242
And I gave

508
00:29:03,367 --> 00:29:04,702
my word to God.

509
00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:09,039
And that's why
I threw those bastards out.

510
00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:13,335
And that's all
I'm going to say.

511
00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:41,822
Mr. Clark, I wanted
to talk to you

512
00:29:41,947 --> 00:29:44,492
about those kids
you threw out yesterday.

513
00:29:44,617 --> 00:29:45,868
Well, what about them?

514
00:29:45,993 --> 00:29:47,119
Well, I was one of 'em

515
00:29:47,244 --> 00:29:49,371
but you made
some kinda mistake.

516
00:29:49,497 --> 00:29:51,499
- Mistake?
- Yes, sir.

517
00:29:52,500 --> 00:29:53,709
What's your name, son?

518
00:29:53,834 --> 00:29:56,253
Sams. Thomas Sams.

519
00:29:56,378 --> 00:29:58,464
Thomas Sams. Thomas Sams.

520
00:29:58,589 --> 00:30:00,257
- You're a freshman?
- Yes, sir.

521
00:30:00,382 --> 00:30:02,426
Cutting class
and smoking crack, Mr. Sams.

522
00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:04,678
- There's no mistake.
- No, sir.

523
00:30:04,804 --> 00:30:05,846
It wasn't me, sir.

524
00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:07,139
I swear it wasn't.

525
00:30:11,018 --> 00:30:13,604
- It wasn't you, huh?
- No.

526
00:30:16,565 --> 00:30:18,442
Do you think
I'm stupid, son?

527
00:30:18,567 --> 00:30:20,653
- No, sir.
- Yes, you do.

528
00:30:21,904 --> 00:30:23,989
You're tryin' to con
a con man.

529
00:30:26,033 --> 00:30:27,313
You're not even
learning anything

530
00:30:27,368 --> 00:30:28,661
on the streets, are you?

531
00:30:30,788 --> 00:30:31,997
You come with me.

532
00:30:44,802 --> 00:30:46,846
What are you doin'?
What's up here?

533
00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:51,934
Now, let me
tell you something.

534
00:30:52,059 --> 00:30:53,339
The trouble
with being a teenager

535
00:30:53,435 --> 00:30:54,728
is you don't know nothin'.

536
00:30:54,854 --> 00:30:56,873
The problem with teenagers is
you think you're smarter

537
00:30:56,897 --> 00:30:58,208
than people
who've already been down

538
00:30:58,232 --> 00:30:59,817
the road you're travelin'.

539
00:30:59,942 --> 00:31:02,152
You know what I'm tryin'
to say to you, boy?

540
00:31:02,778 --> 00:31:04,446
- Do you?
- Yes, sir.

541
00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:08,158
Did you tell your father
I threw you out of school?

542
00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:12,204
- Look at me, damn it!
- No, sir.

543
00:31:12,329 --> 00:31:13,329
Why not?

544
00:31:13,414 --> 00:31:15,040
No guts, huh?

545
00:31:15,165 --> 00:31:18,085
Afraid of what he's gonna say
to you, aren't ya?

546
00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:20,546
My father doesn't live
with us anymore, sir.

547
00:31:20,671 --> 00:31:22,031
Oh, is that
what you're doin', now?

548
00:31:22,089 --> 00:31:24,925
Goin' around feeling sorry
for yourself, boy, huh?

549
00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:26,886
Go on, get outta here!
You're wastin' my time!

550
00:31:27,011 --> 00:31:28,637
Please let me back, sir.

551
00:31:28,762 --> 00:31:31,515
I have to get back at school.

552
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:32,975
I can't go home
and tell my mama

553
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,768
I got kicked outta school.

554
00:31:34,894 --> 00:31:37,980
Now, why should I let you
back into my school, Sams?

555
00:31:38,105 --> 00:31:40,774
'Cause I'm gonna
do better, sir.

556
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,234
How?

557
00:31:44,153 --> 00:31:46,196
- By doin' my work.
- What else?

558
00:31:47,573 --> 00:31:49,158
And stayin' out of trouble.

559
00:31:49,992 --> 00:31:52,328
What have you been thinkin'
about all this time?

560
00:31:52,786 --> 00:31:54,371
Why should I believe you now?

561
00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:57,750
Because I changed my ways.

562
00:31:59,126 --> 00:32:00,753
I don't believe you, Sams.

563
00:32:01,211 --> 00:32:03,172
I don't think you've changed
a thing.

564
00:32:03,714 --> 00:32:06,258
- Go on, jump!
- No. I don't wanna jump.

565
00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:07,551
Yes, you do!

566
00:32:07,676 --> 00:32:09,553
You smoke crack, don't you?

567
00:32:10,262 --> 00:32:11,597
You smoke crack,
don't you?

568
00:32:13,641 --> 00:32:16,644
Look at me, boy!
Don't you smoke crack?

569
00:32:17,144 --> 00:32:18,687
Y-y-yes, sir.

570
00:32:18,812 --> 00:32:20,012
You know what
that does to you?

571
00:32:20,105 --> 00:32:21,607
- Huh?
- No, sir.

572
00:32:21,732 --> 00:32:23,025
It kills your brain cells, son.

573
00:32:23,150 --> 00:32:25,152
It kills your brain cells.

574
00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:26,588
Now, when you're destroying
your brain cells

575
00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:28,131
you're doing the same thing
as killing yourself

576
00:32:28,155 --> 00:32:29,531
you're just doing it slower!

577
00:32:29,657 --> 00:32:31,200
Now, I say if you want
to kill yourself

578
00:32:31,325 --> 00:32:34,161
don't fuck around with it,
go on and do it expeditiously!

579
00:32:34,286 --> 00:32:35,704
Now, go on and jump! Jump.

580
00:32:35,829 --> 00:32:39,124
No. I don't want
to kill myself, sir.

581
00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:41,585
You're quite sure
about this, are ya?

582
00:32:41,961 --> 00:32:43,170
Yes, sir.

583
00:32:44,338 --> 00:32:46,757
Alright, Sams,
I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.

584
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:49,885
I'm gonna go back
on my own word just this once

585
00:32:50,010 --> 00:32:51,804
and let you back
into my school

586
00:32:51,929 --> 00:32:54,515
'cause you're still a baby,
and you don't know shit.

587
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,350
But you understand this, boy.

588
00:32:56,475 --> 00:32:58,394
You're not gonna get
a moment's rest.

589
00:32:58,519 --> 00:33:00,854
I'm gonna be on your case
every minute.

590
00:33:01,271 --> 00:33:03,357
You mess up just once

591
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:04,692
and you're outta here.

592
00:33:04,817 --> 00:33:06,527
Now, you understand me?

593
00:33:07,111 --> 00:33:09,363
- Do you understand me?
- Yes, sir.

594
00:33:12,116 --> 00:33:13,951
Now, go on back downstairs.

595
00:33:29,717 --> 00:33:31,397
Alright, people.
Let's settle down in here.

596
00:33:31,427 --> 00:33:33,512
Now, settle down. Quiet down.

597
00:33:33,637 --> 00:33:36,682
Let those who are trying
to eat their lunch digest.

598
00:33:36,807 --> 00:33:38,284
Robert, boy, get outta
here, you had lunch

599
00:33:38,308 --> 00:33:40,102
at fourth period, go on.

600
00:33:40,227 --> 00:33:41,645
If Mr. O'Malley didn't
do anything

601
00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:43,090
Mr. Clark
isn't gonna do anything.

602
00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:46,400
Louisa, you're lookin'
mighty good today.

603
00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:48,485
Gonna have to tell
these boys to watch out.

604
00:33:48,610 --> 00:33:50,029
You kids
having any problems?

605
00:33:50,154 --> 00:33:51,864
Yeah. I mean, she is.

606
00:33:51,989 --> 00:33:54,199
- Tell him.
- Louisa?

607
00:33:54,324 --> 00:33:56,410
Well, Mr. Clark,
why do I have to take Home Ec?

608
00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:58,162
I wanna take auto shop.

609
00:33:58,287 --> 00:34:01,707
Now I have brothers and sisters.
My mother works.

610
00:34:01,832 --> 00:34:04,835
I have been cooking
for 11 years.

611
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,296
Does it look
like I don't cook?

612
00:34:07,421 --> 00:34:09,590
I want you to take this
to Mr. O'Malley.

613
00:34:11,008 --> 00:34:13,260
You know how much
auto mechanics make?

614
00:34:13,886 --> 00:34:15,846
Seventeen dollars an hour.

615
00:34:15,971 --> 00:34:17,681
That girl right there, man.

616
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:21,369
Yo, sweetheart. Right here.
I got hunger pains, baby.

617
00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:23,771
You could be my lunch.
Just come on over. Ah! Ah!

618
00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:26,023
Boy, get off this table!
Sit down.

619
00:34:26,148 --> 00:34:27,834
- Get your hormones together!
- No hormones.

620
00:34:27,858 --> 00:34:30,235
This ain't no hormones.
She's fly, man. She's a fox.

621
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,614
Didn't I just see you downstairs
with your arms around Clarisse?

622
00:34:33,739 --> 00:34:34,739
- Clarisse?
- Clarisse.

623
00:34:34,823 --> 00:34:36,450
You honked out
with that skeezer?

624
00:34:36,575 --> 00:34:38,261
No, no, no, no, no. I never...
Check it out.

625
00:34:38,285 --> 00:34:39,929
Check it out, check it out.
It was only one time.

626
00:34:39,953 --> 00:34:42,289
- One time.
- Chill out, man!

627
00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:44,291
- Richard, Richard.
- Yes, sir.

628
00:34:44,416 --> 00:34:46,710
Listen, for your first job
as class president

629
00:34:46,835 --> 00:34:48,045
I want to build us an atrium.

630
00:34:48,170 --> 00:34:49,355
You come and track me down
tomorrow

631
00:34:49,379 --> 00:34:50,589
and we'll talk about it, okay?

632
00:34:50,714 --> 00:34:52,314
Alright, don't worry
about it, Mr. Clark.

633
00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:54,778
- Hey, hi, Mr. Clark. What's up?
- Hey, how you doin', brother?

634
00:34:54,802 --> 00:34:58,430
Good to see you. Alright.
Oh, you? Hey!

635
00:34:58,555 --> 00:35:00,158
- Yes, Mr. Clark?
- What's your name, son?

636
00:35:00,182 --> 00:35:02,392
- Kid Ray. How you doin'?
- Kid Ray, huh? Nice suit.

637
00:35:02,518 --> 00:35:04,311
Hey, just like you,
Mr. Clark.

638
00:35:04,436 --> 00:35:06,396
Gotta look the part.
Gotta have the juice.

639
00:35:06,522 --> 00:35:08,649
Ha! These kids don't
understand that.

640
00:35:12,653 --> 00:35:14,113
- Hey! What are you...
- Sams!

641
00:35:14,238 --> 00:35:17,199
Put it back! Put it back!

642
00:35:17,324 --> 00:35:19,493
How many times have
I told you, boy? Put that down.

643
00:35:19,618 --> 00:35:21,286
Put something in your head
and not on it.

644
00:35:21,411 --> 00:35:23,205
Pull your pants up!

645
00:35:23,330 --> 00:35:25,165
Show some kind of dignity!

646
00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:26,959
Have some sense!

647
00:35:27,084 --> 00:35:29,628
What's he doin' hangin' out with
you boys. You're all seniors?

648
00:35:29,753 --> 00:35:32,297
You're providing
a deleterious influence here.

649
00:35:32,422 --> 00:35:34,007
Uh, Mr. Clark, he's my cousin.

650
00:35:34,133 --> 00:35:35,926
We was just goin' over music.

651
00:35:36,051 --> 00:35:37,219
Music, huh?

652
00:35:39,429 --> 00:35:40,514
Come here.

653
00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:44,184
Let me have your attention.

654
00:35:44,309 --> 00:35:46,228
Everyone quiet down!

655
00:35:46,353 --> 00:35:48,438
I want all radios off
instantaneously.

656
00:35:48,564 --> 00:35:49,982
All radios off.

657
00:35:52,442 --> 00:35:54,236
I want all of you

658
00:35:54,361 --> 00:35:56,572
to look at this...

659
00:35:57,156 --> 00:35:59,491
...slovenly, sloppy boy here...

660
00:36:01,034 --> 00:36:04,288
...as an example
of how not to dress.

661
00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:06,248
Now, if you look like this

662
00:36:06,373 --> 00:36:08,417
when you look in your mirrors
in the morning

663
00:36:08,542 --> 00:36:10,544
find something else
to put on.

664
00:36:13,130 --> 00:36:15,883
Self-respect permeates

665
00:36:16,008 --> 00:36:19,052
every aspect of your lives.

666
00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:21,638
If you don't have it
for yourselves

667
00:36:21,763 --> 00:36:24,224
you're not gonna get it
from anywhere.

668
00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:27,477
Now, to prove
their self-respect

669
00:36:27,603 --> 00:36:30,105
Mr. Sams and his friends here.

670
00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:31,106
You boys stand up.

671
00:36:31,231 --> 00:36:33,775
- Shit, man.
- I'm gonna pound him.

672
00:36:33,901 --> 00:36:36,153
Mr. Sams and his friends
are going to sing

673
00:36:36,278 --> 00:36:38,614
our school song.

674
00:36:38,739 --> 00:36:41,617
I want absolute silence.

675
00:36:41,742 --> 00:36:43,243
No one is permitted to move

676
00:36:43,368 --> 00:36:45,996
during the singing
of the school song.

677
00:36:46,496 --> 00:36:48,540
Alright. Let's hear it.

678
00:36:54,922 --> 00:36:57,049
Mr. Darnell, no one is permitted
to move during

679
00:36:57,174 --> 00:36:58,634
'the singing of the song!'

680
00:36:59,218 --> 00:37:00,486
I was picking up
a piece of trash.

681
00:37:00,510 --> 00:37:03,263
Report to my office!
Immediately!

682
00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:06,600
- Woo!
- Quiet! Quiet in here!

683
00:37:12,940 --> 00:37:15,108
Alright. Continue.

684
00:37:19,196 --> 00:37:20,781
You boys are on detention.

685
00:37:20,906 --> 00:37:22,282
Three days each.

686
00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:24,076
You will learn this song
or next time

687
00:37:24,201 --> 00:37:25,869
you'll be suspended.

