1 00:00:04,546 --> 00:00:08,341 Yert! What it do, camera crew? Welcome back to the house that Ava built. 2 00:00:08,341 --> 00:00:10,343 It's been a while. Y'all ain't miss anything. 3 00:00:10,343 --> 00:00:14,097 Hey! Look who it is. What's it been, like, five months? How you doin'? 4 00:00:14,597 --> 00:00:16,558 - Oh, what up? We still doin' this? - Yeah. 5 00:00:16,558 --> 00:00:20,270 Oh, my God! You guys! Hey! Oh, sorry. 6 00:00:20,270 --> 00:00:24,190 Um, wow, you got new equipment. Look, I don't wanna say I told you so, but I-- 7 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:26,985 I will. Y'all should've listened to Jacob and made a right on 30th Street 8 00:00:26,985 --> 00:00:28,570 instead of a left that night. 9 00:00:28,570 --> 00:00:30,613 You want me to tell you what happened to you? 10 00:00:31,322 --> 00:00:32,782 Oh, right. Tell the people. [chuckles] 11 00:00:32,782 --> 00:00:35,785 So, they got robbed because they thought it'd be cute to walk around West Philly 12 00:00:35,785 --> 00:00:37,454 at night with all this camera equipment. 13 00:00:37,454 --> 00:00:39,581 Hell, I'd have helped rob you if I was there. 14 00:00:39,581 --> 00:00:41,499 Anyway, here we are, five months later, 15 00:00:41,499 --> 00:00:43,752 because that's how long it takes for three people with art degrees 16 00:00:43,752 --> 00:00:45,420 to save up for new cameras. 17 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:48,798 Welcome back! It's Career Day today, unfortunately. 18 00:00:52,844 --> 00:00:53,845 Mmm. 19 00:00:54,721 --> 00:00:56,014 Ava! 20 00:00:56,014 --> 00:00:57,974 Not planning on being conscious for Career Day? 21 00:00:57,974 --> 00:01:00,727 This is a district initiative. They can handle it. 22 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:02,604 Anyone else feel like the people from the district 23 00:01:02,604 --> 00:01:04,064 have been more annoying than usual? 24 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:05,273 They're not all bad. 25 00:01:05,273 --> 00:01:06,983 - I think they're cool. - [Ava groans] 26 00:01:06,983 --> 00:01:08,151 I actually like 'em this year. 27 00:01:08,151 --> 00:01:09,235 Shocking. 28 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:10,195 I don't know. 29 00:01:10,195 --> 00:01:13,948 I feel like they've been unequivocally and universally worse than they've ever been. 30 00:01:13,948 --> 00:01:16,117 From unhelpful to unbearable. 31 00:01:16,701 --> 00:01:18,536 Good morning, Abbott Elementary. 32 00:01:18,536 --> 00:01:20,830 - Morning. -"Good morning, Abbott Elementary." 33 00:01:22,707 --> 00:01:25,502 So, yeah, I work for the school district now. 34 00:01:25,502 --> 00:01:26,836 You guys missed a lot. 35 00:01:26,836 --> 00:01:28,505 ["Hold 'Em" playing] 36 00:01:47,982 --> 00:01:49,234 {\an8}[whispering] Hey, guys. Hey. 37 00:01:49,234 --> 00:01:50,318 {\an8}Left or right? 38 00:01:50,318 --> 00:01:51,903 {\an8}Uh, left. Thank you. 39 00:01:51,903 --> 00:01:53,404 {\an8}- Good choice. Good choice. - [giggles] 40 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:56,991 {\an8}Girl, this Development Day has me developing a migraine. 41 00:01:57,575 --> 00:01:59,327 {\an8}Let me have one of those aspirins, please. 42 00:01:59,828 --> 00:02:01,162 {\an8}It's a sleeping pill. 43 00:02:01,162 --> 00:02:04,457 {\an8}Wake me if there is a fire or tornado or a volcanic eruption. 44 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:08,628 {\an8}Good day to the fine teachers of Abbott Elementary. 45 00:02:10,588 --> 00:02:11,631 {\an8}What? 46 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:15,468 {\an8}No comment about Gregory being F-O-I-N "foin"? 47 00:02:15,468 --> 00:02:18,138 {\an8}No, Ms. Schemmenti. I was speaking to everyone. 48 00:02:18,763 --> 00:02:20,223 {\an8}But since all eyes are on him-- 49 00:02:20,223 --> 00:02:23,393 {\an8}Uh, Mr. Eddie, would you mind reading from the first paragraph 50 00:02:23,393 --> 00:02:26,020 {\an8}of your immaculately assembled binder? 51 00:02:26,729 --> 00:02:27,730 {\an8}Sexily? 52 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:29,482 {\an8}Excuse me? 53 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:33,528 {\an8}That is not only suggestive but highly inappropriate in front of our company. 54 00:02:35,363 --> 00:02:38,074 {\an8}Uh, hi. Hi, everybody. Uh, we're from the school district. 55 00:02:38,074 --> 00:02:42,495 {\an8}Uh, Principal Coleman invited us to come observe and collaborate with you all 56 00:02:42,495 --> 00:02:44,164 {\an8}on this Development Day. 57 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:47,792 {\an8}Yes. The importance of collaboration is one of the many things I learned 58 00:02:47,792 --> 00:02:49,919 {\an8}while I was matriculating at Cambridge. 59 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:52,755 {\an8}Yep, I went to Harvard this summer. 60 00:02:52,755 --> 00:02:55,967 {\an8}I sat right there on their campus, and I used their free Wi-Fi 61 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:58,469 {\an8}to get my degree in education via Education Connection. 62 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:02,348 {\an8}And I've learned what it actually takes to do the job of a principal. 63 00:03:02,348 --> 00:03:05,560 {\an8}And... [laughs] ...turns out I've been doing it all wrong. [laughs] 64 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,020 {\an8}Somebody should have told me. 65 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:10,899 {\an8}Anyway, uh, now I'm engaged and alert. By the book. 66 00:03:11,608 --> 00:03:13,443 {\an8}Oh, yeah, I like books now. [chuckles] 67 00:03:13,443 --> 00:03:16,988 We're super excited to be here on behalf of the new superintendent, John Reynolds. 68 00:03:16,988 --> 00:03:20,700 I'm Manny. That's my dream team over there. That's Emily. That's Simon. 69 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:23,745 And we don't come empty-handed. We come with some iPads and smart boards 70 00:03:23,745 --> 00:03:25,955 for your classrooms loaded with learning apps. 71 00:03:25,955 --> 00:03:28,750 [murmuring] 72 00:03:28,750 --> 00:03:30,543 New and improved models... 73 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:32,170 Same old engines. 74 00:03:32,170 --> 00:03:35,006 These people aren't gonna change a blessed thing 75 00:03:35,006 --> 00:03:37,008 except how many bodies are in the room. 76 00:03:37,008 --> 00:03:38,885 [Manny] Thank you, and we'll see you around. 77 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:41,012 - Thank you. - [applause] 78 00:03:41,012 --> 00:03:45,016 {\an8}Gregory, we still need you to read from section A, there, in your binder. 79 00:03:45,725 --> 00:03:46,726 Um... 80 00:03:47,810 --> 00:03:49,145 "Section A. 81 00:03:49,145 --> 00:03:50,480 Welcome back. 82 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,106 That concludes section A." 83 00:03:52,815 --> 00:03:54,776 Thank you, Mr. Eddie. You may be seated. 84 00:03:57,153 --> 00:03:59,906 "Ask the teachers if they have any ideas from over the summer 85 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:01,199 they'd like to implement. 86 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:02,367 Try to make it fun." 87 00:04:02,367 --> 00:04:03,701 [breathes deeply] 88 00:04:04,786 --> 00:04:08,456 Does anyone have any ideas from over the summer that they'd like to implement? 89 00:04:08,456 --> 00:04:09,540 Oh. 90 00:04:09,540 --> 00:04:13,628 Janine, one of our most-- teachers at Abbott. 91 00:04:13,628 --> 00:04:16,798 So I was thinking over the summer while I was spending time with myself 92 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:18,633 and thinking about what really led me to this-- 93 00:04:18,633 --> 00:04:20,885 - [yawns] Get to the point. - Get to the point, Janine. 94 00:04:20,885 --> 00:04:23,554 Yes. So Career Day. I think we should do Career Day at the school 95 00:04:23,554 --> 00:04:26,808 because I checked, and we haven't had one since the only jobs for women 96 00:04:26,808 --> 00:04:28,935 were typists, moms and wet nurses. 97 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:32,730 I think it'd be a great way for the kids to see all the amazing jobs they can have. 98 00:04:32,730 --> 00:04:35,316 And that's it. That's my idea. I'm done. Career Day. 99 00:04:35,316 --> 00:04:38,444 [Ava] I could go into the plethora of reasons that won't work. 100 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:42,115 Scheduling, previous failed attempts, the fact that it was your idea... 101 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:43,199 Right. But there is a way-- 102 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:46,619 ...but I'm just gonna go ahead and say "no" and save you the embarrassment. 103 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:48,496 [Janine] You know, this is my fourth year of teaching here, 104 00:04:48,496 --> 00:04:51,499 and I've wasted a lot of time trying to fight the odds. 105 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,169 So I've just decided to just be a good teacher, you know? 106 00:04:55,169 --> 00:04:57,922 Take a page out of Barbara's book, just do what I can. 107 00:04:58,423 --> 00:04:59,757 And maybe start wearing pearls. 108 00:04:59,757 --> 00:05:03,261 Hey. Janine, right? I'm Manny, which I said up there. 109 00:05:03,261 --> 00:05:04,971 - Mm-hmm. - Um, I just wanted to say that, uh, 110 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:06,848 Career Day sounded good. It's a good idea. 111 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:08,766 - I would love to hear more. - [Janine] Thank you. 112 00:05:08,766 --> 00:05:11,853 - So, you guys are new at the district? - Yep, just started over the summer. 113 00:05:11,853 --> 00:05:14,605 Loving it so far. Feel like we're gonna make a lot of positive changes 114 00:05:14,605 --> 00:05:16,774 and do what the last administration didn't. 115 00:05:16,774 --> 00:05:19,193 Nobody embezzling funds on my watch. 