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

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and you take away
two of them,

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how many potatoes would
the store have left?

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I don't like potatoes.

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Let's not focus on
that part of it.

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You have eight potatoes.

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Marie, we know
that you know.

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I was asking Sydnee.

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

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That'd be fun.

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I have a lot of kids
in my class,

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

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

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with some special projects.

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

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Then why don't you...

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

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Don't tell anyone.

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

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what if we say
they are sweet potatoes?

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I really don't like
sweet potatoes.

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

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Janine, what did I say
about taking my potatoes

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from the lunchroom?

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But visual learning
is so much better!

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Well, guess what.

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Now you have zero potatoes.

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Yay!

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[ Maker's "Hold'em" playing ]

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♪♪

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Ava:
Good morning, y'all.
Morning.

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Please allow me to introduce
our newest student, Malcolm.

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He just moved to the area.

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He went to that smart private
school, Elway Academy,

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with the orchestra classes
and everything.

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So he's like baby Beethoven.

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

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

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Malcolm got straight A's and
he was in the gifted program

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and everything.
Welcome, Malcolm.

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Yes, welcome to Abbott,
Malcolm.

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I was in the gifted program,
too.

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What were you gifted at?
Being annoying?

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[ Laughs ]
No.

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Anyway, Malcolm
has a bright future.

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I can already see him
at the White House,

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thanking Ms. Ava Eva Coleman

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for turning him into
the Oprah of Science.

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

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and that will be enough.

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Mm‐hmm.
Thank you.

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Malcolm, would you like to go
get some breakfast

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with the other kids?

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Yes! Go get whatever
your super brain needs.

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We have fish oils
or whatever.

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Make way!
Smart kid coming through.

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

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This is trash.

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Wow!

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He really is brilliant.

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

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about the kids like that
in front of them.

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We have a lot of smart kids
here at Abbott.

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Always have.
Mm‐hmm.

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I got a kid in my class
bartering Happy Meals

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for friendship.
Mm!

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Hey. [ Gasps ]

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

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

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other than
grade papers and...

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I'm kidding.

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But, seriously, I loved
the gifted program
I was in growing up.

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I learned so much, and those
experiences were priceless.

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I was in one, too.
Yeah.

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

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

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Yo, check it.

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My youngest, Gina ‐‐
she participated

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in a young‐engineers program.
It did wonders for her.

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Mm.
Looks good on a college
application, too.

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Mm‐hmm.

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Hey, Gregory,
what do you think?

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

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so I don't really
have a say.

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You need to have
more opinions.

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We used to have a gifted
program, Lollipop Guild,

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

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

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

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Believe me, I tried.

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To use it for...
arithmascience.

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Anyway, the problem is,

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there's no one to teach
the gifted program.

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You guys are in
your classes all day.
Melissa: It's true.

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

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Who's got time?
[ School bell rings ]

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Ooh.

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

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

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PIE ‐‐ Perseverance, Ingenuity,
and Effort.

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I love PIE.

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Even though I can't eat it,
though.

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Hurts my tummy.
[ Chuckles ]

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But I did try it
for many years.

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That's the perseverance part,

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which is why we should have
a gifted program.

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It's a foot facial.

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

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Oh!
See, I'd go for that.

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Mm‐hmm.

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Hey, Gar.
Hey.

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

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You holding out on me?

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No. I got another box
on the truck.

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Oh.

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

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

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[ Scoffs ] You wish.
[ Laughs ]

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Girl, that man likes you.
Ask him out.

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No.

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

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it's no men in uniforms,
'cause, somehow,

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you wind up making
their car payments

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and sleeping at your sister's
after a fight.

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

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Come on.
You deserve a little fun.

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This fell off
the truck for you.

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[ Chuckles ]

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

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is someone enthusiastic
who has a lot of free time.

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And I think I know someone.
♪ Yo, yo,
and that's how it go ♪

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♪ Just say no
to Monsanto ♪

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♪ Hey! ♪
And that's just the hook.