688
00:37:26,787 --> 00:37:28,330
This goes for everybody!

689
00:37:29,665 --> 00:37:32,376
You will sing
the school song upon demand

690
00:37:32,501 --> 00:37:34,920
or you will suffer
dire consequences!

691
00:37:36,296 --> 00:37:38,548
Mr. Wright, take this

692
00:37:38,674 --> 00:37:40,425
riffraff to my office.

693
00:38:06,410 --> 00:38:08,620
People, what are you...
Can I help you, Mr. Clark?

694
00:38:08,745 --> 00:38:10,080
Yes, you may, Mrs. Elliott.

695
00:38:10,205 --> 00:38:12,749
I want everyone in Eastside High
to learn the school song

696
00:38:12,874 --> 00:38:14,876
and to sing it on demand
or be suspended.

697
00:38:15,002 --> 00:38:17,379
- Now, can you see to that?
- Yes. Certainly, Mr. Clark.

698
00:38:17,504 --> 00:38:19,131
Alright, everyone
from the top...

699
00:38:19,256 --> 00:38:21,091
Mrs. Elliott, may I see you

700
00:38:21,216 --> 00:38:22,759
in the hall, please?

701
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,096
- Now?
- Yes, now!

702
00:38:27,806 --> 00:38:29,046
Mrs. Powers,
will you please see

703
00:38:29,141 --> 00:38:30,535
if you can get
these people together?

704
00:38:30,559 --> 00:38:31,810
Mm-hmm.

705
00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:34,896
If you sing like that
in New York

706
00:38:35,022 --> 00:38:36,732
we will not be invited back.

707
00:38:40,277 --> 00:38:42,821
Mrs. Elliot, I don't like
being ignored like that.

708
00:38:42,946 --> 00:38:45,346
I'm sorry, Mr. Clark, if you
weren't getting enough attention

709
00:38:45,407 --> 00:38:47,200
but I'm trying
to train a chorus.

710
00:38:47,326 --> 00:38:49,387
And you don't think the school
song is important enough

711
00:38:49,411 --> 00:38:51,014
to warrant a little
interruption, is that right?

712
00:38:51,038 --> 00:38:53,123
The school song is fine,
but we were doing Mozart.

713
00:38:53,248 --> 00:38:55,709
I was right in the middle
of a difficult part.

714
00:38:55,834 --> 00:38:57,434
If you would like us
to respect your work

715
00:38:57,544 --> 00:38:59,171
you could try
to appreciate ours.

716
00:38:59,296 --> 00:39:00,648
Who do you think
you're talkin' to?

717
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:03,008
A man who seems to be threatened
when any other adult

718
00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:05,761
in this school does something
that the children like.

719
00:39:05,886 --> 00:39:08,680
Mrs. Powers, I want it quiet
in here right now!

720
00:39:12,476 --> 00:39:13,727
I would love
to chat, Mr. Clark

721
00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:15,492
but I have a concert
next week in New York

722
00:39:15,604 --> 00:39:17,314
and I would like
to be prepared.

723
00:39:17,731 --> 00:39:18,982
- What?
- Prepared.

724
00:39:19,107 --> 00:39:20,734
You do know
what that means.

725
00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:23,570
It means capable, ready,
and up to your job.

726
00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:26,281
- What concert, Mrs. Elliot?
- The one at Lincoln Center.

727
00:39:26,406 --> 00:39:28,533
- We do it every year.
- Until now.

728
00:39:28,658 --> 00:39:29,910
Your concert is canceled.

729
00:39:30,035 --> 00:39:31,620
- What?
- Cancelled!

730
00:39:31,745 --> 00:39:34,581
You do know what canceled
means, don't you, Ms. Elliot?

731
00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,625
Over, finished, terminated!

732
00:39:36,750 --> 00:39:38,061
Why? These children
have worked too hard!

733
00:39:38,085 --> 00:39:39,378
For not telling me
for one thing.

734
00:39:39,503 --> 00:39:41,503
Oh, I filed a form
in your office! Why don't you...

735
00:39:41,588 --> 00:39:43,382
And for rank
insubordination!

736
00:39:43,507 --> 00:39:44,609
You've questioned my judgment

737
00:39:44,633 --> 00:39:46,176
my competence, my intelligence!

738
00:39:46,301 --> 00:39:48,154
You're the one who comes
around here to bother me.

739
00:39:48,178 --> 00:39:50,615
You-you're a bully, a despicable
man! I've nothing to say to you.

740
00:39:50,639 --> 00:39:53,558
Alright. Let's accommodate that,
Mrs. Elliot. You're fired!

741
00:39:53,683 --> 00:39:56,812
- You need a psychiatrist!
- Get out! Right now!

742
00:39:56,937 --> 00:39:58,188
Fine! Fine. Fired? Fired.

743
00:39:58,313 --> 00:40:00,065
You will hear from my lawyer!

744
00:40:21,253 --> 00:40:23,380
- Mr. Clark.
- Ms. Levias.

745
00:40:23,505 --> 00:40:25,225
These miscreants don't know
the school song.

746
00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:26,716
They've got
three days detention.

747
00:40:26,842 --> 00:40:28,510
Mr. Darnell, into my office.

748
00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:30,720
Okay, fellas, come on up.

749
00:40:32,639 --> 00:40:34,266
Mr. Clark,
just what was that all about?

750
00:40:34,391 --> 00:40:35,892
I distinctly said no one move

751
00:40:36,017 --> 00:40:37,497
during the singing
of the school song.

752
00:40:37,561 --> 00:40:38,841
Now, if you can't
understand that

753
00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:40,248
find yourself another place
to work.

754
00:40:40,272 --> 00:40:41,731
I was picking up
a piece of paper!

755
00:40:41,857 --> 00:40:43,418
You contradicted me
in front of my students!

756
00:40:43,442 --> 00:40:44,442
They're my students too!

757
00:40:44,484 --> 00:40:46,862
They are my students,
Mr. Darnell!

758
00:40:46,987 --> 00:40:48,947
Just what are you tryin'
to prove?

759
00:40:49,072 --> 00:40:50,657
I'm workin'
my ass off for you.

760
00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:53,368
Took the demotion.
I'm doing my job!

761
00:40:53,493 --> 00:40:54,846
Now, you're just
getting your rocks off

762
00:40:54,870 --> 00:40:56,246
by treating me like trash.

763
00:40:56,371 --> 00:40:59,082
No, sir. That's what
you were picking up.

764
00:40:59,207 --> 00:41:00,750
Goddamn it!

765
00:41:00,876 --> 00:41:02,103
You give me the goddamn respect

766
00:41:02,127 --> 00:41:03,462
you would damn well want
yourself

767
00:41:03,587 --> 00:41:05,255
or I will kick
your black ass!

768
00:41:05,380 --> 00:41:08,508
You are suspended, sir,
as of right now!

769
00:41:09,301 --> 00:41:10,427
Get out!

770
00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:14,973
Ah!

771
00:41:28,028 --> 00:41:31,531
- Oh, my God!
- What is going on?

772
00:41:31,656 --> 00:41:33,992
Mr. Darnell is suspended,
indefinitely.

773
00:41:34,117 --> 00:41:35,887
You don't have the power
to suspend a teacher!

774
00:41:35,911 --> 00:41:38,955
Then I can recommend.
Ms. Ruiz, get me the forms.

775
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,541
- Yes, sir.
- Mr. Clark, please.

776
00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:43,710
Mr. Darnell is more
than just a football coach.

777
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:45,795
- He teaches English!
- Not anymore.

778
00:41:45,921 --> 00:41:48,924
But the state practice test
is tomorrow.

779
00:41:49,341 --> 00:41:50,509
Do you have to do this now?

780
00:41:50,634 --> 00:41:52,719
- Ms. Levias, if I said...
- Mr. Clark?

781
00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:54,596
What do you want? What?

782
00:41:54,721 --> 00:41:56,264
Uh-uh, it could wait.

783
00:42:01,061 --> 00:42:04,356
Mr. Clark,
do you have any idea

784
00:42:04,481 --> 00:42:07,192
of the chaos you have
caused around here?

785
00:42:07,317 --> 00:42:09,277
Nobody knows
what you're doing!

786
00:42:09,402 --> 00:42:11,112
That's exactly
the way I like it!

787
00:43:09,754 --> 00:43:11,840
Stay to your right. You know
where your classes are.

788
00:43:11,965 --> 00:43:14,759
Now, get to them.
Alright, people, come on, now.

789
00:43:14,884 --> 00:43:17,387
We got 20 seconds to the bell.
Let's go.

790
00:43:17,512 --> 00:43:19,180
Sams. Sams? Come here.

791
00:43:20,432 --> 00:43:22,350
- Where you going?
- Lunch.

792
00:43:22,475 --> 00:43:23,602
- Huh?
- Lunch.

793
00:43:23,727 --> 00:43:25,538
Alright, now, listen try
to eat some vegetables

794
00:43:25,562 --> 00:43:26,896
for a change, okay?

795
00:43:27,022 --> 00:43:28,773
Lay off those muffins.

796
00:43:28,898 --> 00:43:30,609
Alright, I'll see you later,
Mr. Clark.

797
00:43:31,026 --> 00:43:32,795
Alright, now, don't bunch up
down there, people.

798
00:43:32,819 --> 00:43:33,987
That doesn't
concern you, now.

799
00:43:34,112 --> 00:43:35,322
We'll tell you about it later.

800
00:43:39,951 --> 00:43:41,953
Alright, Richard.
It's all yours.

801
00:43:42,078 --> 00:43:43,556
We have two groups
we'd like to thank today.

802
00:43:43,580 --> 00:43:45,040
The Black and Hispanic
alumni groups

803
00:43:45,165 --> 00:43:46,958
for giving us
the sofas and the armchairs.

804
00:43:47,083 --> 00:43:49,294
It kind of makes the school
seem, as Mr. Clark would say

805
00:43:49,419 --> 00:43:50,754
a home away from home.

806
00:43:50,879 --> 00:43:53,757
- We'd also like to thank...
- Having fun?

807
00:43:53,882 --> 00:43:55,091
As a matter of fact I am.

808
00:43:55,216 --> 00:43:57,028
The fact of the matter is
I haven't heard a word

809
00:43:57,052 --> 00:43:58,762
about those test scores.

810
00:43:58,887 --> 00:44:00,114
They'll send them
as they've processed...

811
00:44:00,138 --> 00:44:02,223
Send them how,
by Pony Express?

812
00:44:02,932 --> 00:44:04,768
Am I supposed
to wait for them?

813
00:44:05,226 --> 00:44:07,062
Why don't you get yourself
down to Trenton

814
00:44:07,187 --> 00:44:08,980
where they're probably
rotting on some desk.

815
00:44:09,105 --> 00:44:10,916
Bring them back here
where they can do some good.

816
00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:13,526
...the town, but didn't live
quite long enough to regret it.

817
00:44:13,652 --> 00:44:16,488
But now, ladies and gentlemen,
for the grand finale

818
00:44:16,613 --> 00:44:18,239
Ms. Levias, if you would...

819
00:44:18,782 --> 00:44:22,619
Our very own
Passaic River Falls.

820
00:44:26,247 --> 00:44:28,958
Good job.
You're doin' very well, son.

821
00:44:29,084 --> 00:44:31,252
- I'm very proud of you.
- Mr. Clark!

822
00:44:31,378 --> 00:44:32,563
Mr. Clark, come
to the cafeteria quick!

823
00:44:32,587 --> 00:44:35,131
Some guy
beatin' up Kid Ray!

824
00:44:46,935 --> 00:44:48,812
Hey, stop it! Stop it!

825
00:44:53,983 --> 00:44:55,777
Come on, old man.
I been waitin' for this.

826
00:44:55,902 --> 00:44:58,071
Come on. Come on.

827
00:45:01,616 --> 00:45:03,868
Get this disgrace
to his race out of here!

828
00:45:03,993 --> 00:45:06,037
You already threw
this disgrace out once.

829
00:45:06,162 --> 00:45:08,206
Then what's he doing back,
Mr. Wright?

830
00:45:08,331 --> 00:45:10,091
Someone must have let him
in from the inside.

831
00:45:13,294 --> 00:45:16,339
I want every door in this school
chained and locked.

832
00:45:16,464 --> 00:45:18,258
- All of 'em!
- Yes, sir.

833
00:45:40,822 --> 00:45:41,822
Hi, Mr. Clark.

834
00:45:41,906 --> 00:45:42,949
Oh, hi, kids.
How ya doin'?

835
00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:44,451
- Hi.
- Fine.

836
00:45:44,576 --> 00:45:45,702
Hi, Mr. Clark.
What's up?

837
00:45:45,827 --> 00:45:46,995
Hi, Nathalee.

838
00:45:59,507 --> 00:46:00,925
Kaneesha?

839
00:46:01,259 --> 00:46:03,136
What's the matter, doll?

840
00:46:04,971 --> 00:46:06,222
Kaneesha?

841
00:46:07,932 --> 00:46:10,310
Now, I told you
if you have any problems

842
00:46:10,435 --> 00:46:12,020
you come and see me.

843
00:46:14,105 --> 00:46:17,442
Come on, now. I've known you
more than half your life.

844
00:46:17,567 --> 00:46:18,818
What's the matter?

845
00:46:18,943 --> 00:46:20,820
How are your grades?

846
00:46:21,488 --> 00:46:23,239
- Hmm?
- They're not too good.

847
00:46:23,364 --> 00:46:25,575
Well, why not?
You're a smart girl.

848
00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:28,036
You shouldn't
be having any problems.

849
00:46:29,788 --> 00:46:31,873
I don't have
no place to live.

850
00:46:32,791 --> 00:46:34,501
Well, where's your mother?

851
00:46:35,710 --> 00:46:37,837
She don't want me no more.

852
00:46:39,255 --> 00:46:42,175
Now, here.
Come with me. Come on.

853
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:43,802
I'll see
what I can do about this.

854
00:46:43,927 --> 00:46:45,094
Come on.

855
00:46:45,220 --> 00:46:47,597
Ms. Levias? You know
Kaneesha Carter here.

856
00:46:47,722 --> 00:46:49,766
You go on in to Ms. Ruiz.

857
00:46:51,476 --> 00:46:53,812
- Is he alright?
- He'll survive.