116 00:05:19,193 --> 00:05:21,779 - [laughs] Love that. - Uh, hey. 117 00:05:21,779 --> 00:05:24,741 Uh, actually, one of the things we wanted to do today was shadow a teacher. 118 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:25,658 Can we shadow you? 119 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:28,119 Yeah, sure. I'm just gonna be settin' up my classroom. 120 00:05:28,119 --> 00:05:29,120 Exciting. 121 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,456 - It is exciting, so-- - Yeah. 122 00:05:31,456 --> 00:05:34,459 I'm just gonna grab my coworkers. They're talking to Principal Coleman over there. 123 00:05:34,459 --> 00:05:37,337 You guys are so lucky. You have such a good principal. 124 00:05:38,296 --> 00:05:39,464 Yes. 125 00:05:39,464 --> 00:05:42,300 [exhales] A little early for this, no? 126 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:46,554 For Christmas? Maybe. To watch you lift heavy stuff in that shirt? Never. 127 00:05:46,554 --> 00:05:47,680 This thing? 128 00:05:48,431 --> 00:05:50,767 - Well, it is husband material. - [laughs] 129 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:53,478 Speaking of which, did you hear about Mr. Morton? 130 00:05:53,478 --> 00:05:54,562 What? 131 00:05:54,562 --> 00:05:55,980 He eloped over the summer. 132 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:58,191 - [gasps] Vegas? - Hersheypark. 133 00:05:58,191 --> 00:05:59,609 - Classy. - Mmm. 134 00:05:59,609 --> 00:06:02,695 Wow. You approve of that, but I bring up marriage and I get a... 135 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:04,322 - [mock-laughs] - Yeah, yeah. All right. 136 00:06:04,322 --> 00:06:06,741 You just concentrate on getting that mini fridge next to an outlet. 137 00:06:06,741 --> 00:06:10,661 A boyfriend brings it in the room. A husband sets it near an outlet. 138 00:06:10,661 --> 00:06:13,122 Well, a booty call will put it down wherever I want him to, 139 00:06:13,122 --> 00:06:15,708 - so don't make me go find one. - [mock-laughs] 140 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:17,043 [laughs] 141 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:19,712 So, where did you teach before pivoting to the school district? 142 00:06:19,712 --> 00:06:22,590 I didn't, actually. But I grew up here, though. 143 00:06:22,590 --> 00:06:25,885 My firsthand experience is more from when I was a student in the area. 144 00:06:25,885 --> 00:06:26,969 Ah, all right. 145 00:06:27,595 --> 00:06:30,098 Well, you know, that's one of the reasons I wanted to teach at Abbott, 146 00:06:30,098 --> 00:06:32,767 because I was a student in the area as well, so-- 147 00:06:32,767 --> 00:06:34,268 This is my room. 148 00:06:34,268 --> 00:06:35,353 What are you making here? 149 00:06:35,353 --> 00:06:38,731 Oh, a welcome back sign for the kids. [chuckles] 150 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:42,068 We're gonna decorate it together so that everyone feels included. 151 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:44,028 I try to implement a lot of color. 152 00:06:44,028 --> 00:06:46,572 Wanted to go with blue because that inspires focus. 153 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:49,075 And calm, which is so important for primary classes. 154 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:50,910 I read about that in Chalk Beat. 155 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:52,662 - You read Chalk Beat? - Mm-hmm. 156 00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:54,497 I basically live in the comment section, so... 157 00:06:54,497 --> 00:06:56,707 Oh, my God. Are you @JTeagues215? 158 00:06:56,707 --> 00:07:00,795 Yes. And @JTeagues267 when I wanna spice up the discourse. 159 00:07:00,795 --> 00:07:03,506 Ms. Teagues, I'm @Mannyfromtheblock. I'm always using this emoji. 160 00:07:03,506 --> 00:07:04,924 - That's you! - That's me. 161 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:07,093 - I love your comments. - I love your comments. 162 00:07:08,010 --> 00:07:12,223 [chuckles] Anyway, I wanted to paint the walls blue last year, but you guys-- 163 00:07:12,223 --> 00:07:14,600 the district didn't like the idea of painting walls, so... 164 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,936 What? Why not? That is so good. 165 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:19,730 I think that's exactly an idea that we could and should implement. 166 00:07:19,730 --> 00:07:22,024 It's a low-stakes, high-reward improvement. 167 00:07:22,024 --> 00:07:23,443 Yes, let's revisit that. 168 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:27,321 - Are you okay? - [Janine] Yeah. 169 00:07:27,321 --> 00:07:29,449 It's just a lot of positive reinforcement. 170 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:31,868 [Barbara breathes deeply] 171 00:07:31,868 --> 00:07:33,202 Ava, I've already told you, 172 00:07:33,202 --> 00:07:36,414 I'm not interested in auditioning for The Golden Bachelorette. 173 00:07:36,414 --> 00:07:38,958 Gerald is still very much alive. 174 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:40,960 Actually, I'm here about your desks. 175 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,211 When I was at Harvard, 176 00:07:42,211 --> 00:07:45,423 I learned that communal seating is better for kindergartners' development. 177 00:07:45,423 --> 00:07:47,758 Well, I like my desks separated. 178 00:07:47,758 --> 00:07:51,179 It's easier for me to move about the cabin. 179 00:07:53,014 --> 00:07:55,183 [high-pitched] "I'm little Jonathan, and I never learned 180 00:07:55,183 --> 00:07:57,518 how to make direct eye contact with anyone. 181 00:07:57,518 --> 00:08:01,689 And so now they call me Shifty-Eyed Johnny, and I can't hold down a job." 182 00:08:01,689 --> 00:08:05,610 All right. I will take that into account if I must. 183 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:08,196 - You must. District mandate. -"Mandate"? 184 00:08:08,196 --> 00:08:10,072 And cursive is no longer in the curriculum. 185 00:08:16,245 --> 00:08:18,039 - Hey. Fancy meeting you here. - Hey. 186 00:08:18,039 --> 00:08:19,665 Oh, I'm just bringing in the workbooks. 187 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:22,460 Oh, there is a ten-for-ten sale at Nichols School Supply by the way. 188 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:24,545 Oh, [bleep] yeah. [chuckles] 189 00:08:24,545 --> 00:08:27,673 Trying out cursing. Still gettin' the hang of it. How was Baltimore? 190 00:08:27,673 --> 00:08:29,467 Um, it was good. Yeah, it was good. 191 00:08:29,467 --> 00:08:31,177 I did a really cool job with my dad 192 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,054 - working the grounds crew for the Orioles. - Mm-hmm. 193 00:08:33,054 --> 00:08:35,640 I laid a patch of Kentucky bluegrass right by home plate. 194 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,475 It was so flat! [chuckles] 195 00:08:38,267 --> 00:08:40,144 - [chuckles] - What did you do over the break? 196 00:08:40,144 --> 00:08:43,314 I just spent a lot of time with myself, and it was good for me. 197 00:08:43,314 --> 00:08:47,068 I feel sure, centered, good. 198 00:08:47,068 --> 00:08:49,654 Oh, and Jacob, Erika and I started going out to brunch together. 199 00:08:49,654 --> 00:08:51,531 We're calling ourselves "The Brunchy Bunch." [laughs] 200 00:08:51,531 --> 00:08:52,782 Why not just "The Brunch Bunch"? 201 00:08:53,407 --> 00:08:55,326 - [bleep], that's good. [laughs] - [breathes deeply] 202 00:08:55,326 --> 00:08:57,578 - It's just not working for me, is it? - Not quite there. 203 00:08:57,578 --> 00:08:59,830 Hey, teacher of the year Gregory Eddie. 204 00:08:59,830 --> 00:09:02,917 I heard about that garden you made out front. Really cool, man. 205 00:09:02,917 --> 00:09:06,170 Oh, thanks. I like to do it, and it makes the school and the street look good. 206 00:09:06,170 --> 00:09:07,255 Sure does. 207 00:09:07,255 --> 00:09:09,882 Uh, Ms. Teagues, could I speak with you quick? One-on-one? 208 00:09:09,882 --> 00:09:11,008 Sorry to interrupt. 209 00:09:11,008 --> 00:09:13,761 No, all good. Yeah, sure. And you can call me Janine. 210 00:09:13,761 --> 00:09:15,304 - [Manny] Okay. Janine. - [Janine] Yeah. 211 00:09:15,304 --> 00:09:18,516 Uh, so I was talking with the others from the school district. 212 00:09:18,516 --> 00:09:20,601 You seem to have a ton of great ideas. 213 00:09:20,601 --> 00:09:23,980 There's this fellowship-- uh, the Robeson Fellowship-- at the district. 214 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:26,524 We want somebody with in-field experience 215 00:09:26,524 --> 00:09:29,944 to come enhance what the district can do to make schools as efficient as possible. 216 00:09:29,944 --> 00:09:31,612 That sounds like a great opportunity. 217 00:09:31,612 --> 00:09:33,197 Yeah, I can help you find somebody for that. 218 00:09:33,197 --> 00:09:35,992 Well, no, I had you in mind for it. 219 00:09:35,992 --> 00:09:37,201 Oh... [chuckles] 220 00:09:37,201 --> 00:09:38,494 ...I'm flattered. 221 00:09:38,494 --> 00:09:43,207 But, you know, the summer is when I get a little bit of a break away from school. 222 00:09:43,207 --> 00:09:44,542 This would be during the school year. 223 00:09:44,542 --> 00:09:46,544 - But that's when I'm doing the schooling. - Yes. 224 00:09:46,544 --> 00:09:48,212 Well, a sub would take over your class 225 00:09:48,212 --> 00:09:50,673 while you're with us for the duration of the fellowship. 226 00:09:50,673 --> 00:09:52,800 [chuckles] S-- Sorry, but no. 227 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,344 I can't imagine being away from my students. 228 00:09:55,344 --> 00:09:58,681 So, I'm flattered, but no, thank you. 229 00:09:59,307 --> 00:10:00,725 - Okay. - [Janine] All right. 230 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:05,605 J-Just give it some thought, okay? 231 00:10:05,605 --> 00:10:08,983 You could help make some real change. Painted walls are just the start. 232 00:10:11,819 --> 00:10:12,945 [bleep] 233 00:10:14,530 --> 00:10:15,781 Feels forced. 