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[ Laughs ]

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I found someone to teach
the gifted program.

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[ Breathing heavily ]
Why you breathing
so hard?

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I'm excited.

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

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Okay. Well, Jacob
is going to teach

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the gifted program
during his free periods.

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I would love to till
the fertile soil

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and grow the minds
of tomorrow.

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

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Um...
Um...

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"Coach Carter".
No. Um...

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"Jiro Dreams of Sushi".
No, no.

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

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

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Hey, um, Ava?
What do you think?

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A chance to make
more Science Oprahs?

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

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I knew it.
I knew it.
No.

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Hey, Ava. Ava.
With the ‐‐

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Right.
Gifted program.
Yes.

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You know, my sorority sisters
are always bragging

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

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I could be like Charles Xavier
with legs,

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

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obviously. [ Chuckles ]

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Go ahead and start
your little mutant academy.

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Yes!
Thank you.

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[ Chuckles ]

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Take that, Crystal.

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[ School bell rings,
children shouting ]

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So, I called to book it,
and they told me

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they don't do
a foot facial.

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They said
it's just a pedicure.

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That's not
what Dr. Oz said.

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There she is.

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You know, I look forward to
every Thursday,

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and it's not just about
restocking half‐full FUNYUNS.

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"Half‐full."
The man's an optimist.

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So, uh,
what's your deal, Gary?

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You got dreams or...

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I own and operate
a vending‐machine business.

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I'm living it.
[ Chuckles ]

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Yes, to live
in your dreams.

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So, remember how you brought me
that iced tea?

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

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This ‐‐ This is gonna be
amazing.

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

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you'll never forget.

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

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Y‐You know what?
I just...

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I think I'm really busy
these days.

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Maybe we just scratch
this entire date idea.

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I tried.

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

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A guy suggests a dump
for a first date,

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eventually, you're gonna have to
dump him.

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My ex suggested a strip club.

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♪♪

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It's Smart Kids Time!

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

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What are you talking
about?

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For the gifted program.

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Those are the only kids
who talk in my class.

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Sucks to be you.
[ Laughs ]

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All aboard the brain train!
Choo‐choo!

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♪♪

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What do I think
of the gifted program?

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

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

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But who needs
the end of the movie?

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You know, movies are all about
the beginning

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and then the middle and...

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

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

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Ronald,
what's 9 times 10?

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Sydnee: Chicken!
What?

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Chickens in the library!

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[ Chirping ]

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The chicken has an ovary
and an oviduct,

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and as the female reaches
maturity,

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these ova develop a few
at a time into yolks.

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And when they hatch,
what do we get?

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We get breakfast.
Am I right?

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Served ova easy.

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It's happening!
They're hatching!

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[ Gasps ]

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Aww!
Look at that.

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They're seeing that chickens
don't just come from

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Crown Fried Chicken.

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

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I like farms
'cause they're rustic,

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but GMOs,
don't trust it.

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

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All: Me too!

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Franken ‐‐
Food!

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Franken ‐‐
Food!

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Very good.

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Okay, guys, so, I know
we're all on board

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with the gifted program.

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Ugh! Ugh!

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There you go sounding like
an old locomotive.

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

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

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are feeling left out.

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Agreed. And they took
all the talking kids,

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so now I have to talk.

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Well, this is nothing
we can't fix.

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We just need to make sure
all the kids

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who aren't in the program
are still on track

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

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

246
00:09:04,002 --> 00:09:05,503
No.
Oh, my God, no.

247
00:09:05,503 --> 00:09:06,671
I didn't mean that.
I'm just saying ‐‐

248
00:09:06,671 --> 00:09:08,006
I, for one,
love the program.

249
00:09:08,006 --> 00:09:09,424
I feel like a blend of

250
00:09:09,424 --> 00:09:11,676
Robin Williams
in "Dead Poets Society" and,

251
00:09:11,676 --> 00:09:13,511
well, Robin Williams
in "Patch Adams".