858
00:46:53,937 --> 00:46:56,147
Kaneesha here is havin'
a problem at home.

859
00:46:56,272 --> 00:46:57,352
I want you to pull her file

860
00:46:57,398 --> 00:46:58,983
talk to her,
and then get back to me.

861
00:46:59,108 --> 00:47:01,069
Okay.
Come on, Kaneesha.

862
00:47:53,496 --> 00:47:55,039
Who's there?

863
00:47:55,164 --> 00:47:56,749
Mrs. Carter?

864
00:47:56,875 --> 00:47:58,918
Mrs. Carter doesn't live here.

865
00:47:59,043 --> 00:48:00,670
Mama, it's me.

866
00:48:00,795 --> 00:48:03,423
Mrs. Carter,
it's Joan Levias from Eastside.

867
00:48:03,548 --> 00:48:05,300
I'm here with Mr. Clark.

868
00:48:19,939 --> 00:48:21,858
Been a long time,
Mrs. Carter.

869
00:48:23,401 --> 00:48:24,652
Please.

870
00:48:25,612 --> 00:48:27,322
Come in.

871
00:48:36,748 --> 00:48:41,127
I've been meaning to come by
and talk to you.

872
00:48:41,252 --> 00:48:44,130
Mind if I try and act
civilized for a moment?

873
00:48:44,255 --> 00:48:46,090
Offered you two a seat.

874
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:53,932
Mrs. Carter, I ran into
Kaneesha in the halls.

875
00:48:55,558 --> 00:48:57,435
Talkin' about her grades.

876
00:48:58,770 --> 00:49:01,314
She says you don't want
her around anymore.

877
00:49:01,814 --> 00:49:05,151
I don't expect your sympathy,
but I ruined my life.

878
00:49:05,276 --> 00:49:08,071
I know that's my business
to deal with that.

879
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:10,949
It's been hard enough.

880
00:49:11,532 --> 00:49:12,968
When Kaneesha
was in the fifth grade,

881
00:49:12,992 --> 00:49:15,036
you were one of my most
active parents.

882
00:49:15,161 --> 00:49:17,014
You were always at school
helping out. I don't...

883
00:49:17,038 --> 00:49:19,374
We don't mean
to pry, Mrs. Carter

884
00:49:19,499 --> 00:49:22,794
but... Kaneesha has a gift.

885
00:49:22,919 --> 00:49:25,797
She has that spark
and we have to look after her.

886
00:49:26,214 --> 00:49:28,466
Why would she think
you wouldn't want her?

887
00:49:30,093 --> 00:49:32,595
I had Kaneesha when I was 15.

888
00:49:34,180 --> 00:49:37,350
I didn't want no welfare
so I quit school

889
00:49:37,475 --> 00:49:40,853
worked, came home at night

890
00:49:41,354 --> 00:49:43,189
didn't have no life.

891
00:49:45,441 --> 00:49:47,902
So, when she was old enough
to take care of herself

892
00:49:48,027 --> 00:49:50,989
or so I thought,
I ran out and got one. Facts.

893
00:49:51,114 --> 00:49:52,824
Is that what
you're doing now?

894
00:49:52,949 --> 00:49:55,952
I'm just now getting back
on my feet, you know?

895
00:50:00,373 --> 00:50:02,250
As I get clean...

896
00:50:05,670 --> 00:50:08,006
...I see myself
for what I am...

897
00:50:13,302 --> 00:50:15,304
...and I hate it.

898
00:50:17,724 --> 00:50:21,853
And I don't want her
to see me like this no more.

899
00:50:25,106 --> 00:50:27,900
So, when the people
from the foster home came by

900
00:50:28,026 --> 00:50:30,319
I thought it was
the right thing to do.

901
00:50:32,864 --> 00:50:35,742
Why would I wanna
get rid of her?

902
00:50:39,620 --> 00:50:41,289
I love her...

903
00:50:42,331 --> 00:50:44,208
...more than myself.

904
00:50:57,388 --> 00:50:58,598
Mrs. Carter...

905
00:51:01,309 --> 00:51:03,436
...if we helped you
find a job...

906
00:51:04,562 --> 00:51:07,648
...a better place to live...

907
00:51:07,774 --> 00:51:09,108
...would that help?

908
00:51:10,151 --> 00:51:12,945
Because, frankly, I don't see
Kaneesha makin' it without you.

909
00:51:14,822 --> 00:51:16,532
Do you understand?

910
00:51:22,038 --> 00:51:23,081
Yeah.

911
00:51:24,457 --> 00:51:25,541
Good.

912
00:51:31,547 --> 00:51:33,966
Thanks, Bob.
We'll talk tomorrow.

913
00:51:43,559 --> 00:51:45,728
- What was that all about?
- Chains on the doors.

914
00:51:47,146 --> 00:51:48,856
Thought you people
didn't like chains.

915
00:51:55,947 --> 00:51:57,406
You see this yet?

916
00:52:08,876 --> 00:52:11,105
You know, all of your
shit comes down on my head.

917
00:52:11,129 --> 00:52:13,631
- Oh, Frank, look. This is...
- No, you let me talk.

918
00:52:15,424 --> 00:52:17,301
It's like you're a big bird
with radar.

919
00:52:17,426 --> 00:52:18,845
And I'm tired of getting hit.

920
00:52:18,970 --> 00:52:22,181
- What? Is this my fault?
- This is nothing!

921
00:52:23,683 --> 00:52:25,309
I've got union lawyers
threatening me.

922
00:52:25,434 --> 00:52:27,436
- And there's talk of a walkout.
- Well, let 'em!

923
00:52:27,562 --> 00:52:29,289
They're not teachin'
anything down there anyway.

924
00:52:29,313 --> 00:52:30,749
Then it's your job
to do something about it!

925
00:52:30,773 --> 00:52:32,292
Not one of 'em has a personal
stake in that school

926
00:52:32,316 --> 00:52:33,151
Frank, not one!

927
00:52:33,276 --> 00:52:34,694
The fire chief was just here

928
00:52:34,819 --> 00:52:36,445
he says it's illegal
to bar those doors.

929
00:52:36,571 --> 00:52:38,781
Mrs. Barrett is organizing
a parents' group

930
00:52:38,906 --> 00:52:41,450
to try to get you removed,
since you insulted them

931
00:52:41,576 --> 00:52:42,970
at that meeting
the other night when you

932
00:52:42,994 --> 00:52:44,346
just suggested
that they get off welfare!

933
00:52:44,370 --> 00:52:45,538
Oh, I didn't mean it.

934
00:52:45,663 --> 00:52:47,141
Because the fact is
quite a few of them need it.

935
00:52:47,165 --> 00:52:49,125
Look, I wasn't talking
to all of 'em, Frank.

936
00:52:49,584 --> 00:52:52,503
Now, look, you came
and recruited me, man.

937
00:52:52,628 --> 00:52:54,005
You disappoint me, brother.

938
00:52:54,130 --> 00:52:55,214
You disappoint me.

939
00:52:55,339 --> 00:52:56,883
The disappointment here is you!

940
00:52:57,008 --> 00:52:58,217
- Me?
- Yes!

941
00:52:58,342 --> 00:53:00,511
Look, you know who I am.
You've known me 30 years.

942
00:53:00,636 --> 00:53:02,638
You knew what I would do?
You know how I operate...

943
00:53:02,763 --> 00:53:04,432
Nigger, can you keep quiet?

944
00:53:05,641 --> 00:53:07,685
The fact is
you're screwin' up!

945
00:53:08,186 --> 00:53:10,271
You're alienating everybody!

946
00:53:10,396 --> 00:53:11,856
Look at you,
you have no life.

947
00:53:11,981 --> 00:53:14,317
Your wife left you. I ought to
walk out on you myself!

948
00:53:14,442 --> 00:53:15,627
Well, go ahead,
bail the hell on out!

949
00:53:15,651 --> 00:53:17,051
But said I said
I would back you up!

950
00:53:17,111 --> 00:53:19,071
That's what you said, Frank!
That's what you said!

951
00:53:19,113 --> 00:53:22,158
Brother, I will go
through the fire with you.

952
00:53:22,283 --> 00:53:23,993
But you are not
taking care of business.

953
00:53:24,118 --> 00:53:25,286
This shit you're pulling now,

954
00:53:25,411 --> 00:53:28,289
you've just gone plain loco!

955
00:53:28,414 --> 00:53:30,583
And you suspend Darnell!
What the hell was that?

956
00:53:30,708 --> 00:53:32,769
Darnell is symptomatic of
the disciplinary problems...

957
00:53:32,793 --> 00:53:35,796
He is a good, strong,
young black teacher!

958
00:53:38,049 --> 00:53:40,801
So, he dumped that desk
right on top of your head.

959
00:53:40,927 --> 00:53:42,047
Well, right on.
Good for him.

960
00:53:42,094 --> 00:53:43,888
You will reinstate that man!
You hear?

961
00:53:44,013 --> 00:53:45,556
And then you fire
Mrs. Elliott. Why?

962
00:53:45,681 --> 00:53:47,034
'Cause she didn't want
to kiss your ass.

963
00:53:47,058 --> 00:53:48,410
Well, I wouldn't either!
How 'bout that?

964
00:53:48,434 --> 00:53:49,674
Mrs. Elliott
has an ego problem.

965
00:53:49,769 --> 00:53:51,812
Yeah, well, you lost
the best teacher we had.

966
00:53:51,938 --> 00:53:53,665
We couldn't get her back now
if we wanted to...

967
00:53:53,689 --> 00:53:55,292
I don't have time for
Mrs. Elliott's problem.

968
00:53:55,316 --> 00:53:56,359
Then you better make time.

969
00:53:56,484 --> 00:53:57,610
We are being crucified

970
00:53:57,735 --> 00:53:59,070
by a process that is turning

971
00:53:59,195 --> 00:54:01,197
blacks into a permanent
underclass here, Frank.

972
00:54:01,322 --> 00:54:03,241
A permanent underclass.

973
00:54:03,366 --> 00:54:06,285
No, oh, see? Nobody wants
to talk about that! Nobody.

974
00:54:06,410 --> 00:54:08,621
Mrs. Elliott's
missionary zeal about Mozart

975
00:54:08,746 --> 00:54:11,457
has nothing to do
with our problem! Nothin'!

976
00:54:11,582 --> 00:54:13,477
What good is Mozart gonna do
to a bunch of children

977
00:54:13,501 --> 00:54:15,294
who can't go out
and get a job?

978
00:54:15,419 --> 00:54:16,879
Joe...

979
00:54:17,797 --> 00:54:22,009
...your personal battles
are gonna cost us the war.

980
00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:25,096
Worry about the test scores.

981
00:54:25,221 --> 00:54:26,698
What the hell you think
I'm worried about, Frank!

982
00:54:26,722 --> 00:54:28,724
End of discussion!
Debate is over!

983
00:54:28,849 --> 00:54:30,309
You will write
a formal apology.

984
00:54:30,434 --> 00:54:32,186
- I will what?
- A formal apology.

985
00:54:32,311 --> 00:54:34,397
For your treatment
of Mrs. Elliott and Darnell

986
00:54:34,522 --> 00:54:36,399
and for your vicious
and thoughtless insult

987
00:54:36,524 --> 00:54:37,709
to the women of
this community!

988
00:54:37,733 --> 00:54:39,777
You will kowtow,
you will step and fetch.

989
00:54:39,902 --> 00:54:41,702
- Frank, if you think you...
- Get used to it!

990
00:54:41,737 --> 00:54:43,364
It's the way of the world!

991
00:54:43,864 --> 00:54:45,064
If you're so hot on discipline

992
00:54:45,116 --> 00:54:47,868
then goddammit
start by accepting mine.

993
00:54:47,994 --> 00:54:49,954
'Cause contrary
to popular opinion

994
00:54:50,079 --> 00:54:52,331
I am the head nigger
in charge!

995
00:55:01,465 --> 00:55:03,509
Come on. Let's get
somethin' to eat.

996
00:55:13,185 --> 00:55:14,228
Boy...

997
00:55:16,314 --> 00:55:18,441
You really think
you bad, don't you?

998
00:55:21,652 --> 00:55:23,779
You're all in violation
of the fire code!

999
00:55:23,904 --> 00:55:26,240
And you cannot prevent me
from going into this building.

1000
00:55:26,365 --> 00:55:28,010
Look, how many times
do I have to tell you.

1001
00:55:28,034 --> 00:55:30,453
You're not getting in,
and that's that.

1002
00:55:30,578 --> 00:55:32,139
You have no right
to lock these doors.

1003
00:55:32,163 --> 00:55:33,723
And I have a duty to inspect
this plant.

1004
00:55:33,748 --> 00:55:36,334
This is not a plant,
Chief Gaines. This is my school.

1005
00:55:36,459 --> 00:55:38,586
If you wanna get in here
you'll apply for a pass

1006
00:55:38,711 --> 00:55:41,172
just like everyone else.
You and your TV friends here.

1007
00:55:41,297 --> 00:55:42,923
- What the hell is the bat for?
- Yeah?

1008
00:55:43,049 --> 00:55:44,633
They used to call me
crazy Joe.

1009
00:55:44,759 --> 00:55:47,470
Well, now they can call me
a batman.

1010
00:55:47,595 --> 00:55:51,140
I got thugs, drug dealers
and business of all kinds

1011
00:55:51,265 --> 00:55:52,475
trying to get into my school.

1012
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:53,893
You might be one.
I don't know.

1013
00:55:54,018 --> 00:55:55,394
Are you crazy?
Are you nuts?

1014
00:55:55,519 --> 00:55:58,773
I got all day, Chief Gaines.
How much time do you have?

1015
00:55:58,898 --> 00:56:01,567
I'll be back, Clark.
I'll be back!

1016
00:56:04,987 --> 00:56:07,239
Thanks, Mr. Darnell.
Good to have you back.

1017
00:56:07,365 --> 00:56:10,451
Mr. Clark, you shouldn't have
fired me in the first place.

1018
00:56:10,576 --> 00:56:12,912
Well, you're right,
but don't get used to it.

1019
00:56:13,037 --> 00:56:15,247
Mr. Clark, why did you
lock the school?

1020
00:56:15,373 --> 00:56:17,875
Aren't you concerned
about your students' safety?

1021
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:19,519
Get these people
back to their classes.

1022
00:56:19,543 --> 00:56:21,003
Yes sir.
Alright, kids, please.