234 00:10:17,241 --> 00:10:19,160 This-- This thing. Oh. 235 00:10:22,830 --> 00:10:25,291 Oh, Janine, check out this video I'm gonna show the kids. 236 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:28,085 Common doing a spoken-word poem about the Korean War. 237 00:10:28,085 --> 00:10:30,046 Oh, that's not spoken word. He's just rapping a cappella. 238 00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:31,172 Oh, tomato, tomato. 239 00:10:31,172 --> 00:10:33,674 Hey, what do you think about these new district people? 240 00:10:33,674 --> 00:10:35,051 Oh, I like 'em. 241 00:10:35,051 --> 00:10:38,137 Ooh, I saw you talking to that cute guy, Manny. 242 00:10:38,137 --> 00:10:39,221 - What's his deal? - [scoffs] 243 00:10:39,221 --> 00:10:41,641 I mean, he's no Gregory. My king. My guy. 244 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:43,100 No. No, no, no. It wasn't like that. 245 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:45,394 You know, he was just asking me to do something, 246 00:10:45,394 --> 00:10:48,147 work at the district for a little while. Something about a fellowship. 247 00:10:48,147 --> 00:10:51,942 Oh, my God. The Robeson Fellowship? This is a huge deal, Janine. 248 00:10:51,942 --> 00:10:54,612 - [scoffs] - They asked you? Why didn't they ask me? 249 00:10:55,863 --> 00:10:57,698 Manny can sense my allegiance to Gregory, I bet. 250 00:10:57,698 --> 00:10:59,909 - Jacob. - You should do it, Janine. 251 00:10:59,909 --> 00:11:01,410 You can make a real difference. 252 00:11:01,410 --> 00:11:04,246 I can't be away from my classroom for that long. 253 00:11:04,246 --> 00:11:05,998 I'm gonna cry just thinking about it. 254 00:11:07,333 --> 00:11:08,668 You actually are crying. 255 00:11:10,169 --> 00:11:13,547 Jacob, that is video contraband, not allowed in this school. 256 00:11:13,547 --> 00:11:15,257 - What? Why? - It's not curriculum. 257 00:11:15,257 --> 00:11:17,426 But our textbooks are so old, Ava. 258 00:11:17,426 --> 00:11:20,388 According to these books, we still haven't even pulled out of Iraq yet. 259 00:11:20,388 --> 00:11:22,306 You know, one of the first things I learned 260 00:11:22,306 --> 00:11:25,976 when I was physically located within the legal property lines of Harvard is that 261 00:11:25,976 --> 00:11:28,354 teachers are required to stick to curriculum 262 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:30,690 for student safety and school protection. 263 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,568 Wait, that's my personal computer. Y-You can't do that. 264 00:11:35,152 --> 00:11:36,153 Did it. 265 00:11:37,947 --> 00:11:39,865 [Ava] Welcome back. First day of school. 266 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:43,285 All right. Get in line, kids. Single file line. 267 00:11:43,285 --> 00:11:45,621 Tuck them shirts in. No talkin'. 268 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:48,541 Boy, you lucky. 269 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:50,167 Last year's Ava would've roasted you 270 00:11:50,167 --> 00:11:53,170 for looking like Adam Sandler at a pick-up game... [chuckles] 271 00:11:53,170 --> 00:11:55,589 ...or Adam Sandler at a wedding. [chuckles] 272 00:11:55,589 --> 00:11:58,050 Adam Sandler at the Oscars. [chuckles] 273 00:11:58,050 --> 00:11:59,218 Now go to class. 274 00:12:00,261 --> 00:12:02,888 Good morning. Welcome, welcome. 275 00:12:02,888 --> 00:12:05,516 Welcome, you guys. All right. 276 00:12:08,018 --> 00:12:10,396 Hey. Hi. You wanna sit here? 277 00:12:11,021 --> 00:12:13,065 I don't bite. I'm Ms. Teagues. What's your name? 278 00:12:13,065 --> 00:12:15,276 - Alex. - Alex. Nice to meet you. 279 00:12:16,861 --> 00:12:21,282 All right. You guys, welcome to second grade. You made it. 280 00:12:21,282 --> 00:12:23,033 Let me just say, it's really cool 281 00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:25,494 you guys get to be the first to use our brand-new iPads. 282 00:12:25,494 --> 00:12:26,871 These are old. 283 00:12:26,871 --> 00:12:28,622 Brand-new iPads to us 284 00:12:28,622 --> 00:12:32,418 because Abbott Elementary is on the forefront of cutting-edge technology. 285 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:34,003 My iPad is dead. 286 00:12:34,003 --> 00:12:35,838 - Ours too! - Ours too. 287 00:12:35,838 --> 00:12:39,175 Uh, okay. Um, all right. That's okay. 288 00:12:39,175 --> 00:12:41,510 How about we just have you guys share with them over there? 289 00:12:41,510 --> 00:12:43,387 This one's on 7%. 290 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:48,350 Um, all right. So-- We can just charge them while we work. 291 00:12:48,350 --> 00:12:49,435 [whispering] Okay. 292 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:54,064 And we only have two chargers. [sighs] 293 00:12:54,774 --> 00:12:57,735 {\an8}Did you see the cherry Ring Pop Gary left in the vending machine? 294 00:12:57,735 --> 00:12:59,820 [Melissa chuckles] Gosh. He is too much. 295 00:12:59,820 --> 00:13:01,864 Girl, he's sending you signals. 296 00:13:01,864 --> 00:13:03,157 He's just joking. 297 00:13:03,157 --> 00:13:05,826 You know how men joke about that stuff all the time. 298 00:13:05,826 --> 00:13:06,911 No, I do not. 299 00:13:06,911 --> 00:13:10,206 I do not know of one man who would ask his girlfriend's friend 300 00:13:10,206 --> 00:13:12,374 for her correct ring size as a joke. 301 00:13:12,374 --> 00:13:15,211 He's probably, like, getting me a Super Bowl replica ring or something. 302 00:13:15,211 --> 00:13:16,462 [laughs] 303 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:20,007 Okay. Ava is literally gatekeeping when I can use the garden. 304 00:13:20,007 --> 00:13:22,134 She put a padlock on my kumquats. 305 00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:25,888 [sighs] She is making me rearrange the seating in my classroom, 306 00:13:25,888 --> 00:13:29,850 throwing off decades of good educational feng shui. 307 00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:31,560 {\an8}She made me replace my mop water, 308 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:33,771 {\an8}but the best stuff is like a sourdough starter. 309 00:13:33,771 --> 00:13:35,231 {\an8}The older it is, the better it gets. 310 00:13:35,231 --> 00:13:36,774 All right, l-let's relax. 311 00:13:36,774 --> 00:13:39,485 Ava is finally the principal she is supposed to be. 312 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:43,864 So, I say we give her a shot, just like we give this new whole-grain tofu spot a shot 313 00:13:43,864 --> 00:13:45,950 for lunch today, because it's my pick. 314 00:13:45,950 --> 00:13:48,077 Who's ready to get "antioxidated"? 315 00:13:48,953 --> 00:13:51,497 Great news, everyone. There are no more free periods. 316 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:56,085 Instead, everyone will be volunteering for lunch duty, hall monitoring, 317 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:58,504 library management, et cetera, at all times. 318 00:13:59,755 --> 00:14:00,756 [Gregory sighs] 319 00:14:00,756 --> 00:14:03,133 Well, at least we can still enjoy our lunches. 320 00:14:03,133 --> 00:14:06,512 Oh, and no more off-campus lunches. It's against policy. 321 00:14:08,931 --> 00:14:10,140 She must be stopped. 322 00:14:11,433 --> 00:14:17,523 Yeah, the library to librarian ratio is troubling, but nothing we can't fix. 323 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:19,733 [laughs] Listen. Speakin' of, 324 00:14:19,733 --> 00:14:22,820 could you look into gettin' a McFlurry machine for my classroom? 325 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:25,531 Because the McFlurry machine to classroom ratio-- 326 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:27,116 That's-- That's also way off. 327 00:14:27,116 --> 00:14:28,492 - [laughs] - We can't do that. 328 00:14:28,993 --> 00:14:29,994 Typical. 329 00:14:32,496 --> 00:14:33,747 - Hey, Manny? - Hey. 330 00:14:33,747 --> 00:14:37,877 Hey. So, you said to mention ideas, and I think I have one. 331 00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:40,379 - Okay. - Love the iPads that you gave us, 332 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:44,049 but I was just thinking it would be cool if we had more chargers for charging. 333 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:47,845 You know, like, three or four or seven. 334 00:14:47,845 --> 00:14:49,471 - Or eight. - Hey, you said it, not me. 335 00:14:49,471 --> 00:14:50,890 Yeah. Guys, we should make sure 336 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:53,976 that we have enough chargers for the iPads in all the classrooms. 337 00:14:53,976 --> 00:14:55,060 - Yes. - Yes. 338 00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:57,897 Yeah. And I'm just throwing this out there that, um, 339 00:14:57,897 --> 00:14:59,857 you know, LeapFrog tablets could be better. 340 00:14:59,857 --> 00:15:03,569 Ooh, yes. They're built for student use, more cost-efficient. 341 00:15:03,569 --> 00:15:05,988 Right. And they haven't changed their cords in years. 342 00:15:05,988 --> 00:15:08,657 See? That's why I knew you'd be a great fit for the fellowship. 343 00:15:08,657 --> 00:15:10,826 I know that you don't wanna be away from your class. 344 00:15:10,826 --> 00:15:12,411 So, would it help if I told you 345 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:15,581 that you would get to be at Abbott once or even twice a week? 346 00:15:16,165 --> 00:15:17,166 - Really? - Yeah. 347 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:20,085 The fellowship is built so that you stay on the ground with a pilot school 348 00:15:20,085 --> 00:15:23,213 where you can still hear from all your teachers and test out all your new ideas. 349 00:15:23,213 --> 00:15:25,257 Well, that's nice to hear. 350 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:27,885 And I-I don't wanna sound money-hungry, 351 00:15:27,885 --> 00:15:30,220 but is there, like, a pay raise? [chuckles] 352 00:15:30,220 --> 00:15:31,513 - Two dollars. - Two dollars? 353 00:15:31,513 --> 00:15:33,098 That's like a million dollars! 354 00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:37,269 Well, hey, we don't make this offer just to any teacher, okay? 355 00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:39,271 You got a knack for doing this. 356 00:15:39,271 --> 00:15:42,399 Yeah, and if she says no, you gotta-- gotta find somebody else, right? 357 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:47,112 And if it's about diversity, let me tell you that I am queer. 358 00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:48,614 It's not. 359 00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:50,366 I'm-I'm fun to be around? 360 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,328 - [Emily] Hi there. - Ow. 361 00:15:54,328 --> 00:15:55,746 - [groans] - Everything okay? 362 00:15:55,746 --> 00:15:57,122 Fine, fine. 363 00:15:57,122 --> 00:16:01,543 [grunting] Just trying to move these desks the way you people want them. 364 00:16:01,543 --> 00:16:02,711 Can we help you? 365 00:16:02,711 --> 00:16:06,173 No, I don't have the time to file the paperwork just to move a desk. 366 00:16:06,173 --> 00:16:08,175 No, I can help you lift the desk. 367 00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:11,929 The legendary Mrs. Howard. 368 00:16:11,929 --> 00:16:16,433 I haven't had a chance to connect with you yet, but I hear you're the one. 369 00:16:17,017 --> 00:16:18,394 Charmed. 370 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:22,898 We're actually working on a program to get assistance in the classroom 371 00:16:22,898 --> 00:16:24,316 at the beginning of the school year 372 00:16:24,316 --> 00:16:27,736 instead of you having to request one that doesn't get here until January. 373 00:16:27,736 --> 00:16:30,572 Thank you. I do not need a whole song and dance. 374 00:16:30,572 --> 00:16:32,741 And thank you for your help. 375 00:16:39,415 --> 00:16:40,833 You don't trust us, do you? 376 00:16:41,792 --> 00:16:42,960 Honestly? 377 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:44,044 No. 378 00:16:44,878 --> 00:16:47,798 I've seen many versions of you walk through that door, 379 00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:50,801 all with nice smiles, appearing to care. 380 00:16:50,801 --> 00:16:52,219 Mrs. Howard, I get it. 381 00:16:52,219 --> 00:16:54,138 I know what this district was, 382 00:16:54,138 --> 00:16:59,143 and I am aware of how I come off, but I don't know any other way to be. 383 00:16:59,727 --> 00:17:01,061 I started working at the district 384 00:17:01,061 --> 00:17:05,649 because I saw that it needed to change for students like the student that I was, 385 00:17:05,649 --> 00:17:09,445 for teachers like you and for teachers like my mom. 386 00:17:11,321 --> 00:17:12,489 Your mom's an educator? 387 00:17:12,489 --> 00:17:13,574 She was. 388 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:15,242 And before she retired, 389 00:17:15,242 --> 00:17:19,204 I listened to her complain about the district every single year for 20 years. 390 00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:20,539 [Barbara chuckles] 391 00:17:20,539 --> 00:17:22,583 I just wanted to make the job easier for her. 392 00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:25,711 So, I can't make you trust me, 393 00:17:26,587 --> 00:17:29,965 but I'm not gonna stop trying to make the job easier. 394 00:17:30,466 --> 00:17:31,759 And that goes for me and my team. 395 00:17:40,517 --> 00:17:41,935 It was a pleasure, Mrs. Howard. 396 00:17:44,563 --> 00:17:46,440 - Keeps it-- - [Ava on PA] Break it up, slackers. 397 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:51,278 Yeah, I'm talking to you, Mrs. Miller, Ms. Schemmenti, ponytail guy. 398 00:17:51,278 --> 00:17:52,362 Yeah, that's right. 399 00:17:52,362 --> 00:17:54,239 I got cameras all over this place 400 00:17:54,239 --> 00:17:58,160 just to make sure we're always working to make Abbott a brighter place. 401 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,829 Well, we made a plan to solve this Ava problem. 402 00:18:00,829 --> 00:18:02,206 We need to, like, reset her. 403 00:18:02,206 --> 00:18:04,291 We looked for a button. There wasn't one. 404 00:18:04,291 --> 00:18:07,586 So we decided to tempt her with things we know she loves. 405 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:10,672 First, money. We sent Jacob in looking incredibly scammable. 406 00:18:10,672 --> 00:18:13,175 Second, her love of skipping work. 407 00:18:13,175 --> 00:18:16,178 - In this case, for an Usher show. - [grunting] 408 00:18:16,178 --> 00:18:20,099 Nothing has worked so far, so now we're pulling out the big guns. 409 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:21,183 Ready? 410 00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:23,644 - No. - [Barbara] Oh, come on. 411 00:18:23,644 --> 00:18:26,730 We cannot stand any more of this "new Ava." 412 00:18:26,730 --> 00:18:30,526 And unfortunately, you are a very powerful tool. 413 00:18:30,526 --> 00:18:32,194 Tool? You're literally objectifying me. 414 00:18:32,194 --> 00:18:33,529 Objects don't talk. 415 00:18:33,529 --> 00:18:37,074 Bro, dog, do you wanna continue to live under this new regime? 416 00:18:38,492 --> 00:18:40,994 - No. - Then you know what we must do. 417 00:18:40,994 --> 00:18:43,664 - Take it off. Take off the sweater. - Are we sure there's no other way? 418 00:18:43,664 --> 00:18:46,708 Hush. Roll up a sleeve and tastefully welcome her to the gun show. 419 00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:48,377 And lean against the doorframe. 420 00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:49,711 - You know how. - Yeah. 421 00:18:57,261 --> 00:18:59,763 - Can I help you with something? - Well, it depends. 422 00:19:01,014 --> 00:19:06,520 All these rules are so hard and rigid. 423 00:19:10,065 --> 00:19:11,692 Well, here's a rule. 424 00:19:12,192 --> 00:19:14,403 Put your arms away, Jeremy Allen Black. 425 00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:16,113 This is a school. 426 00:19:19,408 --> 00:19:20,993 [quivers] Please. 427 00:19:21,618 --> 00:19:24,454 Okay. Look, we need old Ava back. 428 00:19:24,454 --> 00:19:25,539 [Barbara] Mm-hmm. 429 00:19:25,539 --> 00:19:27,332 Well, she's dead and gone. 430 00:19:27,332 --> 00:19:29,626 I lead now. I communicate. 431 00:19:29,626 --> 00:19:31,670 I haven't listened to the City Girls in months. 432 00:19:32,963 --> 00:19:34,131 This is who I am now. 433 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:37,718 Well, I guess this is just life now. 434 00:19:37,718 --> 00:19:39,803 If Gregory's arms didn't work, nothing will. 435 00:19:39,803 --> 00:19:40,888 Oh, no. 436 00:19:41,513 --> 00:19:46,310 There's one card we can play, but we're gonna have to go low. 437 00:19:46,894 --> 00:19:50,314 Nay, get low. 438 00:19:55,068 --> 00:19:56,528 - [Janine] Hey, Barbara. - Hey. 439 00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:58,739 Oh. You changed your desks. 440 00:19:58,739 --> 00:19:59,948 Mandate. 441 00:19:59,948 --> 00:20:01,950 [scoffs] These new district people. 442 00:20:01,950 --> 00:20:05,829 They smile in your face and tell you your ideas are good, but they suck, right? 443 00:20:05,829 --> 00:20:08,207 You know, I can't believe I'm gonna say this, 444 00:20:09,666 --> 00:20:11,460 but I actually have hope for this new group. 445 00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:13,212 I think they can make change. 446 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:16,381 - What-- Seriously? - [foot tapping] 447 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:18,383 Wow. I was really hoping for a Barbara bummer. 448 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:19,509 And what would that be? 449 00:20:19,509 --> 00:20:21,386 Uh, it's when you tell me everything's trash 450 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:23,555 and that people are useless and I shouldn't have hope. 451 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:26,391 Beside the fact that I have never said any of that, 452 00:20:26,391 --> 00:20:27,768 I've had a change of heart. 453 00:20:27,768 --> 00:20:29,228 I think this new group-- 454 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:31,605 There's something there, something genuine. 455 00:20:31,605 --> 00:20:33,106 - [scoffs] - What? 456 00:20:33,106 --> 00:20:34,942 They offered me a fellowship. 457 00:20:34,942 --> 00:20:37,986 This thing where I can go work at the district 458 00:20:37,986 --> 00:20:41,448 and help them bring big ideas to life for all of Philly's schools, 459 00:20:41,448 --> 00:20:43,242 and I turned it down. 460 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:45,619 Well, you don't seem happy you turned it down. 461 00:20:45,619 --> 00:20:50,374 I've been doing this for three years now, and I finally got it in my brain 462 00:20:50,374 --> 00:20:53,126 that you just have to accept the things you can't change. 463 00:20:53,126 --> 00:20:55,504 Just be. Just be a good teacher. 464 00:20:56,213 --> 00:20:57,839 Stop dreaming, I guess. 465 00:20:57,839 --> 00:21:02,719 Dreamers are the only people that can bring about a different reality. 466 00:21:03,595 --> 00:21:05,514 Do you really want this fellowship? 467 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,099 Maybe. 468 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:10,811 Sweetheart, you know that you still have Abbott to come home to when it ends. 469 00:21:12,562 --> 00:21:16,608 And now, if you will excuse me, I've got to go save the school. 470 00:21:16,608 --> 00:21:17,693 [Janine chuckles] 471 00:21:19,027 --> 00:21:20,112 What? 472 00:21:22,656 --> 00:21:24,658 {\an8}Ava, you're needed in the gym. 473 00:21:24,658 --> 00:21:27,703 Yeah, there's a bunch of teachers in there saying Princeton's better than Harvard. 474 00:21:27,703 --> 00:21:29,204 Oh, hell, no! 475 00:21:32,207 --> 00:21:33,458 Okay. We have, like, two minutes. 476 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:35,836 So, can you please fill us in on the rest of this genius plan? 477 00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:37,087 Ava said she stopped listening 478 00:21:37,087 --> 00:21:38,463 - to the Town Women... - City Girls. 