1023
00:56:21,128 --> 00:56:22,630
Come on honey, get back
to your class.

1024
00:56:24,215 --> 00:56:25,883
You're playing right
into his hands.

1025
00:56:26,008 --> 00:56:27,008
That was the fire chief.

1026
00:56:27,093 --> 00:56:28,761
You know what he's saying
right now?

1027
00:56:28,886 --> 00:56:30,429
"Black bastard
can't throw me out!"

1028
00:56:30,554 --> 00:56:31,931
Do you know
where he's saying it?

1029
00:56:32,056 --> 00:56:33,057
Out in the parking lot.

1030
00:56:33,182 --> 00:56:34,767
Mr. Clark, a baseball bat?

1031
00:56:34,892 --> 00:56:36,352
Is that the image
you wanna project?

1032
00:56:36,477 --> 00:56:37,871
If they'd got me
those emergency doors

1033
00:56:37,895 --> 00:56:39,495
that sound an alarm
when you open them up

1034
00:56:39,522 --> 00:56:40,791
like the ones
the white schools have

1035
00:56:40,815 --> 00:56:41,975
I wouldn't have to chain 'em.

1036
00:56:42,024 --> 00:56:43,234
Those doors cost a fortune.

1037
00:56:43,359 --> 00:56:44,544
We don't have enough
money for books.

1038
00:56:44,568 --> 00:56:45,945
Well, tell the mayor that!

1039
00:56:46,070 --> 00:56:47,881
Call the Federal Government
and tell 'em get me more money.

1040
00:56:47,905 --> 00:56:49,031
Never mind what I'm doing.

1041
00:56:49,156 --> 00:56:50,636
Why don't you do
what I ask you to do?

1042
00:56:50,699 --> 00:56:52,952
Where are those test scores
I asked you to get me?

1043
00:56:54,829 --> 00:56:57,415
- Hey, Mr. Clark. Alright.
- Hi, kid. How you doing?

1044
00:56:57,540 --> 00:56:58,975
Where you been
the last couple of days?

1045
00:56:58,999 --> 00:57:00,167
- I was sick.
- Sick, huh?

1046
00:57:00,292 --> 00:57:02,086
- Hi, Mr. Clark.
- Hi, Eric.

1047
00:57:02,211 --> 00:57:03,754
What was that
altercation about?

1048
00:57:03,879 --> 00:57:05,673
Alteration?
What, are my pants too tight?

1049
00:57:05,798 --> 00:57:07,150
The fight you had
in the cafeteria.

1050
00:57:07,174 --> 00:57:09,009
Now, come on, son.
Don't get cute with me.

1051
00:57:09,135 --> 00:57:11,679
Mr. Clark, I've already had
enough shit from this. Okay?

1052
00:57:11,804 --> 00:57:13,431
Well, why did he come
after you?

1053
00:57:13,556 --> 00:57:15,349
You dealing drugs
in my school?

1054
00:57:15,891 --> 00:57:17,768
Mr. Clark, we don't need
to get into this.

1055
00:57:17,893 --> 00:57:19,437
I just came here
to tell you something.

1056
00:57:19,562 --> 00:57:20,872
I don't think I'm cut out
for this,

1057
00:57:20,896 --> 00:57:22,189
you know, school and all.

1058
00:57:22,815 --> 00:57:24,775
I just came
to say goodbye.

1059
00:57:30,990 --> 00:57:32,283
Droppin' out on me, huh?

1060
00:57:32,408 --> 00:57:34,168
I'm not droppin' out.
I'm movin' on. I got...

1061
00:57:34,285 --> 00:57:36,370
You'll be dead in a year, son.

1062
00:57:37,913 --> 00:57:39,457
You hear what I'm sayin'?

1063
00:57:41,375 --> 00:57:43,085
You'll be dead in a year.

1064
00:57:48,215 --> 00:57:50,801
Mr. Clark, I gotta go.

1065
00:58:18,621 --> 00:58:21,499
You know, baby, I look at you

1066
00:58:21,624 --> 00:58:25,586
and I want to do
the hootchie-cootchie.

1067
00:58:25,711 --> 00:58:28,422
Hootchie-cootchie,
that's what I'm doing, baby.

1068
00:58:28,547 --> 00:58:30,508
You know, sometime, baby...

1069
00:58:33,052 --> 00:58:34,720
Oh, come on, fellas.
Not again.

1070
00:58:34,845 --> 00:58:35,845
Come on.

1071
00:58:35,888 --> 00:58:37,389
Sams, freeze.

1072
00:58:39,141 --> 00:58:40,434
Where are you running off to?

1073
00:58:40,559 --> 00:58:42,520
And why don't you have
a book in your hand?

1074
00:58:42,645 --> 00:58:44,396
I got lunch and gym
and the teachers says...

1075
00:58:44,522 --> 00:58:45,722
Why did I let you
back in here?

1076
00:58:46,023 --> 00:58:47,149
To get an education, sir.

1077
00:58:47,274 --> 00:58:48,434
How you gonna get
an education

1078
00:58:48,526 --> 00:58:49,527
if you don't read?

1079
00:58:49,652 --> 00:58:50,694
I read.

1080
00:58:50,819 --> 00:58:52,404
When do you get
your report card?

1081
00:58:52,530 --> 00:58:55,241
Next week. Ms. James says
I'm gettin' a B.

1082
00:58:55,366 --> 00:58:57,868
- I knew you were smart.
- I know it, too, huh.

1083
00:58:57,993 --> 00:58:59,870
See you later, okay, Mr. Clark.

1084
00:58:59,995 --> 00:59:01,205
Nice tie.

1085
00:59:04,416 --> 00:59:06,085
Sams, get back here.

1086
00:59:12,299 --> 00:59:13,735
Let's see what you got in here.

1087
00:59:13,759 --> 00:59:16,303
You don't wanna go
in there, Mr. Clark. It stinks.

1088
00:59:23,102 --> 00:59:25,271
My, my, my.

1089
00:59:25,396 --> 00:59:27,940
Aren't you my little songbirds
from the cafeteria?

1090
00:59:30,109 --> 00:59:31,109
Weren't they with you?

1091
00:59:31,193 --> 00:59:33,195
Who, these guys? Heh-heh.

1092
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:36,031
Well, I'm sure you've learned
the school song by now.

1093
00:59:38,659 --> 00:59:40,202
You better know it.

1094
00:59:40,327 --> 00:59:42,496
Because this time
if you don't get it right

1095
00:59:42,621 --> 00:59:44,582
you're suspended
for 10 days each.

1096
00:59:44,707 --> 00:59:46,208
Now, is that clear?

1097
00:59:46,333 --> 00:59:47,626
- Is that clear?
- Yes, sir.

1098
00:59:47,751 --> 00:59:49,336
Alright, then, the school song

1099
00:59:49,461 --> 00:59:50,963
let me hear it.

1100
00:59:52,089 --> 00:59:54,174
Alright, fellas,
let him hear it.

1101
01:00:55,986 --> 01:00:57,321
Alright, alright!

1102
01:00:58,822 --> 01:01:00,616
Who taught you that?

1103
01:01:02,326 --> 01:01:03,452
Answer me!

1104
01:01:03,577 --> 01:01:05,412
I know
you didn't do it yourselves.

1105
01:01:06,914 --> 01:01:08,374
- Sams?
- What?

1106
01:01:09,416 --> 01:01:11,752
Who taught you this song?

1107
01:01:11,877 --> 01:01:13,253
Speak up!

1108
01:01:13,379 --> 01:01:15,005
Mrs. Powers.

1109
01:01:15,130 --> 01:01:16,465
Mrs. Powers, eh?

1110
01:01:18,133 --> 01:01:20,427
Come with me. All of you.

1111
01:01:37,486 --> 01:01:39,196
No, no, no, people.
Oh, no, no, no.

1112
01:01:39,321 --> 01:01:40,781
Now, you must remember

1113
01:01:40,906 --> 01:01:42,408
we need intonation

1114
01:01:42,533 --> 01:01:45,077
phonation, accuracy, and pitch!

1115
01:01:45,452 --> 01:01:46,870
Now, this is your note.

1116
01:01:49,206 --> 01:01:51,250
- Mrs. Powers.
- Yes, sir.

1117
01:01:51,375 --> 01:01:53,961
These hoodlums have told me
something I can't believe.

1118
01:01:54,086 --> 01:01:56,064
Are you the one who changed
the school song like that?

1119
01:01:56,088 --> 01:01:57,798
- Mrs. Powers...
- Let her answer.

1120
01:01:59,800 --> 01:02:01,301
Well, sir,
the children thought

1121
01:02:01,427 --> 01:02:02,970
the song was a bit boring.

1122
01:02:03,095 --> 01:02:05,013
Boring, huh?

1123
01:02:05,139 --> 01:02:07,975
Mrs. Powers, I have never heard
a school song like that.

1124
01:02:08,100 --> 01:02:10,477
And I certainly never authorized
you to change it.

1125
01:02:10,602 --> 01:02:11,645
Did I?

1126
01:02:12,688 --> 01:02:13,688
Did I?

1127
01:02:14,481 --> 01:02:16,066
No, you didn't.

1128
01:02:19,278 --> 01:02:21,363
I want everyone in this school
to learn that song

1129
01:02:21,488 --> 01:02:23,741
in English and Spanish.
Immediately.

1130
01:02:25,325 --> 01:02:27,453
Take a bow, Mrs. Powers.

1131
01:02:27,578 --> 01:02:29,496
You've rewritten our Alma Mater.

1132
01:02:48,182 --> 01:02:49,391
How's it going?

1133
01:02:50,684 --> 01:02:51,924
What you got in there, Malachi?

1134
01:02:51,977 --> 01:02:53,687
- My future.
- Alright.

1135
01:03:05,073 --> 01:03:06,200
How's it going, Mr. Darnell?

1136
01:03:06,325 --> 01:03:07,951
Good, good, good.
That's great.

1137
01:03:13,207 --> 01:03:14,207
Hi.

1138
01:03:24,218 --> 01:03:25,218
Ms. Levias...

1139
01:03:25,302 --> 01:03:26,678
- Hi, Mr. Clark.
- Hi, kids.

1140
01:03:26,804 --> 01:03:28,806
I just heard something
you would not believe.

1141
01:03:28,931 --> 01:03:31,266
You would not believe.

1142
01:03:31,391 --> 01:03:33,101
- Uh, Mr. Clark,
- Mr. Clark.

1143
01:03:33,227 --> 01:03:35,771
Mr. O'Malley just brought this
from Trenton.

1144
01:03:39,691 --> 01:03:41,568
The school's practice test.

1145
01:03:55,916 --> 01:03:58,252
I had to wait
all this time for this?

1146
01:03:58,377 --> 01:03:59,854
Next time I order you
to go get something

1147
01:03:59,878 --> 01:04:02,047
you better damn well
go get it yourself!

1148
01:04:06,385 --> 01:04:08,470
- Oh, no.
- Oh, my God.

1149
01:04:10,639 --> 01:04:12,850
Alright, gimme your attention
up here, everyone.

1150
01:04:12,975 --> 01:04:14,142
Settle down.

1151
01:04:14,268 --> 01:04:16,895
First three rows
take four steps forward.

1152
01:04:17,020 --> 01:04:18,522
Right now! Come on!

1153
01:04:18,647 --> 01:04:20,816
One, two, three, four.

1154
01:04:20,941 --> 01:04:23,360
Okay, that's good.
Turn around.

1155
01:04:24,361 --> 01:04:25,904
Hold it, Mr. O'Malley!

1156
01:04:26,029 --> 01:04:27,489
What's your excuse?

1157
01:04:27,614 --> 01:04:29,783
Oh, I, I had this big stack of
forms I was filling out

1158
01:04:29,908 --> 01:04:32,411
I-I looked up,
I didn't know what time it was.

1159
01:04:32,536 --> 01:04:34,538
Mr. Clark, what can you do?

1160
01:04:34,663 --> 01:04:37,624
This is a prime example
of the kind of inefficiency

1161
01:04:37,749 --> 01:04:41,086
and apathy that is destroying
this school, people.

1162
01:04:41,211 --> 01:04:43,380
Mr. O'Malley, I can't believe
you as bad as you seem.

1163
01:04:43,505 --> 01:04:46,341
So, I'm going to give you a
chance to revitalize your image.

1164
01:04:46,466 --> 01:04:49,469
I want you to set up
a student-peer tutoring program.

1165
01:04:49,595 --> 01:04:51,638
We'll see if the students
can't help themselves.

1166
01:04:51,763 --> 01:04:54,474
'Cause Lord knows you teachers
aren't doing the job.

1167
01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:55,809
- Ms. Levias.
- Yes, sir.

1168
01:04:55,934 --> 01:04:57,936
I want remedial reading
on Saturdays.

1169
01:04:58,061 --> 01:04:59,938
We'll have to ask
for volunteers at regular pay

1170
01:05:00,063 --> 01:05:01,332
because we can't afford
overtime.

1171
01:05:01,356 --> 01:05:03,108
- Mr. Clark.
- Yes, Mrs. Santos?

1172
01:05:03,233 --> 01:05:04,818
The problem isn't our pay.

1173
01:05:04,943 --> 01:05:07,029
What is the problem
as you see it, Mrs. Santos?

1174
01:05:07,154 --> 01:05:09,531
How to get the students
in on Saturday, sir.

1175
01:05:11,199 --> 01:05:12,618
You hear that, people?

1176
01:05:12,743 --> 01:05:14,703
Mrs. Santos asked
how do we get the students

1177
01:05:14,828 --> 01:05:17,247
in on Saturdays
for remedial reading?

1178
01:05:17,372 --> 01:05:19,082
Well, I'll tell you how.

1179
01:05:19,207 --> 01:05:21,168
We'll go to their homes.

1180
01:05:21,293 --> 01:05:23,295
We will talk to their folks.

1181
01:05:23,420 --> 01:05:24,963
If their folks can't read

1182
01:05:25,088 --> 01:05:26,715
they can come in too.

1183
01:05:28,216 --> 01:05:30,469
The only way
we're going to get anything done

1184
01:05:30,594 --> 01:05:32,679
is to get everyone involved.

1185
01:05:32,804 --> 01:05:34,848
And that goes for all of you!

1186
01:05:35,474 --> 01:05:37,559
It's time to get involved.