479 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:42,175 ...but I know there's one song she cannot resist. 480 00:21:42,175 --> 00:21:44,469 - Jacob, whip out the Walkman. - Phone. 481 00:21:44,469 --> 00:21:45,929 - Open up Napster. - Spotify. 482 00:21:45,929 --> 00:21:48,098 Jesus, close your ears. 483 00:21:48,098 --> 00:21:49,182 Come on. 484 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:54,062 Princeton is the Temple University of the Ivies! 485 00:21:54,730 --> 00:21:56,189 [Barbara on radio] Now, Mr. Johnson. 486 00:21:56,189 --> 00:21:57,441 Let go of your butts. 487 00:21:58,025 --> 00:21:59,067 ["Back That Azz Up" playing] 488 00:21:59,067 --> 00:22:00,485 What the hell? 489 00:22:01,945 --> 00:22:04,740 No. No. [chuckles] 490 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:06,366 Not today, Juvenile. [chuckles] 491 00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:10,829 [chuckles] 492 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:11,997 No. 493 00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:15,250 ♪ Girl you working with some... Yeah, you're bad, yeah ♪ 494 00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:18,003 ♪ Make a... spend his cash Yeah, his last, yeah ♪ 495 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:19,963 ♪ ...frown when you pass Yeah, they mad, yeah ♪ 496 00:22:19,963 --> 00:22:21,048 ♪ You gon' ride in the Jag ♪ 497 00:22:21,048 --> 00:22:22,716 [laughs] 498 00:22:22,716 --> 00:22:23,800 ♪ You could smoke or buy a bag ♪ 499 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:24,926 [cheering, laughing] 500 00:22:24,926 --> 00:22:27,804 ♪ Got money I can flash Yeah, and trash, yeah ♪ 501 00:22:27,804 --> 00:22:28,972 ♪ I'm a Big Tymer... ♪ 502 00:22:28,972 --> 00:22:31,224 - [all cheering] Yeah! - [Barbara] Yes! 503 00:22:31,224 --> 00:22:32,517 I'm back, y'all! 504 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:35,020 So, Ava, can we have our free periods back now? 505 00:22:35,604 --> 00:22:36,855 Y'all can do whatever you want. 506 00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:39,524 Mr. Johnson, find my ring light! 507 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:42,152 I'm about to be on IG live all day! 508 00:22:42,652 --> 00:22:43,945 Yes! 509 00:22:43,945 --> 00:22:45,822 [Melissa, Barbara] Go, Ava! Go A-- 510 00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:46,948 [Gregory] So, it turns out, 511 00:22:46,948 --> 00:22:49,284 the only thing worse than Ava being an awful principal 512 00:22:49,284 --> 00:22:50,911 is Ava being a good one. 513 00:22:50,911 --> 00:22:54,206 You should've been there, Janine. We tried everything to get her back. 514 00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:56,208 Gregory even flexed his muscles. 515 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,126 - You flexed? - [clicks tongue] Yeah. 516 00:22:58,126 --> 00:22:59,461 [chuckles] 517 00:22:59,461 --> 00:23:02,506 Well, did you guys try just playing "Back That Azz Up"? Because that-- 518 00:23:02,506 --> 00:23:04,383 [gasps] How did you know to do that? 519 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:07,052 - [chuckles] - Wow. You really are district material. 520 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,553 [Janine] Oh, stop. 521 00:23:09,346 --> 00:23:14,309 Oh, um, so Manny offered me a fellowship at the district, 522 00:23:14,309 --> 00:23:16,019 and I'm, like, 80-20 on doing it. 523 00:23:16,019 --> 00:23:17,354 So, you'd leave Abbott? 524 00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:18,855 Well, yeah, but not permanently. 525 00:23:18,855 --> 00:23:21,775 Well, I'm happy for you and jealous and sad. 526 00:23:21,775 --> 00:23:23,944 I'm emotional, which calls for shots. 527 00:23:23,944 --> 00:23:26,780 Can you see about my cheese fries please? 528 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:28,824 Uh. Wow. Well, congrats. 529 00:23:28,824 --> 00:23:30,075 [Janine] Mmm. 530 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:32,953 But I haven't made my mind up yet. Just haven't decided. 531 00:23:32,953 --> 00:23:34,538 Look, you'd be perfect for it. 532 00:23:38,625 --> 00:23:40,293 - What? - What? 533 00:23:40,293 --> 00:23:41,753 What? You-- 534 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:44,214 Uh-- No, it's great. It really is. 535 00:23:44,214 --> 00:23:46,383 It's just-- It'd be weird, you not being at Abbott. 536 00:23:46,383 --> 00:23:47,467 Yeah. 537 00:23:47,467 --> 00:23:50,512 It's-It's a fantastic opportunity, but I don't know. 538 00:23:50,512 --> 00:23:52,389 When I think of Abbott, I think of you. 539 00:23:52,389 --> 00:23:54,641 And when I think of you, I think of Abbott. 540 00:23:57,894 --> 00:23:59,729 Yeah. No, I know. 541 00:24:00,397 --> 00:24:02,232 And I'm gonna miss my students. 542 00:24:02,732 --> 00:24:06,111 I'm gonna miss my classroom. 543 00:24:06,987 --> 00:24:08,989 Will miss knocking on that wall to chat. 544 00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:10,115 [Janine chuckles] 545 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:13,452 I'm gonna miss that too. 546 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:18,248 [both sigh] 547 00:24:18,248 --> 00:24:19,541 You're really gonna leave us? 548 00:24:27,716 --> 00:24:29,092 [chattering] 549 00:24:32,179 --> 00:24:33,805 Happy Career Day, Ava. 550 00:24:34,931 --> 00:24:36,892 There's no such thing as a happy career. 551 00:24:36,892 --> 00:24:38,393 To work is to lose in life. 552 00:24:39,519 --> 00:24:40,687 Good to have her back. 553 00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:51,823 Oh, no. No, no, no, no. You haven't missed anything. 554 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:53,408 Nothing is weird with Gregory. 555 00:24:53,408 --> 00:24:56,328 I basically just decided to go work with the district and, 556 00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:57,704 you know, Gregory and I are good. 557 00:24:57,704 --> 00:24:58,955 Me and Janine? 558 00:24:58,955 --> 00:25:00,332 Yeah-- No, we-- We're fine. 559 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:03,793 It's-- [stutters] It's just noth-- It's nothing weird. 560 00:25:03,793 --> 00:25:06,588 Oh, hell, yeah, something weird is going on between Gregory and Janine. 561 00:25:06,588 --> 00:25:07,839 They ain't tell you? [giggles] 562 00:25:07,839 --> 00:25:10,467 Well, lucky for y'all, my hidden cameras picked up everything. 563 00:25:10,467 --> 00:25:11,843 Y'all gonna love this. 564 00:25:13,595 --> 00:25:14,763 - [Janine] Hey. - [Gregory] Hey. 565 00:25:14,763 --> 00:25:16,765 [Janine] That was a fun hang the other night, right? 566 00:25:16,765 --> 00:25:18,934 - It was. I really liked that place. - Me too. 567 00:25:19,643 --> 00:25:22,312 But you think the camera crew got home safe though, right? 568 00:25:22,312 --> 00:25:23,980 I mean, we did tell them it was a rough area. 569 00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:25,190 Yeah. I'm sure they're fine. 570 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:26,733 They're probably all just sick or something. 571 00:25:26,733 --> 00:25:28,693 What are the chances they all got robbed? It's-- 572 00:25:28,693 --> 00:25:30,487 - [Gregory laughs] - [Ava cackling] 573 00:25:33,156 --> 00:25:36,493 Hey. So I was thinking about the field trip from last year to the museum. 574 00:25:36,493 --> 00:25:38,078 Okay. Uh-huh. 575 00:25:38,078 --> 00:25:43,208 And, particularly, the part where you told me that you had feelings for me. 576 00:25:44,459 --> 00:25:46,461 And I had some too, I guess. 577 00:25:47,337 --> 00:25:51,591 And I basically still have those feelings. 578 00:25:51,591 --> 00:25:53,218 I realized it at the bar. 579 00:25:53,718 --> 00:25:54,719 Yeah? 580 00:25:54,719 --> 00:25:57,514 So, I don't know. I was wondering if maybe-- 581 00:25:58,014 --> 00:26:03,603 What if now we could try to explore that, try to-- I don't know. 582 00:26:05,105 --> 00:26:06,940 - [Gregory chuckles] Uh. - Mmm. 583 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:08,608 Wow. Um-- 584 00:26:10,443 --> 00:26:13,196 - Definitely didn't see that coming. - I know. [laughs] 585 00:26:13,196 --> 00:26:14,823 - Me either. [chuckles] - Uh-- 586 00:26:16,074 --> 00:26:22,455 Honestly, Janine, in my mind, I had kinda put a period on that. 587 00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:27,085 Out of respect. 588 00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:29,004 - Yeah. - You know? It just-- It-It see-- 589 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:30,088 [sighs] 590 00:26:30,088 --> 00:26:32,924 I had mentally moved on, and it seemed like that was kind of a-- 591 00:26:33,967 --> 00:26:36,469 - The right thing to do, so I did. - Mm-hmm. Right. 592 00:26:36,469 --> 00:26:39,139 I mean, just so you know, I wasn't saying we should never. 593 00:26:40,223 --> 00:26:41,224 Okay, yeah. No. 594 00:26:41,224 --> 00:26:45,353 But, like, you know... [sighs] ...even with you changing your mind right now, 595 00:26:45,353 --> 00:26:48,523 - it just feels like it would be safer... - Mm-hmm. 596 00:26:48,523 --> 00:26:52,736 - ...for both of us if we were just friends. - Mm-hmm. 597 00:26:52,736 --> 00:26:53,987 Mm-hmm. 598 00:26:53,987 --> 00:26:56,156 - [clicks tongue] Yeah, definitely. - You know? 599 00:26:56,156 --> 00:26:58,033 - 'Cause I really value what we have... - So do I. 600 00:26:58,033 --> 00:26:59,618 - ...and I don't want this to get all-- - Yeah. 601 00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:01,995 - You know what I mean? - I get it. I really do. I understand. 602 00:27:01,995 --> 00:27:04,914 - Okay. - Safer is better. Safe is great. 603 00:27:04,914 --> 00:27:06,499 - Yeah. - Yeah. Okay. 604 00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:12,005 Look at Janine's face. [laughing] 605 00:27:13,715 --> 00:27:14,883 She mad. 606 00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:17,927 [Janine] Good morning, everyone. We are so excited. 607 00:27:17,927 --> 00:27:20,430 And let me just tell you, this isn't your mothers' Career Day. 608 00:27:20,430 --> 00:27:21,514 - No, it's not. - Yep. 609 00:27:21,514 --> 00:27:24,601 Though, we're sure all your mothers have vibrant professional careers. 610 00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:26,019 Yeah, if they so choose. 611 00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:30,732 Uh, the main goal of this fellowship is piloting new programs and initiatives 612 00:27:30,732 --> 00:27:32,025 for the entire district. 613 00:27:32,025 --> 00:27:34,110 [Janine] Which is why I've spent the last four months 614 00:27:34,110 --> 00:27:37,739 making sure that Career Day is a fresh and impactful experience 615 00:27:37,739 --> 00:27:41,201 for students, staff and professionals all over this great city. 616 00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:42,285 - All over. - It's major. 617 00:27:42,285 --> 00:27:43,370 - Yeah. - [both chuckle] 618 00:27:43,370 --> 00:27:45,413 Connections will be made, dreams will be born-- 619 00:27:45,413 --> 00:27:47,207 - [Emily] Wow. - Janines will be quiet. [chuckles] 620 00:27:47,207 --> 00:27:48,291 Okay. 621 00:27:48,291 --> 00:27:52,671 Um, so, for you, Mrs. Murphy, an anesthesiologist. 622 00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:55,382 For Mrs. Howard, a licensed cosmetologist. 623 00:27:55,382 --> 00:27:56,758 - Oh. - Lovely. 624 00:27:56,758 --> 00:27:59,469 Cosmetology is quite lucrative these days. 625 00:27:59,469 --> 00:28:01,304 Um, a zoologist for my class. 626 00:28:01,304 --> 00:28:03,765 I'm sorry. I mean the substitute, Ms. Lee's class. 627 00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:05,266 I don't like animals. 628 00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:09,312 Well, the students will love it. Uh, so-- 629 00:28:09,312 --> 00:28:11,523 Ms. Schemmenti, we have a marketing professional... 630 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:14,150 - Boo. - ...from the Philadelphia Eagles. 631 00:28:14,150 --> 00:28:16,861 - Yes! Hell, yes! - [cheering] 632 00:28:16,861 --> 00:28:19,280 What about me? Tell me I got him please, please, please. 633 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,242 Yes, Jacob, as requested, you have Mr. Johnson. 634 00:28:22,242 --> 00:28:25,537 Yes! Oh, he's had, like, every job under the sun. 635 00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:27,872 Very useful in today's gig economy. 636 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:30,333 Oh, the places we'll go. 637 00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:31,418 [Janine chuckles] 638 00:28:31,418 --> 00:28:37,048 Um, and for Mr. Eddie, you'll have a botanist from the Longwood Gardens. 639 00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:39,050 Cool. Thank you, Ms. Teagues. 640 00:28:39,634 --> 00:28:41,428 Cool. Okay. 641 00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:42,721 [Barbara] Hey, Gary. 642 00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:45,014 I thought you restocked the vending machines yesterday. 643 00:28:45,014 --> 00:28:47,726 {\an8}Oh, I'm here to dispense more than just high sodium. 644 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:49,561 - Yeah, he's here for Career Day. - [Barbara] Mmm. 645 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:51,980 This man has got a 401(k). 646 00:28:51,980 --> 00:28:54,524 I mean, it's all in quarters. But, hey, money's money. 647 00:28:54,524 --> 00:28:55,942 - [laughs] Yeah. - [Melissa laughs] 648 00:28:55,942 --> 00:28:57,861 - I'm really loving Career Day, though. - Mm-hmm. 649 00:28:57,861 --> 00:29:01,823 I'm hoping that cosmetologist will do my nails also. 650 00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:04,200 Oh, maybe she could do your nails too. 651 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,162 You never know when you're gonna need a ring photo. 652 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:10,582 - [laughs] I'm just teasing. Just teasing. - [Melissa] Okay. 653 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:12,625 Okay. Yeah, I know. 654 00:29:12,625 --> 00:29:14,711 'Cause you love to make these little jokes... 655 00:29:14,711 --> 00:29:16,171 - Yeah. - ...but, uh, yeah, 656 00:29:16,171 --> 00:29:18,173 just checking in that we're on the same page. 657 00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:21,259 'Cause, like, Gary, you know I don't wanna get married again, right? 658 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:23,219 Like, I did it before. I don't wanna do it again. 659 00:29:23,219 --> 00:29:25,138 - Yeah, I got you. - Okay, okay. 660 00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:27,474 Just 'cause I want us to be clear, all right? 661 00:29:27,474 --> 00:29:30,560 So, it would take like a miracle for me to want to get hitched again. 662 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,437 - All right. Okay. - Okay. All right. 663 00:29:32,437 --> 00:29:34,481 Like, an absolute friggin' miracle. 664 00:29:34,981 --> 00:29:37,066 Thank you all so much for coming. 665 00:29:37,066 --> 00:29:38,318 It means a lot to the kids 666 00:29:38,318 --> 00:29:41,279 to be able to see all the different career possibilities. 667 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,490 - We cannot pay you enough. - You're paying us nothing. 668 00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:45,867 And I assure you that any amount would not be enough. 669 00:29:46,868 --> 00:29:48,536 Oh, I can't believe it's finally here. 670 00:29:48,536 --> 00:29:50,497 All these weeks of work for one day. 671 00:29:50,497 --> 00:29:51,581 {\an8}I can't blow this. 672 00:29:52,373 --> 00:29:54,876 {\an8}If I mess this up, the district won't let me pitch anything else. 673 00:29:54,876 --> 00:29:55,794 {\an8}That's right. 674 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:57,670 {\an8}Yeah, I tanked the rollout for electric school buses, 675 00:29:57,670 --> 00:29:59,464 {\an8}and I haven't been allowed to speak in meetings since. 676 00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:00,882 {\an8}It's gonna be great. 677 00:30:01,424 --> 00:30:02,509 Okay, this is you. 678 00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:04,552 Hey. 679 00:30:04,552 --> 00:30:05,637 Hi. 680 00:30:06,262 --> 00:30:07,263 {\an8}All right. 681 00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:13,061 {\an8}Oh. And this just gets harder and harder, because they go crazy for me. [laughs] 682 00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:14,229 Hey, guys. 683 00:30:18,608 --> 00:30:19,901 They get tired after lunch. 684 00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:21,444 - It's 8:30. - Is it? 685 00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:23,404 {\an8}I don't think it-it-- 686 00:30:24,572 --> 00:30:25,782 I see why they're being weird. 687 00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:28,409 She put the date on the bottom of the board instead of the top. 688 00:30:28,409 --> 00:30:30,203 Classic mistake. Let me just... 689 00:30:31,913 --> 00:30:33,039 What do you think you're doing? 690 00:30:33,039 --> 00:30:35,166 Oh, I was gonna just put the date at the top of the board. 691 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:37,210 I like my dates at the bottom, 692 00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:38,628 and I like to fight. 693 00:30:38,628 --> 00:30:41,381 - Oh. - Territorial behavior. 694 00:30:41,381 --> 00:30:42,966 - [Janine] Oh. - Pretty common in the wild. 695 00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:45,051 Yes. You see that in the kingdom all the time. 696 00:30:45,051 --> 00:30:46,803 Now let's see those cheetahs. 697 00:30:46,803 --> 00:30:48,888 I did not bring any cheetahs. 698 00:30:48,888 --> 00:30:50,306 Okay. Let's see a cheetah. 699 00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:52,600 I brought a fake sloth. 700 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:53,852 Really? That's what you brought? 701 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,479 So what I do is make a little palm tree on the forehead 702 00:30:56,479 --> 00:31:00,024 in a straight line down my nose all the way to the Cupid's bow area. 703 00:31:00,024 --> 00:31:01,568 Mrs. Howard, if you're interested, 704 00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:04,112 you can find my tutorials on Instagram and TikTok. 705 00:31:04,112 --> 00:31:07,782 No, I've been doing my makeup now for well over 30 years. 706 00:31:07,782 --> 00:31:08,908 And you look fantastic, 707 00:31:08,908 --> 00:31:11,661 but maybe some face contouring and some underpainting 708 00:31:11,661 --> 00:31:12,954 could take you to the next level. 709 00:31:12,954 --> 00:31:14,372 Maybe that would be all right. 710 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:18,209 When you put these two kinds of fruit trees close together 711 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:20,378 - that can lead to-- - Cross-pollination. 712 00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:23,798 Sorry, I was, um, just trying to help. 713 00:31:23,798 --> 00:31:24,883 You know, this summer I-- 714 00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:27,051 - Worked with the Orioles grounds crew. - Yeah. 715 00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:29,429 You mentioned it. Several times. [chuckles] 716 00:31:29,429 --> 00:31:31,764 Were you the guy that got caught under the tarp? 717 00:31:31,764 --> 00:31:33,558 [students laughing] 718 00:31:35,018 --> 00:31:36,978 Kentucky bluegrass is slippery. 719 00:31:37,854 --> 00:31:40,440 Well, at this point in my story, you may be asking yourself, 720 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,775 "How did you get elected to the State Senate?" 721 00:31:42,775 --> 00:31:44,819 Yes, I was asking myself that. 722 00:31:44,819 --> 00:31:46,237 [Mr. Johnson] Well, it's real simple. 