1187
01:05:40,812 --> 01:05:42,522
Everyone in this section...

1188
01:05:43,357 --> 01:05:45,192
...put both your hands
above your heads.

1189
01:05:45,692 --> 01:05:47,069
Raise your hands!

1190
01:05:47,819 --> 01:05:49,446
Put 'em up!

1191
01:05:55,160 --> 01:05:58,330
You people represent
the 70 percent of our students

1192
01:05:58,455 --> 01:06:01,083
who just failed
the practice exam.

1193
01:06:01,208 --> 01:06:02,626
Seventy percent!

1194
01:06:04,461 --> 01:06:06,838
But that is not their failure.

1195
01:06:07,422 --> 01:06:09,216
I don't blame them.

1196
01:06:10,842 --> 01:06:13,053
The failure is yours.

1197
01:06:13,637 --> 01:06:15,347
That's right, yours.

1198
01:06:16,974 --> 01:06:20,102
How many hours do you spend
preparing your lesson plans?

1199
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:23,814
How often do you stay
after school

1200
01:06:23,939 --> 01:06:27,442
to give those children,
the ones you know need it

1201
01:06:27,567 --> 01:06:29,403
the extra help
that they require?

1202
01:06:29,528 --> 01:06:31,113
Keep your hands up.

1203
01:06:33,949 --> 01:06:36,201
Now you are getting a hint

1204
01:06:36,326 --> 01:06:39,037
of the kind of hopelessness
and shame

1205
01:06:39,162 --> 01:06:40,998
that makes those
failing students

1206
01:06:41,123 --> 01:06:43,625
throw up their hands
at the thought of facing a world

1207
01:06:43,750 --> 01:06:45,627
for which
you have not prepared them.

1208
01:06:45,961 --> 01:06:48,588
You are getting the merest
inkling of the despair

1209
01:06:48,714 --> 01:06:51,508
they feel when left to the mercy
of the streets.

1210
01:06:51,633 --> 01:06:53,260
Keep your hands up high.

1211
01:06:55,012 --> 01:06:56,763
Now, look around at yourselves.

1212
01:06:58,181 --> 01:07:00,392
Turn and look at yourselves!

1213
01:07:04,604 --> 01:07:07,941
Because you are failing
to educate them.

1214
01:07:08,525 --> 01:07:11,695
This is the posture that many
of our students will wind up in.

1215
01:07:11,820 --> 01:07:15,073
Only they'll be staring
down the barrel of a gun!

1216
01:09:33,962 --> 01:09:36,423
Alright, you guys.
Forget it, forget it.

1217
01:09:36,548 --> 01:09:38,300
Alright, man. Uh...

1218
01:09:38,425 --> 01:09:39,902
I got one. I got one.
Who's this? Who's this?

1219
01:09:39,926 --> 01:09:41,970
Alright, people, move
to the right of the halls.

1220
01:09:42,095 --> 01:09:43,847
Move expeditiously.
How you doin'?

1221
01:09:43,972 --> 01:09:45,724
Francesca, darling.
Come on over here.

1222
01:09:45,849 --> 01:09:47,142
How you doin'?
Good to see you.

1223
01:09:47,267 --> 01:09:48,911
- Fine, Mr. Clark.
- How's your sister doin'?

1224
01:09:48,935 --> 01:09:50,830
Oh, not so good, Mr. Clark.
I think she broke her leg.

1225
01:09:50,854 --> 01:09:53,106
She broke her leg?
That's good. That's good. Yeah.

1226
01:09:53,231 --> 01:09:54,911
Listen, uh, you have any problem
whatsoever

1227
01:09:55,025 --> 01:09:56,505
you come to my office.
You understand?

1228
01:09:56,568 --> 01:09:58,945
- I'm gonna give you the key.
- Ooh, your office?

1229
01:09:59,070 --> 01:10:00,280
Ooh, that ain't the key.

1230
01:10:02,282 --> 01:10:04,826
Sams, Sams. Where's Sams?
Anybody see Sams? Sams?

1231
01:10:04,951 --> 01:10:06,304
- Pull your pants up, son.
- Stop, stop, stop...

1232
01:10:06,328 --> 01:10:07,913
I tell you, put somethin'
in your...

1233
01:10:08,038 --> 01:10:10,319
Clarence, come here. Get your
hormones under control, boy.

1234
01:10:10,415 --> 01:10:11,684
Let-let me feel your butt.
Turn around.

1235
01:10:11,708 --> 01:10:13,251
Clarence.

1236
01:10:13,585 --> 01:10:16,129
Clarence, just what do you think
you're doing?

1237
01:10:16,254 --> 01:10:17,881
I was just, I wa...

1238
01:10:18,006 --> 01:10:19,883
I was just, um, oh, I was...

1239
01:10:20,008 --> 01:10:22,594
Francesca, come here.

1240
01:10:22,719 --> 01:10:24,221
What is he doing?
Is that me?

1241
01:10:24,346 --> 01:10:26,264
Can he do me?
Does he have the juice?

1242
01:10:26,389 --> 01:10:27,515
No way, Mr. Clark.

1243
01:10:27,641 --> 01:10:29,226
Clarence, you report
to my office.

1244
01:10:29,559 --> 01:10:32,020
Yo, Mr. Clark,
I was just foolin' around.

1245
01:10:32,896 --> 01:10:33,980
Got ya.

1246
01:10:39,236 --> 01:10:41,655
Come on, Sams! You can do it.

1247
01:10:45,700 --> 01:10:46,826
Don't give up!

1248
01:10:55,418 --> 01:10:56,836
That's it, Sams!

1249
01:10:56,962 --> 01:11:00,215
Stay with it, boy!
Don't give up, son.

1250
01:11:00,340 --> 01:11:01,800
Don't give up!

1251
01:11:09,432 --> 01:11:11,059
Oh, Holy cow!

1252
01:11:11,184 --> 01:11:12,811
I'm outta here.

1253
01:11:14,813 --> 01:11:16,731
Clark can't even get them
past that test.

1254
01:11:16,856 --> 01:11:18,176
Look, I thought
we'd settled this.

1255
01:11:18,233 --> 01:11:19,833
And now with the doors
chained over there

1256
01:11:19,901 --> 01:11:21,236
that school is a firetrap.

1257
01:11:21,361 --> 01:11:22,821
And your fire chief agrees.

1258
01:11:22,946 --> 01:11:24,531
Son of a bitch
is laughin' at us, Don.

1259
01:11:24,656 --> 01:11:26,574
Don, the man has
a legitimate problem.

1260
01:11:26,700 --> 01:11:29,160
How does he keep drug pushers
out of his school

1261
01:11:29,286 --> 01:11:31,371
if their buddies can
just push open the exit doors

1262
01:11:31,496 --> 01:11:32,789
and let 'em walk on in?

1263
01:11:32,914 --> 01:11:34,499
He's got a point, sir.

1264
01:11:34,624 --> 01:11:37,168
Rosenberg,
this doesn't concern you.

1265
01:11:37,294 --> 01:11:38,878
Look, Don...

1266
01:11:39,004 --> 01:11:40,297
We can both go to jail.

1267
01:11:40,422 --> 01:11:43,008
By statute,
we are legally responsible.

1268
01:11:43,133 --> 01:11:45,093
If a fire broke out
and a kid got hurt.

1269
01:11:45,218 --> 01:11:47,679
Oh, Christ.
They're gonna get trampled.

1270
01:11:48,263 --> 01:11:50,473
They're like a bunch
of savages down there anyway.

1271
01:11:50,598 --> 01:11:51,951
- Savages?
- Let's get out of here.

1272
01:11:51,975 --> 01:11:54,102
Don, can't you
control your men?

1273
01:11:54,227 --> 01:11:56,688
Uh, ladies and gentlemen,
I'm gonna have to ask all of you

1274
01:11:56,813 --> 01:11:59,482
to please leave me alone now
with Mrs. Barrett.

1275
01:11:59,607 --> 01:12:00,942
Come on, Don.
I wanna talk to you.

1276
01:12:01,067 --> 01:12:03,653
I'll call you later
at your office, okay?

1277
01:12:03,778 --> 01:12:06,865
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Frank.

1278
01:12:06,990 --> 01:12:08,116
Close the door, eh?

1279
01:12:08,241 --> 01:12:11,119
Mm, yeah, I believe
that's the problem.

1280
01:12:13,997 --> 01:12:17,250
I want to apologize
for the chief's use of language.

1281
01:12:17,375 --> 01:12:18,960
I don't like
none of you people.

1282
01:12:19,085 --> 01:12:20,879
Oh, well, then in that case why
don't we cut

1283
01:12:21,004 --> 01:12:23,715
right through the formalities.
Eh, what do you want?

1284
01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:25,425
- Clark!
- Just like that, huh?

1285
01:12:25,550 --> 01:12:26,718
Head on a platter.

1286
01:12:27,927 --> 01:12:29,846
You think I got an attitude.

1287
01:12:30,597 --> 01:12:32,849
Well, let me just tell you
what I think.

1288
01:12:33,391 --> 01:12:34,726
I know why you like Clark.

1289
01:12:34,851 --> 01:12:36,227
He's a guard dog.

1290
01:12:36,353 --> 01:12:38,353
Does your dirty work,
keeps the black folk in line.

1291
01:12:38,396 --> 01:12:41,941
That's fine, but you got
to get re-elected.

1292
01:12:42,067 --> 01:12:43,485
I got enough folks
lined up with me

1293
01:12:43,610 --> 01:12:45,945
to give you a damn hard time,
and I will get more.

1294
01:12:46,071 --> 01:12:48,073
I will organize,
I will beat the streets.

1295
01:12:48,198 --> 01:12:49,198
Unless I do what?

1296
01:12:49,282 --> 01:12:50,384
Appoint me to the school board

1297
01:12:50,408 --> 01:12:52,786
so we can vote Clark out.

1298
01:12:52,911 --> 01:12:55,497
Otherwise we'll just have
to vote you out.

1299
01:12:55,622 --> 01:12:57,165
Vote me out.

1300
01:12:57,290 --> 01:12:59,501
You know it's always a pleasure
to see citizens

1301
01:12:59,626 --> 01:13:02,379
avail themselves of
the democratic process.

1302
01:13:02,504 --> 01:13:04,589
My job's gonna be easy.

1303
01:13:05,882 --> 01:13:08,176
You're not too popular
these days, are you?

1304
01:13:11,471 --> 01:13:13,723
Alright, I'll sic
the fire chief on Clark.

1305
01:13:13,848 --> 01:13:16,101
- Will that satisfy you?
- Yes.

1306
01:13:16,476 --> 01:13:18,895
And then I'll get
the school board to dismiss him.

1307
01:13:19,020 --> 01:13:21,731
And then you'll come out
publicly for me.

1308
01:13:22,107 --> 01:13:24,317
It'll be my pleasure,
Mr. Mayor.

1309
01:13:28,321 --> 01:13:31,032
That Barrett
is a bitch on wheels, huh?

1310
01:13:32,200 --> 01:13:34,536
Smart. She's smart.

1311
01:13:34,661 --> 01:13:37,414
Yeah. She got your number.

1312
01:13:38,832 --> 01:13:41,084
When am I supposed to do this?

1313
01:13:53,054 --> 01:13:55,432
Now we'd just disrupt things.

1314
01:13:56,015 --> 01:13:59,394
Give him another week
to prepare for that test.

1315
01:13:59,936 --> 01:14:02,480
Then we'll catch him
with those chains on the doors.

1316
01:14:03,106 --> 01:14:04,441
Heh-heh.

1317
01:14:04,566 --> 01:14:07,068
We nail him
and we make her happy.

1318
01:14:08,069 --> 01:14:09,529
Politics.

1319
01:14:09,654 --> 01:14:10,780
What a business.

1320
01:14:10,905 --> 01:14:12,907
Ah, it's just like yours,

1321
01:14:13,032 --> 01:14:14,492
puttin' out fires.

1322
01:14:26,838 --> 01:14:29,549
The Mayor's gonna nail me, huh?
What do I always say, Bob?

1323
01:14:29,674 --> 01:14:31,402
He says he's got the hammer
and nails himself.

1324
01:14:31,426 --> 01:14:32,635
I believe it.

1325
01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:35,138
Rosenberg, these are some
of my white students.

1326
01:14:35,263 --> 01:14:37,891
Ah, Frankie, Bernard, Steve.

1327
01:14:38,016 --> 01:14:40,852
Boys, this is Mr. Rosenberg,
school attorney.

1328
01:14:40,977 --> 01:14:42,497
I want to let him hear
the school song.

1329
01:14:42,562 --> 01:14:44,772
- Come on, Mr. Clark.
- Come on, now. Let me hear it.

1330
01:14:56,951 --> 01:14:58,453
Alright! Alright!
I can't stand this.

1331
01:14:58,578 --> 01:15:01,039
Needs work, fellas. Needs work.

1332
01:15:01,164 --> 01:15:02,457
Some things
you just can't teach.

1333
01:15:02,582 --> 01:15:04,000
Bad singing is not genetic.

1334
01:15:04,125 --> 01:15:06,336
- How's your mother comin'?
- Oh, she got that job.

1335
01:15:06,461 --> 01:15:08,296
- She's feelin' good.
- Good, good.

1336
01:15:08,421 --> 01:15:10,673
Why aren't you girls studying?
Lily, what are you doing?

1337
01:15:10,798 --> 01:15:12,217
The phone's broken.
My baby's sick.

1338
01:15:12,342 --> 01:15:14,469
- I gotta call my mother.
- Well, come with me.

1339
01:15:14,594 --> 01:15:16,971
You can make your call
from the guidance office.

1340
01:15:17,096 --> 01:15:18,640
When are you girls
ever gonna learn?

1341
01:15:18,765 --> 01:15:20,600
Mr. Clark, I ain't
ashamed about my baby.

1342
01:15:20,725 --> 01:15:22,661
You know what? Nobody's saying
you should be ashamed.

1343
01:15:22,685 --> 01:15:23,853
And she ain't ashamed of me.

1344
01:15:23,978 --> 01:15:25,438
Whenever she look up at me,
Mr. Clark

1345
01:15:25,563 --> 01:15:26,563
she don't see no wrong.

1346
01:15:26,648 --> 01:15:28,691
Okay.
Go on and make your call.