723 00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:49,407 You see, the incumbent passed away right before the election. 724 00:31:50,158 --> 00:31:52,619 Everybody would just vote for him when they saw his name. 725 00:31:53,119 --> 00:31:56,831 Just so happens that this man's name was also Mr. Johnson. 726 00:31:56,831 --> 00:32:00,043 I got myself on the ballot, and the rest is history. 727 00:32:00,043 --> 00:32:03,338 Anyway, I served three terms, and we won the Cold War. 728 00:32:04,088 --> 00:32:07,467 So then I come over here and I create a hyperlink, 729 00:32:07,467 --> 00:32:10,970 which I then put in an email 730 00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:15,266 that I blast to our platinum members. 731 00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:16,726 And then comes the fun part. 732 00:32:16,726 --> 00:32:17,727 We wait. 733 00:32:18,478 --> 00:32:20,605 This guy does not look like a Eagle. 734 00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:21,898 [Melissa] Hey, pipe down. 735 00:32:21,898 --> 00:32:23,775 He could be a punter if he wanted to. Go ahead. 736 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:25,735 Thank you. No, that-- You know, that's okay. 737 00:32:25,735 --> 00:32:27,028 It happens all the time. 738 00:32:27,028 --> 00:32:31,449 That's why I've arranged a special guest to come say hi to everyone. 739 00:32:31,449 --> 00:32:33,785 Think you might like him more than me. 740 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:35,578 Well, I mean if we start a database, 741 00:32:35,578 --> 00:32:37,288 then there's no reason not to do Career Day 742 00:32:37,288 --> 00:32:38,706 in every school across the city. 743 00:32:38,706 --> 00:32:39,958 And if we're short on volunteers, 744 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:42,460 we can get vocational schools to send students over for credit. 745 00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:44,003 - That is brilliant. - [zoologist] Hey. 746 00:32:44,003 --> 00:32:47,048 Why did you invite me here just to speak to an empty classroom? 747 00:32:47,048 --> 00:32:50,343 All the kids left. The teacher left. I just brought my fake sloth for nothing? 748 00:32:50,343 --> 00:32:52,178 - What? - [zoologist] Yeah. 749 00:32:52,178 --> 00:32:54,430 [Janine] Whoa, whoa. Hey, guys, no running! 750 00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:55,932 Hey, no running! Guys! 751 00:32:55,932 --> 00:32:57,642 Ava, what is going on? 752 00:32:57,642 --> 00:33:00,520 The world's finest starting quarterback is here. Everybody, move! 753 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:01,604 What? 754 00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:04,941 Excuse me. Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, sorry. Sorry. 755 00:33:06,401 --> 00:33:07,694 Oh, my God. 756 00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:11,656 Hey, little girl. Look at you all dressed up for Career Day. 757 00:33:15,326 --> 00:33:16,911 Good one, Jalen Hurts. [chuckles] 758 00:33:18,830 --> 00:33:21,624 Melissa, how is Jalen Hurts on your screen right now? 759 00:33:21,624 --> 00:33:23,584 Because sometimes God has favorites, Janine. 760 00:33:23,584 --> 00:33:25,211 America's sweetheart is here. 761 00:33:25,211 --> 00:33:27,755 Thanks to that boat-shoe-wearing hero over there. 762 00:33:27,755 --> 00:33:30,466 It's an absolute freaking miracle! [laughs] 763 00:33:30,466 --> 00:33:32,218 Do we get to talk to Jalen too? 764 00:33:32,218 --> 00:33:36,723 Oh, no, kids. I don't think Jalen Hurts is gonna be able to stay. [chuckles] 765 00:33:36,723 --> 00:33:38,266 Career Day blows. 766 00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:40,601 This makes you wanna never work. 767 00:33:40,601 --> 00:33:41,936 All right, that's dramatic. 768 00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:45,523 Dang it, Eagles marketing guy. Why'd you have to go above and beyond? 769 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:48,109 Why couldn't you just bring Eagles pencils or something? 770 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,489 Jay, since we only have but so much time together, uh, 771 00:33:53,489 --> 00:33:56,034 I was wondering. What do you dream about at night? 772 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:59,328 That I'm the prince of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. 773 00:33:59,328 --> 00:34:00,455 [Ava giggling] 774 00:34:03,416 --> 00:34:07,712 Hey, I got a crazy favor to ask you. 775 00:34:08,921 --> 00:34:10,548 - I got it. I got it. - [Manny] Hmm? 776 00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:11,632 Let's call an audible. 777 00:34:11,632 --> 00:34:13,926 We'll get the video link set up in every classroom. 778 00:34:13,926 --> 00:34:16,721 Then we'll take the kids back to the rooms with their teachers. 779 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:18,431 We get Jalen to talk to everybody at once. 780 00:34:18,431 --> 00:34:21,059 And we've got eight charged iPads now, so that shouldn't be a problem. 781 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:22,643 Now, that's a great play. 782 00:34:22,643 --> 00:34:23,811 Ready for kickoff. 783 00:34:23,811 --> 00:34:25,855 - Oh, my gosh. District on three? - [Manny] Absolutely. 784 00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:28,024 - Okay. One, two, three! - [all] Two, three! 785 00:34:28,024 --> 00:34:29,609 - [all] District! - [Ava] Nerds! 786 00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:32,195 - [Janine groans] Okay. - [Jalen Hurts] Uh, 787 00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:34,822 excellence from the people around you and have fun with them as well. 788 00:34:34,822 --> 00:34:37,617 Hey, Jalen, um, you might remember me from earlier. 789 00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:38,826 Janine Teagues from the district. 790 00:34:38,826 --> 00:34:41,913 Do you think you can give us ten minutes so we can put you in every classroom? 791 00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:43,831 For the kids, I got all the time in the world, 792 00:34:43,831 --> 00:34:46,250 as long as it's wrapped up in ten minutes. I gotta get to practice. 793 00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:48,294 Thank you. Your face is incredible. 794 00:34:48,294 --> 00:34:49,545 [chuckles] Excuse me. 795 00:34:49,545 --> 00:34:51,714 Oh, my gosh. That could have been a mess. 796 00:34:51,714 --> 00:34:53,674 But we found a solution. 797 00:34:53,674 --> 00:34:57,637 No kids or professionals feel left out, and Jalen meets every class. 798 00:34:57,637 --> 00:34:58,721 Efficient after all. 799 00:34:59,305 --> 00:35:02,058 As the girls say, "I ate that." [chuckles] 800 00:35:02,058 --> 00:35:03,226 I consumed it. 801 00:35:03,226 --> 00:35:04,477 Thank you to everyone 802 00:35:04,477 --> 00:35:06,354 who took the time out of their day to be here. 803 00:35:06,354 --> 00:35:09,107 After football, I have to start another career. 804 00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:12,110 So I wish I had been there to hear the other professionals talk. 805 00:35:12,693 --> 00:35:14,028 Now, before I go, 806 00:35:14,028 --> 00:35:18,324 there's a special someone who wants to propose, because, 807 00:35:19,992 --> 00:35:22,036 "This love feels like a first down, 808 00:35:22,036 --> 00:35:23,996 and he wants to be in the end zone of your heart. 809 00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:27,291 Let's touch down on our future together." 810 00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:29,377 Is Jalen Hurts proposing to me? 811 00:35:29,877 --> 00:35:31,045 I don't think so. 812 00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:34,674 You said it would take a miracle, 813 00:35:34,674 --> 00:35:38,594 and there's no clearer sign than me being able to get Jalen Hurts 814 00:35:38,594 --> 00:35:40,596 to be part of the proposal. 815 00:35:40,596 --> 00:35:42,390 So I'm throwing a Hail Mary. 816 00:35:43,099 --> 00:35:45,977 Melissa Ann Katerina Schemmenti... 817 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:47,603 [all] Oh. 818 00:35:47,603 --> 00:35:48,688 ...will you marry me? 819 00:35:48,688 --> 00:35:50,189 - Oh. - Oh. 820 00:35:53,609 --> 00:35:54,569 No. 821 00:35:54,569 --> 00:35:56,487 [all] Oh. 822 00:35:57,238 --> 00:35:59,282 Damn. They usually say yes. 823 00:36:00,283 --> 00:36:03,077 Babe, why not? 824 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:06,455 Hey, man. You're late for practice. 825 00:36:06,455 --> 00:36:07,957 Yeah, what's happening? 826 00:36:07,957 --> 00:36:10,793 He just asked me to ask her to marry him, and she said no. 827 00:36:10,793 --> 00:36:12,503 [Brandon Graham] Another proposal? 828 00:36:12,503 --> 00:36:14,839 Jalen, you gotta say no to this kind of stuff. 829 00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:15,923 Boundaries. 830 00:36:15,923 --> 00:36:18,009 You know my boundaries porous as hell. 831 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:19,635 I-I really thought we had a great thing. 832 00:36:19,635 --> 00:36:20,678 It has been great. 833 00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:22,388 Really. It has. 834 00:36:22,388 --> 00:36:25,725 But I just-- Gar, I don't wanna get married again. 835 00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:29,270 And I told you this, like, a lot. 836 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:30,897 I know. I-I-- 837 00:36:30,897 --> 00:36:34,025 I just thought if the perfect moment ever came around, 838 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:37,153 and then suddenly Jalen freaking Hurts is... 839 00:36:37,153 --> 00:36:39,197 - [Melissa] Oh, my God. - ...talking in your class. I mean-- 840 00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:41,532 Hey, guys. I think maybe you should take this outside 841 00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:43,784 because everyone's watching, and I don't think you want that. 842 00:36:43,784 --> 00:36:47,538 Yeah, okay. Class, uh, Miss Schemmenti is gonna step outside for a sec. 843 00:36:47,538 --> 00:36:49,332 Guys, watch 'em, okay? 844 00:36:49,332 --> 00:36:51,292 Oh, you guys don't have to do that. 845 00:36:51,292 --> 00:36:54,003 Heads down, thumbs up. Time to play Seven Up. 846 00:36:54,003 --> 00:36:57,131 They actually listened. Have you ever considered teaching? 847 00:36:57,131 --> 00:37:00,885 Uh, y'all hiring? I mostly work on Sundays. 848 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:02,136 [laughing] 849 00:37:03,137 --> 00:37:04,138 That's really funny. 850 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:12,188 So what do we do now? 851 00:37:12,188 --> 00:37:13,940 You really wanna get married? 852 00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:15,733 I really wanna get married. 853 00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:17,026 And you deserve that. 854 00:37:18,361 --> 00:37:20,404 But, Gar, I'm never getting married again. 855 00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:22,615 - I-- - I-I-I don't need to be convinced. 856 00:37:22,615 --> 00:37:23,783 This is my truth. 857 00:37:24,951 --> 00:37:27,620 Maybe the best thing for both of us... 858 00:37:29,705 --> 00:37:30,998 is not each other. 859 00:37:32,291 --> 00:37:33,292 So... 860 00:37:35,044 --> 00:37:36,420 we're breaking up? 861 00:37:38,547 --> 00:37:40,174 I hate to say it, but I think so. 862 00:37:47,431 --> 00:37:48,432 I'm okay. 863 00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:50,101 I'll be all right. 864 00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:54,855 Even though I feel like a zero right now. 865 00:37:54,855 --> 00:37:56,857 Oh, honey, you're not a zero. 866 00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:00,653 - You're a Philly 11. - [Gary chuckles] 867 00:38:16,335 --> 00:38:18,629 So the bald guy was on his knee, right? 868 00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:20,756 And Miss Schemmenti's like, "Not today." 869 00:38:20,756 --> 00:38:23,759 [shushes] She's back. She's back. Sit down. 870 00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:27,513 We just wanna say, we think it's cool you trusted your gut. 871 00:38:27,513 --> 00:38:29,724 You're cold, but you're bold. 872 00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:31,767 And that, as a man with an all-woman management team, 873 00:38:31,767 --> 00:38:35,479 I support a woman's right to stand up for what she wants or doesn't want. 874 00:38:35,479 --> 00:38:37,273 [chuckles, sniffles] 875 00:38:37,273 --> 00:38:38,941 Get to practice, you guys. 876 00:38:39,483 --> 00:38:41,569 - All right now. - Bye, Jalen Hurts. 877 00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:44,196 I mean, it could have been worse, right? 878 00:38:44,947 --> 00:38:48,200 I think now we know, we-we lay some ground rules, right? 879 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,577 No football players. 880 00:38:49,577 --> 00:38:51,704 No football at all to be safe. 881 00:38:51,704 --> 00:38:52,705 No proposals. 882 00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:54,040 What are you doing in here? 883 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:57,585 Oh, um, Ava hasn't given me any office space. 884 00:38:57,585 --> 00:38:59,045 Well, this is my mop's office, 885 00:38:59,045 --> 00:39:01,047 and we're about to have an important meeting. 886 00:39:02,715 --> 00:39:03,716 Yes, that's-- 887 00:39:03,716 --> 00:39:06,427 Hey, guys. I am so sorry about that. 888 00:39:06,427 --> 00:39:07,845 Sorry about what? 889 00:39:07,845 --> 00:39:10,139 That was a mess. It wasn't streamlined at all. 890 00:39:10,139 --> 00:39:12,975 I know that's the key to the district picking up these things. I mean-- 891 00:39:12,975 --> 00:39:14,060 Uh, Jalen Hurts was here. 892 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:15,186 - Go Birds. - [Manny] Yeah. 893 00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:16,979 [Simon] That alone makes this event a success. 894 00:39:16,979 --> 00:39:18,230 The kids loved it. 895 00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:20,483 Anybody can execute under perfect circumstances. 896 00:39:20,483 --> 00:39:23,027 You know how to improvise. 897 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:25,654 Well, I do watch a lot of Whose Line Is It Anyway? 898 00:39:25,654 --> 00:39:27,323 - Oh. - It's usually Wayne Brady's. 899 00:39:27,323 --> 00:39:29,825 - [laughs] Right? I know. - [Emily] Right? 900 00:39:31,327 --> 00:39:32,161 [Manny] Yeah. 901 00:39:32,161 --> 00:39:34,497 Ooh, this look is a slay, Mrs. Howard. 902 00:39:34,497 --> 00:39:37,208 - It's giving grade A baddie. - [Barbara gasps] 903 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:40,002 Well, period to that. 904 00:39:41,087 --> 00:39:43,297 I could never do this on my own every day, 905 00:39:43,297 --> 00:39:45,966 but it's nice to see what I could look like. 906 00:39:45,966 --> 00:39:47,426 Thank you. 907 00:39:47,968 --> 00:39:48,969 Oh. 908 00:39:50,096 --> 00:39:51,263 [Barbara squeals] 909 00:39:52,181 --> 00:39:53,182 Gerald. 910 00:39:53,182 --> 00:39:56,018 Honey, grab your gators, 'cause we are going out tonight 911 00:39:56,018 --> 00:39:58,604 'cause mama looks good, baby. 912 00:40:01,649 --> 00:40:03,734 [bell rings] 913 00:40:06,821 --> 00:40:08,114 [Ms. Lee] Okay, let's keep some order. 914 00:40:09,615 --> 00:40:10,616 That'll be it. 915 00:40:17,915 --> 00:40:20,626 [Gregory] Okay, really think about the career you wanna pursue. 916 00:40:20,626 --> 00:40:23,629 Also remember, superhero, not really a career. 917 00:40:23,629 --> 00:40:25,089 [knocks] 918 00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:26,841 - [Janine] Hey. - Hey. 919 00:40:26,841 --> 00:40:27,925 Hey. 920 00:40:27,925 --> 00:40:30,177 Uh, how do you feel about your first Career Day? 921 00:40:30,177 --> 00:40:31,387 Oh. You know, it was-- 922 00:40:31,971 --> 00:40:34,306 It was actually good. The kids loved it. 923 00:40:34,306 --> 00:40:36,684 Well, you should feel really great about it. 924 00:40:36,684 --> 00:40:38,561 And that botanist that you brought in taught me 925 00:40:38,561 --> 00:40:40,980 how to use borage as a cover crop to improve the soil. 926 00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:43,607 We're about to have some of the richest radishes in Philly. 927 00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:46,485 I'm sorry. You-- 928 00:40:46,485 --> 00:40:50,030 You just are the only person I know that gets this excited about radishes. 929 00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:51,740 Well, it's one of the only foods that I love. 930 00:40:51,740 --> 00:40:53,159 - It's dry, bitter. It's... - Bitter. 931 00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:55,453 - Yeah. I know. - ...perfect as a whole. Yeah. 932 00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:56,912 Your fave. 933 00:40:58,581 --> 00:40:59,665 I miss this. 934 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:04,503 Just chatting about our days. It's... 935 00:41:05,254 --> 00:41:07,214 Oh, my God. Me too. 936 00:41:07,923 --> 00:41:08,924 So much. 937 00:41:08,924 --> 00:41:12,178 Like anytime anything happens here, I want to tell you about it. 938 00:41:12,178 --> 00:41:13,345 - Really? - Yes. 939 00:41:13,345 --> 00:41:15,473 Like earlier with Melissa and Gary. 940 00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:16,891 - She said no to him... - Yeah. Mm-hmm. 941 00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:18,058 ...in front of the Eagles. 942 00:41:18,058 --> 00:41:20,811 - I just wanted to tell you immediately-- - Just-- Wow, that's-- 943 00:41:21,562 --> 00:41:22,605 Okay. 944 00:41:22,605 --> 00:41:24,315 Yeah, 'cause the vibes were just off. 945 00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:25,649 Yeah, it was weird. 946 00:41:26,692 --> 00:41:28,527 I was kind of just giving you your space. 947 00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:31,489 I noticed that. 948 00:41:33,574 --> 00:41:34,700 Why? 949 00:41:37,203 --> 00:41:40,831 I thought our conversation was the reason why you left. 950 00:41:42,917 --> 00:41:43,918 Oh, my God. 951 00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:47,338 N-No. No, no, no, no. 952 00:41:47,338 --> 00:41:49,715 I really respected what you said. 953 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:54,094 I only left because I wanted to try working for the district. 954 00:41:54,094 --> 00:41:55,262 That was it. 955 00:41:59,642 --> 00:42:00,935 Well, that's good to hear. 956 00:42:00,935 --> 00:42:02,394 Okay. 957 00:42:03,687 --> 00:42:06,190 So I heard you got caught under a tarp. 958 00:42:08,317 --> 00:42:10,611 What, do you have like a Google Alert for me? 959 00:42:10,611 --> 00:42:13,781 No, I have a Google Alert for humiliating tarp incidents. 960 00:42:13,781 --> 00:42:14,949 [Gregory] Hmm. 961 00:42:14,949 --> 00:42:17,243 Don't you have a lot of work to do at the district? 962 00:42:18,827 --> 00:42:21,497 [Mr. Johnson] Right when I thought I was finally a made man, 963 00:42:21,497 --> 00:42:23,457 they had the audacity to try and whack me. 964 00:42:23,457 --> 00:42:24,833 - [Jacob gasps] - Can you believe that? 965 00:42:24,833 --> 00:42:27,545 So after making short work of those goons, 966 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:31,382 I left Sicily, officially became an American citizen and landed here. 967 00:42:31,966 --> 00:42:33,384 I tried about 400 careers 968 00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:36,053 {\an8}until I picked up this mop and never looked back. 969 00:42:37,054 --> 00:42:39,181 {\an8}I still can't look at tortellini the same. 970 00:42:39,807 --> 00:42:43,477 {\an8}Anyway, janitorial work is self-explanatory. 971 00:42:43,477 --> 00:42:44,937 {\an8}You see me around. 972 00:42:45,437 --> 00:42:46,939 {\an8}You know what I do. 973 00:42:46,939 --> 00:42:48,315 {\an8}[Jacob laughs] 974 00:42:48,315 --> 00:42:52,027 {\an8}- [all cheering] - [Jacob] Yeah! Whoo!