1347
01:15:29,817 --> 01:15:31,152
- Mr. Vanzetti?
- Yes, sir.

1348
01:15:31,277 --> 01:15:32,612
Let these girls make
a phone call.

1349
01:15:32,737 --> 01:15:34,057
- Hey, Mr. Clark.
- How you doin'?

1350
01:15:34,155 --> 01:15:35,156
Alright.

1351
01:15:35,573 --> 01:15:38,326
Now, we can't let them know
who told you.

1352
01:15:38,451 --> 01:15:40,495
- Why not?
- Why not?

1353
01:15:40,620 --> 01:15:42,413
Mr. Clark,
we got us a problem.

1354
01:15:42,539 --> 01:15:43,623
Alright, I'm listening.

1355
01:15:43,748 --> 01:15:45,028
How come you always
leave us out?

1356
01:15:45,124 --> 01:15:46,644
Everything's always
for the black kids.

1357
01:15:46,668 --> 01:15:47,978
- That's right. Everything.
- Yeah.

1358
01:15:48,002 --> 01:15:49,402
The gospel chorus is
for the blacks.

1359
01:15:49,504 --> 01:15:51,339
Football for the blacks.
Basketball, blacks.

1360
01:15:51,464 --> 01:15:53,633
Look at me, I'm short.
Can I play basketball?

1361
01:15:53,758 --> 01:15:56,803
No. The point is,
you're ignoring us

1362
01:15:56,928 --> 01:15:58,513
and we're getting really
ticked off.

1363
01:15:58,638 --> 01:16:00,390
You know,
with a mouth like yours

1364
01:16:00,515 --> 01:16:02,141
you ought to study law.

1365
01:16:02,267 --> 01:16:03,726
- Really?
- Really.

1366
01:16:03,851 --> 01:16:06,080
You kids wait for me in my
office. We'll talk about this.

1367
01:16:06,104 --> 01:16:07,665
If you're gonna all
talk at me at one time

1368
01:16:07,689 --> 01:16:09,124
I'm not gonna be
able to do anything.

1369
01:16:09,148 --> 01:16:10,828
Markus, I know your problem.
Now, sit down.

1370
01:16:10,900 --> 01:16:12,485
I'll be with you ladies
in a minute.

1371
01:16:12,610 --> 01:16:14,028
Boss, I think you
and Mr. Rosenberg

1372
01:16:14,153 --> 01:16:15,530
better wait for me out here.

1373
01:16:15,655 --> 01:16:17,282
Not now, Ms. Louise.
Ms. Lynn?

1374
01:16:17,407 --> 01:16:19,325
- 'Yes.'
- Give Markus a pass.

1375
01:16:20,952 --> 01:16:22,662
- Levias, is everyone here?
- Yes, sir.

1376
01:16:22,787 --> 01:16:24,390
- Everyone you asked for.
- Good. Sit down please.

1377
01:16:24,414 --> 01:16:26,416
Let me have your attention.

1378
01:16:26,541 --> 01:16:29,460
With the help of my ubiquitous,
clandestine informants

1379
01:16:29,586 --> 01:16:31,963
I have learned that the mayor
has told the fire chief

1380
01:16:32,088 --> 01:16:34,048
to catch me with those chains
on the doors.

1381
01:16:34,173 --> 01:16:37,343
They wanna prosecute me
and get me the hell outta here!

1382
01:16:37,468 --> 01:16:40,346
Now, the security guards are
our first line of defense.

1383
01:16:40,471 --> 01:16:43,182
If you see the fire chief
coming, stop him at the gates!

1384
01:16:43,308 --> 01:16:46,811
Get on your walkie-talkies,
call in code ten, got that?

1385
01:16:46,936 --> 01:16:48,896
- Code ten.
- Yes, sir.

1386
01:16:49,022 --> 01:16:51,441
We will repeat code ten
on the P.A. system.

1387
01:16:51,566 --> 01:16:54,152
All teachers and guards
have keys to the exit doors.

1388
01:16:54,277 --> 01:16:56,779
So, when you hear code ten,
you will proceed

1389
01:16:56,904 --> 01:17:00,617
expeditiously to your assigned
door and remove the chains.

1390
01:17:00,742 --> 01:17:02,493
- Is that understood? Good.
- Yes, sir.

1391
01:17:02,619 --> 01:17:05,330
Guards, resume your posts.
Ms. Levias, take over.

1392
01:17:05,455 --> 01:17:07,474
Louise, tell those kids in my
office they have to go back

1393
01:17:07,498 --> 01:17:09,338
to class. I'll meet 'em here
at seventh period.

1394
01:17:09,459 --> 01:17:10,543
- Yes, sir.
- How did it go?

1395
01:17:10,668 --> 01:17:12,253
I think we got it
under control.

1396
01:17:12,378 --> 01:17:13,921
- Mr. Clark?
- Yes, Ms. Levias.

1397
01:17:14,047 --> 01:17:16,049
I have the progress report
on the reading program.

1398
01:17:16,174 --> 01:17:18,384
- Good.
- We're running out of time.

1399
01:17:18,509 --> 01:17:19,909
I thought you might
like to hear it.

1400
01:17:20,011 --> 01:17:21,512
I would like to hear it,
Ms. Levias.

1401
01:17:21,638 --> 01:17:23,478
I would also like to hear
the kids in my office

1402
01:17:23,598 --> 01:17:25,975
and Mr. Rosenberg
and Dr. Napier.

1403
01:17:26,100 --> 01:17:28,561
But I can't be in ten different
places at the same time.

1404
01:17:28,686 --> 01:17:29,437
Can I?

1405
01:17:29,562 --> 01:17:31,230
So, maybe my
vice principal can do

1406
01:17:31,356 --> 01:17:33,232
something without me
for once!

1407
01:17:36,027 --> 01:17:37,862
- Uh, Mr. Clark.
- Kids, seventh period.

1408
01:17:37,987 --> 01:17:39,906
I'll help you
at seventh period, okay?

1409
01:17:44,160 --> 01:17:45,286
- Excuse me.
- Yeah.

1410
01:17:45,411 --> 01:17:46,829
Excuse me.

1411
01:17:56,297 --> 01:17:58,466
- Goodnight, Mr. Clark.
- Goodnight, Bob.

1412
01:18:01,969 --> 01:18:03,304
Mr. Clark?

1413
01:18:03,971 --> 01:18:05,139
Yes, Ms. Levias.

1414
01:18:05,264 --> 01:18:07,725
May I talk to you
for a minute, please?

1415
01:18:10,603 --> 01:18:13,314
- What do you want?
- I want you to transfer me.

1416
01:18:13,439 --> 01:18:15,650
- To where?
- Out of here.

1417
01:18:16,734 --> 01:18:19,195
You know, this doesn't surprise
me one bit, Ms. Levias.

1418
01:18:19,320 --> 01:18:22,156
I have sensed resistance in you
since our very first meeting.

1419
01:18:22,281 --> 01:18:24,701
You're an egomaniacal windbag.

1420
01:18:24,826 --> 01:18:26,703
- Who you talkin' to?
- I'm talkin' to you!

1421
01:18:26,828 --> 01:18:29,038
You like to whip people
who can't fight back.

1422
01:18:29,163 --> 01:18:31,043
I thought I could take it
because I had a father

1423
01:18:31,082 --> 01:18:33,143
in the same kind of pain
that makes you such a bastard

1424
01:18:33,167 --> 01:18:35,002
but I was wrong.
Life is much too short.

1425
01:18:35,128 --> 01:18:36,587
I will not endure you
any longer!

1426
01:18:36,713 --> 01:18:37,463
You will not endure me?

1427
01:18:37,588 --> 01:18:39,424
The only reason
I haven't walked out

1428
01:18:39,549 --> 01:18:41,676
and half the staff
along with me

1429
01:18:41,801 --> 01:18:44,095
is because those children
need us here.

1430
01:18:44,220 --> 01:18:45,513
You're so busy talking

1431
01:18:45,638 --> 01:18:46,918
discipline you forget
to educate!

1432
01:18:47,014 --> 01:18:48,117
- Is that so?
- Yes, that's so.

1433
01:18:48,141 --> 01:18:49,326
Then what the hell
do you think

1434
01:18:49,350 --> 01:18:50,494
I've been doing here
all this time?

1435
01:18:50,518 --> 01:18:51,811
So you cleaned it up.

1436
01:18:51,936 --> 01:18:53,706
- That was the easy part.
- That's the easy part?

1437
01:18:53,730 --> 01:18:55,523
Those children
want to be helped.

1438
01:18:55,648 --> 01:18:57,859
They have worked their hearts
out for you, Joe.

1439
01:18:57,984 --> 01:19:00,384
Done everything we've asked and
believe what we've told them.

1440
01:19:00,445 --> 01:19:01,571
But I feel sorry for them.

1441
01:19:01,696 --> 01:19:02,923
They're not ready
to take that test.

1442
01:19:02,947 --> 01:19:04,449
What the hell
you talkin' about?

1443
01:19:04,574 --> 01:19:06,159
I have done everything.
Everything...

1444
01:19:06,284 --> 01:19:09,996
I, I! It is always I!

1445
01:19:10,121 --> 01:19:12,582
There are 300 teachers
on the faculty here.

1446
01:19:12,707 --> 01:19:14,083
You do not do it all alone.

1447
01:19:14,208 --> 01:19:16,145
I don't have to stay here and
listen to these accusations.

1448
01:19:16,169 --> 01:19:17,378
You will listen!

1449
01:19:17,503 --> 01:19:19,630
You will stand there
and you will listen!

1450
01:19:19,756 --> 01:19:23,092
Alright, Ms. Levias.
Alright, go ahead and talk.

1451
01:19:23,217 --> 01:19:24,820
For the past seven months
you've been flappin' your mouth

1452
01:19:24,844 --> 01:19:26,220
and you haven't heard a thing.

1453
01:19:26,345 --> 01:19:28,431
You haven't even seen
what's painfully obvious.

1454
01:19:28,556 --> 01:19:29,867
- I'll tell you what I do...
- No!

1455
01:19:29,891 --> 01:19:31,768
I'm talking now.
Let me finish!

1456
01:19:32,185 --> 01:19:34,896
Everybody here
may not like you as a person

1457
01:19:35,021 --> 01:19:36,814
but we all applaud
your effort.

1458
01:19:36,939 --> 01:19:38,691
But what you don't understand

1459
01:19:38,816 --> 01:19:40,193
is the same people
who support you

1460
01:19:40,318 --> 01:19:41,718
are the ones that
you're beating up!

1461
01:19:41,778 --> 01:19:45,323
You don't even take the time
to say, "Thank you."

1462
01:19:45,448 --> 01:19:47,366
"Job well done." Nothing.

1463
01:19:47,492 --> 01:19:50,536
You just step in their necks,
constantly abuse them...

1464
01:19:50,661 --> 01:19:52,997
Ms. Levias,
what do you want from me?

1465
01:19:53,122 --> 01:19:54,457
What the hell do you want?

1466
01:19:54,582 --> 01:19:57,251
I want you to
get this straight.

1467
01:19:57,376 --> 01:20:00,087
Most of the teachers are here
because they care

1468
01:20:00,213 --> 01:20:02,006
about those children out there,
this school

1469
01:20:02,131 --> 01:20:03,525
this fight.
They are in it with you.

1470
01:20:03,549 --> 01:20:05,718
They take it home at night
the same as you.

1471
01:20:05,843 --> 01:20:08,179
They are part of those
children's lives.

1472
01:20:09,222 --> 01:20:12,058
You are thoughtless and cruel.

1473
01:20:12,183 --> 01:20:13,976
And it hurts.

1474
01:20:14,101 --> 01:20:16,145
And none of them deserve it.

1475
01:20:16,270 --> 01:20:19,273
They are sick of it,
and so am I.

1476
01:20:43,089 --> 01:20:45,383
- Ms. Levias.
- What's this?

1477
01:20:45,508 --> 01:20:47,385
The transfer you asked for.

1478
01:21:00,982 --> 01:21:03,484
Alright, people,
here we are.

1479
01:21:03,609 --> 01:21:05,528
This is the day.

1480
01:21:05,653 --> 01:21:07,196
In one hour

1481
01:21:07,321 --> 01:21:10,825
you are going to take an exam
administered by the state

1482
01:21:10,950 --> 01:21:12,451
to test your basic skills

1483
01:21:12,577 --> 01:21:15,913
and the quality of education
at Eastside High.

1484
01:21:16,539 --> 01:21:18,499
And I wanna tell you
what the people out there

1485
01:21:18,624 --> 01:21:22,420
are saying about you and what
they think about your chances.

1486
01:21:23,629 --> 01:21:25,631
They say you are inferior.

1487
01:21:31,387 --> 01:21:35,558
"You are just a bunch of niggers
and spics and poor white trash."

1488
01:21:37,101 --> 01:21:39,687
"Education is wasted on you."

1489
01:21:41,856 --> 01:21:43,566
"You cannot learn!"

1490
01:21:44,984 --> 01:21:46,277
"You're lost!"

1491
01:21:48,779 --> 01:21:50,615
I mean all of you.

1492
01:21:50,740 --> 01:21:52,742
I, I want all the
white students to stand up.

1493
01:21:52,867 --> 01:21:54,107
All my white students,
stand up.

1494
01:21:54,160 --> 01:21:56,078
Right now. Stand up. Come on.

1495
01:21:56,203 --> 01:21:58,372
All my white students,
stand up. Stand up.

1496
01:21:59,498 --> 01:22:01,459
That's it. Come on, stand up.

1497
01:22:03,711 --> 01:22:06,047
These are my white children

1498
01:22:06,172 --> 01:22:08,341
and they're the same
as all of you.

1499
01:22:08,466 --> 01:22:10,217
They've got no place to go.

1500
01:22:10,593 --> 01:22:12,970
If they had they would've
abandoned us a long time ago

1501
01:22:13,095 --> 01:22:15,681
like everybody else did,
but they couldn't.

1502
01:22:15,806 --> 01:22:18,059
So, here they are
at Eastside High.

1503
01:22:18,184 --> 01:22:20,645
Just like the rest of us.

1504
01:22:20,770 --> 01:22:22,188
You can sit down.

1505
01:22:23,397 --> 01:22:25,191
Are you getting my point,
people?

1506
01:22:25,316 --> 01:22:26,359
Yes.

1507
01:22:26,484 --> 01:22:27,860
Is it beginning to sink in?

1508
01:22:27,985 --> 01:22:29,570
Yes!

1509
01:22:30,279 --> 01:22:32,365
We sink, we swim

1510
01:22:32,490 --> 01:22:34,325
we rise, we fall.

1511
01:22:34,450 --> 01:22:36,494
We meet our fate together!

1512
01:22:40,998 --> 01:22:41,998
Now...

1513
01:22:43,459 --> 01:22:47,922
...it took the help of
a good, good friend

1514
01:22:48,047 --> 01:22:50,883
to make me know
and understand that.

1515
01:22:51,008 --> 01:22:53,094
And I do understand it,
and I'm grateful.

1516
01:22:54,261 --> 01:22:55,763
I'm eternally grateful.

1517
01:23:01,143 --> 01:23:04,230
And now I've got a message
for those people out there

1518
01:23:04,355 --> 01:23:07,024
who've abandoned you
and written you off.

1519
01:23:07,149 --> 01:23:09,110
- Can you hear me?
- Yes!

1520
01:23:09,235 --> 01:23:12,196
- Can you hear me?!
- Yes!

1521
01:23:12,321 --> 01:23:13,698
Good!

1522
01:23:13,823 --> 01:23:16,033
You are not inferior!

1523
01:23:21,288 --> 01:23:23,124
Your grades may be

1524
01:23:24,000 --> 01:23:26,419
your school may have been

1525
01:23:26,544 --> 01:23:28,254
but you can turn that around

1526
01:23:28,379 --> 01:23:31,549
and make liars out of those
bastards in exactly one hour

1527
01:23:31,674 --> 01:23:34,343
when you take that test
and pass it, and win!

1528
01:23:43,019 --> 01:23:45,146
So, here's what I
want you to do.

1529
01:23:46,397 --> 01:23:49,066
When you find
your minds wandering

1530
01:23:49,191 --> 01:23:52,653
I want you to knuckle back down
and concentrate.

1531
01:23:53,320 --> 01:23:54,739
Concentrate!

1532
01:23:54,864 --> 01:23:56,907
Remember what's at stake

1533
01:23:57,033 --> 01:23:59,660
and show them what
Eastside High is all about.

1534
01:23:59,785 --> 01:24:02,163
A spirit that will not die!

1535
01:27:17,900 --> 01:27:22,655
Eastside!
Eastside! Eastside! Eastside!

1536
01:27:22,780 --> 01:27:26,825
Eastside! Eastside! Eastside!
Eastside! Eastside! Eastside!

1537
01:28:18,127 --> 01:28:19,503
I told you these things
take time.

1538
01:28:19,628 --> 01:28:21,797
Don't tell me
these things take time.

1539
01:28:21,922 --> 01:28:23,382
Just how long am I
supposed to wait?

1540
01:28:23,507 --> 01:28:25,509
Now, you boys are messing
with the wrong female.

1541
01:28:25,634 --> 01:28:27,386
I've been over there,
he won't let me in.

1542
01:28:27,511 --> 01:28:28,762
- Oh, poor little boy.
- What?

1543
01:28:28,887 --> 01:28:30,240
Alright, what the hell's
goin' on here?

1544
01:28:30,264 --> 01:28:32,016
- Thank God.
- What?

1545
01:28:32,558 --> 01:28:34,768
- Would you talk to her?
- I thought we had made a deal.

1546
01:28:34,893 --> 01:28:37,104
You don't have to broadcast it
all over town, do you?

1547
01:28:37,229 --> 01:28:39,398
I have got a school board
meeting tonight

1548
01:28:39,523 --> 01:28:41,650
and enough votes
to get Clark kicked out

1549
01:28:41,775 --> 01:28:44,737
if I can show some proof
he's got chains on those doors.

1550
01:28:44,862 --> 01:28:47,448
Now, we can still get that
if you move on him today.

1551
01:28:47,573 --> 01:28:49,241
Chief Gaines has
already tried that.

1552
01:28:49,366 --> 01:28:51,910
Bullshit!
I've made promises of my own.

1553
01:28:52,036 --> 01:28:53,676
I've got people lined up
with me right now

1554
01:28:53,704 --> 01:28:55,456
and if I can't deliver
any better than you

1555
01:28:55,581 --> 01:28:56,749
my credibility is shot.

1556
01:28:56,874 --> 01:28:58,751
And I do not issue
idle threats.

1557
01:28:58,876 --> 01:29:02,004
Then don't, huh? Because
I don't wanna hear it.

1558
01:29:07,509 --> 01:29:08,927
Okay, chief.

1559
01:29:09,803 --> 01:29:13,057
Now, Mrs. Barrett here was
promised some action.

1560
01:29:13,182 --> 01:29:15,100
I think it's time
we get a court order

1561
01:29:15,225 --> 01:29:16,727
and get you past
those guards.

1562
01:29:16,852 --> 01:29:18,103
Sounds good to me.

1563
01:29:19,229 --> 01:29:20,481
He ain't worth it.

1564
01:29:23,233 --> 01:29:25,444
- He's a jerk.
- That's right. He's a jerk.

1565
01:29:25,569 --> 01:29:27,738
I told you that.
You don't listen to me.

1566
01:29:29,448 --> 01:29:31,867
What are you two ladies
doing in here?

1567
01:29:32,576 --> 01:29:35,913
Lillian, aren't you supposed
to be in class?

1568
01:29:37,164 --> 01:29:38,540
Huh?

1569
01:29:38,665 --> 01:29:39,875
Kaneesha?

1570
01:29:40,709 --> 01:29:42,294
What's going on here?

1571
01:29:42,419 --> 01:29:44,171
Lillian, what is this?

1572
01:29:44,797 --> 01:29:47,508
You'll have to ask her,
Mr. Clark.

1573
01:29:47,633 --> 01:29:49,134
Kaneesha, what's the matter?

1574
01:29:51,553 --> 01:29:53,180
I got pregnant.

1575
01:29:56,517 --> 01:29:58,560
Please don't be mad at me.

1576
01:30:00,646 --> 01:30:02,773
Lillian, let me talk to her
alone for a minute.

1577
01:30:11,407 --> 01:30:12,866
Did you tell your mother?

1578
01:30:13,742 --> 01:30:15,077
I can't.

1579
01:30:17,162 --> 01:30:18,664
Reggie's the father?

1580
01:30:18,789 --> 01:30:20,749
He says it's not his,
but I know it is

1581
01:30:20,874 --> 01:30:23,710
'cause I've never been
with no other boys.

1582
01:30:24,253 --> 01:30:26,046
I never meant
for this to happen.

1583
01:30:26,171 --> 01:30:27,840
Oh, you girls never do.

1584
01:30:27,965 --> 01:30:30,300
So many of you bringin'
babies into this world

1585
01:30:30,426 --> 01:30:32,719
just to prove
you can accomplish something.

1586
01:30:33,512 --> 01:30:35,973
And you're doing
so well now, Kaneesha.

1587
01:30:38,350 --> 01:30:39,768
Well, there are other
alternatives.

1588
01:30:39,893 --> 01:30:42,187
I'm scared.
I don't know what to do.

1589
01:30:42,312 --> 01:30:44,481
It's alright, I'll tell you
what we're going to do.

1590
01:30:44,606 --> 01:30:46,733
We're gonna have your mother
come to the school.

1591
01:30:46,859 --> 01:30:49,129
Don't worry now, the three of us
will put our heads together

1592
01:30:49,153 --> 01:30:52,573
and... I'm sure we'll be able
to help you decide

1593
01:30:52,698 --> 01:30:54,241
what's best for you to do.

1594
01:30:54,366 --> 01:30:56,952
Alright? Do you trust me?

1595
01:30:57,536 --> 01:30:59,329
- Alright, I'm gonna help you.
- Mr. Clark!

1596
01:30:59,455 --> 01:31:01,558
8 o'clock in the morning
I'll call your mother myself.

1597
01:31:01,582 --> 01:31:03,226
- What is it, Mr. Wright?
- The fire chief.

1598
01:31:03,250 --> 01:31:05,377
- Where is he?
- He got past the gate.

1599
01:31:05,836 --> 01:31:08,130
Code ten!
Code ten, this is Joe Clark!

1600
01:31:08,255 --> 01:31:10,382
Get those chains off the door!
The enemy's here!

1601
01:31:10,507 --> 01:31:12,885
The doors are all
gotten locked, Mr. Clark.

1602
01:31:14,344 --> 01:31:16,805
Mr. Clark,
you're under arrest.

1603
01:31:20,601 --> 01:31:21,351
For what?

1604
01:31:21,477 --> 01:31:23,145
Basically for being an asshole.

1605
01:31:23,270 --> 01:31:24,497
But specifically for conspiracy

1606
01:31:24,521 --> 01:31:25,731
to violate the fire code.

1607
01:31:25,856 --> 01:31:27,566
I got no problem
with the fire code, chief.

1608
01:31:27,691 --> 01:31:29,067
The only problem here is you.

1609
01:31:29,193 --> 01:31:30,944
And your problem is your mouth.

1610
01:31:31,069 --> 01:31:33,322
<i>Code ten!</i>
<i>Code ten! This is Joe Clark!</i>

1611
01:31:33,447 --> 01:31:35,699
<i>Get those chains off the doors!
The enemy's here!</i>

1612
01:31:35,824 --> 01:31:38,452
<i>Doors</i>
<i>all gotten locked, Mr. Clark.</i>

1613
01:31:38,577 --> 01:31:39,620
Cuff him!

1614
01:31:41,413 --> 01:31:43,081
Hey, Mr. Clark?

1615
01:31:43,582 --> 01:31:44,750
What did they get you for?

1616
01:31:44,875 --> 01:31:46,627
What's the charge?
What's this all about?

1617
01:31:46,752 --> 01:31:49,505
It's about someone finally
standing up to this man

1618
01:31:49,630 --> 01:31:51,757
instead of taking his orders
like a maid.

1619
01:31:52,382 --> 01:31:54,022
How dare you speak about
people like that!

1620
01:31:54,134 --> 01:31:55,278
Mrs. Barrett, you think you...

1621
01:31:55,302 --> 01:31:57,095
Shut up! You're finished!

1622
01:31:57,221 --> 01:31:59,681
The school board is gonna
hear this at 7 o'clock

1623
01:31:59,806 --> 01:32:01,558
and we are gonna vote
your black ass out.

1624
01:32:01,683 --> 01:32:04,394
- Yo, bitch, vote on this!
- Sams, you go to class!

1625
01:32:04,520 --> 01:32:06,039
Ms. Levias, you're acting
principal now.

1626
01:32:06,063 --> 01:32:07,564
I expect you to perform
as I would.

1627
01:32:09,149 --> 01:32:11,693
What, what's goin' on?
What's happening, Mr. Clark?

1628
01:32:11,818 --> 01:32:13,458
Mr. Clark, what happened?
What did you do?

1629
01:32:13,570 --> 01:32:14,863
I chained the doors.

1630
01:32:14,988 --> 01:32:17,449
Now, you break the law,
you pay the price.

1631
01:32:25,832 --> 01:32:27,918
Hey, yo, Mr. Clark,
we still got to go to class?

1632
01:32:28,043 --> 01:32:30,963
Yes, you have to go to...
All of you, get back to class!

1633
01:32:31,088 --> 01:32:32,088
Now!

1634
01:32:33,507 --> 01:32:35,050
- Mr. Clark...
- Go on!

1635
01:32:35,175 --> 01:32:37,594
Who's gonna look after
the school, Mr. Clark?

1636
01:32:37,719 --> 01:32:39,846
Go on! Get back into class!

1637
01:32:39,972 --> 01:32:42,766
I mean it now, get back
in there, all of ya!

1638
01:32:42,891 --> 01:32:46,395
Go on! Ms. Levias,
they're your responsibility!

1639
01:33:01,368 --> 01:33:03,012
I guess we ought to be
getting out of here, Joe.

1640
01:33:03,036 --> 01:33:06,081
That, uh, school board
meeting's about to begin.

1641
01:33:08,584 --> 01:33:09,876
Do whatever we can.

1642
01:33:13,297 --> 01:33:15,173
Have you thought about
a new line of work?

1643
01:33:15,799 --> 01:33:18,176
Perhaps an exciting career
in electronics?

1644
01:33:20,262 --> 01:33:21,888
It's just a little joke.

1645
01:33:24,641 --> 01:33:25,684
I'm going.

1646
01:33:35,569 --> 01:33:37,112
I've got no complaints, Joe.

1647
01:33:38,905 --> 01:33:40,532
As far as I'm concerned

1648
01:33:41,158 --> 01:33:43,660
what you accomplished
down at that school

1649
01:33:44,036 --> 01:33:45,829
was a goddamn miracle.

1650
01:33:46,538 --> 01:33:48,057
Those kids have a light
in their eyes now

1651
01:33:48,081 --> 01:33:51,627
that was never,
never there before.

1652
01:33:54,671 --> 01:33:55,964
Thanks, boss.

1653
01:34:02,512 --> 01:34:04,473
You know, I'm always
tryin' to teach my kids

1654
01:34:04,598 --> 01:34:05,891
to stay outta jail.

1655
01:34:08,602 --> 01:34:09,602
Look at me.

1656
01:34:12,356 --> 01:34:14,316
You go on.
Do what you gotta do.

1657
01:34:26,453 --> 01:34:29,331
He has failed
at his professional task.

1658
01:34:30,165 --> 01:34:32,250
We brought him in
to save our school

1659
01:34:32,376 --> 01:34:34,169
from a takeover from the state.

1660
01:34:34,294 --> 01:34:35,962
That was the mandate
from our mayor.

1661
01:34:37,964 --> 01:34:40,926
But the test scores
on the practice exam

1662
01:34:41,051 --> 01:34:43,595
were 35 percent below passing.

1663
01:34:45,097 --> 01:34:48,767
Now, maybe
if we dump him now

1664
01:34:49,142 --> 01:34:50,894
and get a new principal
ourselves

1665
01:34:51,019 --> 01:34:54,523
show the state that
we are doing something

1666
01:34:54,648 --> 01:34:58,068
we can pre-empt the takeover,
but only if we get him out

1667
01:34:58,193 --> 01:35:00,112
before those final test scores
come back.

1668
01:35:00,237 --> 01:35:02,739
After that, it'll be too late.

1669
01:35:02,864 --> 01:35:05,117
This board won't have any power.

1670
01:35:05,242 --> 01:35:06,952
It'll be nothing
but a rubber stamp.

1671
01:35:10,288 --> 01:35:13,625
Mrs. Arthur,
those are the facts.

1672
01:35:13,750 --> 01:35:17,129
Now, I appreciate your
personal loyalty to Mr. Clark

1673
01:35:17,254 --> 01:35:19,464
but he has let
our children down

1674
01:35:19,589 --> 01:35:21,425
and our loyalty
should be to them.

1675
01:35:21,550 --> 01:35:24,010
Our loyalty should be
to the man we hired.

1676
01:35:27,472 --> 01:35:28,682
Order! Order!

1677
01:35:36,148 --> 01:35:39,234
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1678
01:35:39,359 --> 01:35:42,696
Free Mr. Clark!
Free Mr. Clark!

1679
01:35:54,207 --> 01:35:57,294
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1680
01:35:57,419 --> 01:36:00,172
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1681
01:36:00,297 --> 01:36:03,175
Free Mr. Clark!
Free Mr. Clark!

1682
01:36:03,300 --> 01:36:06,136
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1683
01:36:06,261 --> 01:36:09,347
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1684
01:36:09,473 --> 01:36:11,183
Free Mr. Clark!

1685
01:36:11,308 --> 01:36:13,059
Order, ladies and gentlemen.

1686
01:36:13,185 --> 01:36:15,479
Order! Order, please!

1687
01:36:16,980 --> 01:36:19,858
We cannot continue this meeting
with this kind of chaos here!

1688
01:36:19,983 --> 01:36:22,152
- Please! Sit down!
- Is this thing on?

1689
01:36:22,277 --> 01:36:24,905
- Come to order, please!
- Dr. Napier.

1690
01:36:25,030 --> 01:36:28,617
Dr. Napier, I think you should
call the question now.

1691
01:36:28,742 --> 01:36:30,094
I cannot call the question.

1692
01:36:30,118 --> 01:36:31,118
All points of view

1693
01:36:31,161 --> 01:36:33,330
seem to have been
exhausted here.

1694
01:36:33,455 --> 01:36:36,708
No further purpose is going
to be served by this.

1695
01:36:36,833 --> 01:36:39,377
Why don't you have someone
on the board...

1696
01:36:39,503 --> 01:36:42,380
Mr. Mayor, it seems that
Mr. Clark's students

1697
01:36:42,506 --> 01:36:44,382
have assembled outside
in an exercise

1698
01:36:44,508 --> 01:36:45,788
of their first amendment rights.

1699
01:36:45,842 --> 01:36:47,010
How many?

1700
01:36:47,135 --> 01:36:49,346
It looks like all of them.

1701
01:36:49,471 --> 01:36:53,391
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1702
01:36:53,517 --> 01:36:57,103
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1703
01:36:57,229 --> 01:37:00,565
Free Mr. Clark!
Free Mr. Clark!

1704
01:37:00,690 --> 01:37:04,486
Free Mr. Clark!
Free Mr. Clark!

1705
01:37:04,611 --> 01:37:06,655
We're in a tough spot here

1706
01:37:06,780 --> 01:37:08,323
and I have to
ask your help, Joe.

1707
01:37:08,448 --> 01:37:10,784
Uh, it's not for me.
It's for those kids out there.

1708
01:37:10,909 --> 01:37:13,954
Now, they're very emotional.
They're-they're all jacked up.

1709
01:37:14,079 --> 01:37:15,664
You have to send them home.

1710
01:37:15,789 --> 01:37:18,375
I don't have to do nothin',
but stay black and die.

1711
01:37:18,500 --> 01:37:20,961
Oh, for cryin' out loud.

1712
01:37:21,503 --> 01:37:24,840
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1713
01:37:24,965 --> 01:37:26,341
Free Mr. Clark!

1714
01:37:26,466 --> 01:37:29,553
Free Mr. Clark!
Free Mr. Clark!

1715
01:37:29,678 --> 01:37:31,680
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1716
01:37:31,805 --> 01:37:34,391
People,
before this gets out of hand

1717
01:37:34,516 --> 01:37:37,853
listen, for your own safety,
listen to me!

1718
01:37:37,978 --> 01:37:41,606
Free Mr. Clark!
Free Mr. Clark!

1719
01:37:41,731 --> 01:37:44,860
Free Mr. Clark!
Free Mr. Clark!

1720
01:37:44,985 --> 01:37:46,987
Alright, Joe.
Let me put it this way.

1721
01:37:48,196 --> 01:37:50,282
First, I wanted you to succeed.

1722
01:37:50,407 --> 01:37:53,577
Now, don't think that
I ever wanted anything else.

1723
01:37:53,910 --> 01:37:56,288
But you're a realist, Joe,
just like me.

1724
01:37:56,413 --> 01:37:58,206
And I want you to think
what would happen

1725
01:37:58,331 --> 01:38:00,166
if there was a riot out there
and the cops

1726
01:38:00,292 --> 01:38:02,043
had to go in
and clear that square, huh?

1727
01:38:04,629 --> 01:38:06,214
I'd have law and order
on my side

1728
01:38:06,339 --> 01:38:09,593
and the only people who'd
be hurt would be your kids.

1729
01:38:09,718 --> 01:38:15,640
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1730
01:38:15,765 --> 01:38:19,102
Free Mr. Clark! Free Mr. Clark!

1731
01:38:19,227 --> 01:38:20,312
Listen to me!

1732
01:38:21,313 --> 01:38:22,731
People, please!

1733
01:38:22,856 --> 01:38:26,818
You must all disperse
and return to your homes!

1734
01:38:26,943 --> 01:38:29,321
Your presence here
is helping no one.

1735
01:38:30,071 --> 01:38:33,366
Why don't you use your brains
and listen?

1736
01:38:33,825 --> 01:38:36,870
Free Mr. Clark!
Free Mr. Clark!

1737
01:38:36,995 --> 01:38:38,204
Free Mr. Clark!

1738
01:38:42,292 --> 01:38:44,586
Thank you.
Everybody, just, come on.

1739
01:38:44,711 --> 01:38:46,463
Come on. Everybody, listen up.
Listen up.

1740
01:38:46,588 --> 01:38:48,882
Now, let's just settle down.
Give her a chance to talk.

1741
01:38:49,007 --> 01:38:50,607
She might actually
have something to say.

1742
01:38:50,634 --> 01:38:52,344
So, everybody just chill.
Settle down.

1743
01:38:52,469 --> 01:38:54,304
And let's listen
to the old loudmouth wench.

1744
01:38:56,473 --> 01:38:57,766
Here you go, Barrett.

1745
01:39:02,437 --> 01:39:04,940
You can call me what you want

1746
01:39:05,065 --> 01:39:08,151
but the simple fact is
Mr. Clark has broken the laws

1747
01:39:08,276 --> 01:39:09,736
of this state

1748
01:39:09,861 --> 01:39:12,781
and exposed you all
to grave danger.

1749
01:39:18,370 --> 01:39:20,789
His behavior is irresponsible.

1750
01:39:20,914 --> 01:39:23,083
Chaining those doors
was a criminal act.

1751
01:39:23,208 --> 01:39:25,335
Why do you think
they call him "Crazy Joe?"

1752
01:39:25,460 --> 01:39:27,420
'Cause y'all don't
understand him.

1753
01:39:27,545 --> 01:39:29,255
Yeah. That's right!

1754
01:39:29,381 --> 01:39:32,217
He chained those doors
to keep out the drug dealers.

1755
01:39:32,342 --> 01:39:33,551
To make us all feel safe.

1756
01:39:33,677 --> 01:39:36,471
Now, you talk about the law
but you're twisting the law.

1757
01:39:36,596 --> 01:39:38,556
The laws are made
to protect the people

1758
01:39:38,682 --> 01:39:40,225
and that's what
he's doin' for us.

1759
01:39:43,812 --> 01:39:45,981
The thing that
you don't understand

1760
01:39:46,106 --> 01:39:47,983
is that Mr. Clark
believes in us.

1761
01:39:48,108 --> 01:39:50,002
- He provided an environment...
- He doesn't believe in you!

1762
01:39:50,026 --> 01:39:52,237
'Cause you don't take care
of your responsibility!

1763
01:39:54,197 --> 01:39:57,575
Despite what
he himself may believe

1764
01:39:57,701 --> 01:39:59,744
Mr. Clark is not Eastside High!

1765
01:39:59,869 --> 01:40:02,664
Mr. Clark is not only
Eastside High

1766
01:40:02,789 --> 01:40:05,500
Mr. Clark is like a father,
he's the only father

1767
01:40:05,625 --> 01:40:08,211
that some of us
who don't have fathers know.

1768
01:40:08,336 --> 01:40:10,797
You don't know a thing
about Mr. Clark!

1769
01:40:10,922 --> 01:40:13,591
People! People, just hear me!

1770
01:40:13,717 --> 01:40:15,760
The school board
is meeting right now

1771
01:40:15,885 --> 01:40:18,013
and I promise you
we will give you

1772
01:40:18,138 --> 01:40:21,558
what Eastside High deserves,
a good principal.

1773
01:40:21,683 --> 01:40:23,643
We don't want a good principal!

1774
01:40:23,768 --> 01:40:25,270
We want Mr. Clark!

1775
01:40:27,981 --> 01:40:29,858
You may think you know
what you want

1776
01:40:29,983 --> 01:40:32,485
but the question
is what is best for you

1777
01:40:32,610 --> 01:40:34,195
best for Eastside High
and best for...

1778
01:40:34,320 --> 01:40:36,031
Well, this thing's getting
out of hand.

1779
01:40:36,156 --> 01:40:37,657
Talk to them, please.

1780
01:40:37,782 --> 01:40:39,582
Have a common interest
here tonight.

1781
01:40:39,659 --> 01:40:41,494
To see that this gets resolved

1782
01:40:41,619 --> 01:40:43,705
so that you can continue
your education.

1783
01:40:43,830 --> 01:40:46,875
- Free Mr. Clark!
- I am requesting that you...

1784
01:40:49,794 --> 01:40:51,546
People! People...

1785
01:41:02,223 --> 01:41:03,641
Yay! Yay!

1786
01:41:03,767 --> 01:41:05,310
Yay, alright!

1787
01:41:13,359 --> 01:41:16,237
I wonder why I can't get this
kind of turnout for study hall.

1788
01:41:20,158 --> 01:41:21,701
Alright, now.

1789
01:41:21,826 --> 01:41:24,037
Kids, this is all very nice

1790
01:41:24,162 --> 01:41:27,082
but now I'm going to insist
that you all go home

1791
01:41:27,207 --> 01:41:29,209
and let the laws
of the land prevail.

1792
01:41:29,334 --> 01:41:30,585
- No!
- No!

1793
01:41:30,710 --> 01:41:34,881
No! No! No! No! No! No!

1794
01:41:35,006 --> 01:41:38,176
Now, listen. Listen.

1795
01:41:38,301 --> 01:41:40,762
If I've taught you anything

1796
01:41:40,887 --> 01:41:44,516
I have tried to give you
respect for the law.

1797
01:41:44,641 --> 01:41:47,018
Now, I want you all to go home

1798
01:41:47,143 --> 01:41:48,561
in an orderly fashion!

1799
01:41:48,686 --> 01:41:51,189
No! No! No! No!

1800
01:41:51,314 --> 01:41:53,691
Your voices have been heard!

1801
01:41:53,817 --> 01:41:57,904
No! No! No! No! No! No! No!

1802
01:41:58,029 --> 01:42:00,949
I appreciate your concern
for me.

1803
01:42:01,074 --> 01:42:02,450
No! No! No! No!

1804
01:42:02,575 --> 01:42:05,245
But now is the time to go home.

1805
01:42:05,370 --> 01:42:07,038
No! No! No! No!

1806
01:42:07,163 --> 01:42:10,792
Kids, listen, you're not
helping the matters any.

1807
01:42:10,917 --> 01:42:12,085
Listen to me.

1808
01:42:12,210 --> 01:42:14,796
You're not helping our cause
if you stay here!

1809
01:42:14,921 --> 01:42:16,506
- No! No! No! No!
- Mr. Clark.

1810
01:42:16,631 --> 01:42:18,484
I thought I left you
in charge of these students.

1811
01:42:18,508 --> 01:42:19,788
You've got to read this. Please!

1812
01:42:19,884 --> 01:42:21,237
...what you call taking
care of your responsibility?

1813
01:42:21,261 --> 01:42:23,972
Shut up, Clark!
Read this! Read it!

1814
01:42:24,097 --> 01:42:27,183
No! No! No! No! No! No!

1815
01:42:35,358 --> 01:42:36,526
Boss.

1816
01:42:36,651 --> 01:42:38,987
No! No! No! No! No! No!

1817
01:42:40,738 --> 01:42:45,243
Dr. Napier, it is my duty

1818
01:42:45,952 --> 01:42:50,206
it is my privilege
and my honor to report to you

1819
01:42:50,331 --> 01:42:52,125
that the students
of Eastside High

1820
01:42:52,250 --> 01:42:54,919
have passed the minimum
basic skills test!

1821
01:43:20,445 --> 01:43:23,489
- Mr. Mayor?
- Yeah! Alright!

1822
01:43:23,615 --> 01:43:25,950
C'mon, alright, yeah!

1823
01:43:26,075 --> 01:43:29,787
Mr. Mayor, on behalf of myself

1824
01:43:29,913 --> 01:43:32,916
and on behalf of the students
of Eastside High

1825
01:43:33,041 --> 01:43:35,126
you can tell the state
to go to hell.

1826
01:43:44,302 --> 01:43:47,889
I told you, you should not have
brought him here...

1827
01:43:48,014 --> 01:43:51,184
Joe Louis Clark
is not goin' anywhere.

1828
01:43:55,104 --> 01:43:56,814
Are you ready, my ghosts?

1829
01:43:56,940 --> 01:43:59,817
- Yes!
- Let me hear it.

1830
01:44:00,777 --> 01:44:02,612
One, two, three!

1831
01:44:17,877 --> 01:44:19,671
Congratulations.

1832
01:44:19,796 --> 01:44:21,839
Come on, son. Here.