252
00:09:13,511 --> 00:09:15,764
Didn't all those kids in
"Patch Adams" die of cancer?

253
00:09:15,764 --> 00:09:17,599
Well, the real cancer is
ignorance.

254
00:09:17,599 --> 00:09:20,268
Mm, the real cancer
is cancer.

255
00:09:20,268 --> 00:09:23,021
Look, there's nothing wrong
with the gifted program itself.

256
00:09:23,021 --> 00:09:24,731
We just need to
organize it better

257
00:09:24,731 --> 00:09:26,983
so that the regular kids ‐‐
Ooh.

258
00:09:26,983 --> 00:09:30,570
Uh, the ungifted kids ‐‐
Mm.

259
00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,238
The regifted kids...

260
00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:34,991
Let's lift up
the other kids.
Yes, that.

261
00:09:34,991 --> 00:09:37,577
Look, if the program
is making the kids feel bad,

262
00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:39,245
I don't think
it's worth it.

263
00:09:39,245 --> 00:09:42,082
Guys, there has to be a way to
improve the experience

264
00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:43,583
for the other kids,
you know?

265
00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:45,210
Make them feel special,
too.

266
00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:47,295
I'm sure you'll figure it out,
Janine.

267
00:09:47,295 --> 00:09:49,214
You were in the gifted program,
right?

268
00:09:49,214 --> 00:09:50,548
I was.

269
00:09:50,548 --> 00:09:52,217
[ Beeping ]
I don't know.

270
00:09:52,217 --> 00:09:54,135
Maybe try restarting it?

271
00:09:54,135 --> 00:09:56,387
You don't think I would have
tried that, Geek Squad?

272
00:09:56,387 --> 00:09:59,390
Hey, Ava...and Malcolm.

273
00:09:59,390 --> 00:10:00,642
Shouldn't you be in class?

274
00:10:00,642 --> 00:10:02,310
That's what I keep saying!

275
00:10:02,310 --> 00:10:05,021
Ava, we need
more discretionary funds.

276
00:10:05,021 --> 00:10:06,606
I want to get chickens
for my class,

277
00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:09,275
since my kids had to sit
and watch Jacob hatch eggs

278
00:10:09,275 --> 00:10:11,277
in the gifted cl‐‐
Janine, are you new here?

279
00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:13,029
That smart money
is for the smart kids.

280
00:10:13,029 --> 00:10:14,948
You think if I had more money,
I would give it to you for eggs?

281
00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:16,699
[ Laughs ]

282
00:10:16,699 --> 00:10:18,952
Hey, Malcolm,
why don't you come with me?

283
00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:20,870
Alright.
Gonna get you to class.

284
00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:22,956
Mm‐hmm.
Okay.

285
00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:25,959
Are you excited for your
inspiring lesson from Mr. Hill?

286
00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:27,502
Yes.
Yay!

287
00:10:27,502 --> 00:10:29,587
Okay.
"O, Captain! My Captain!"

288
00:10:29,587 --> 00:10:32,507
Mm! Fire bar
from MC Walt Whit,

289
00:10:32,507 --> 00:10:34,926
but you can call me
Cap'n Hill.

290
00:10:34,926 --> 00:10:37,095
Alright?
No cap'n.

291
00:10:37,095 --> 00:10:39,430
Huh?
Get out your books.

292
00:10:39,430 --> 00:10:40,932
Thank you, hubby.
Mm‐hmm.

293
00:10:40,932 --> 00:10:42,267
Aww, you're
so cute together.

294
00:10:42,267 --> 00:10:44,102
Mm‐hmm.
Well, for lunch, madames,

295
00:10:44,102 --> 00:10:46,938
we have a burrito with
light‐to‐smedium sour cream.

296
00:10:46,938 --> 00:10:48,314
Thank you very much.

297
00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:50,817
A capicola sammich.
My favorite.

298
00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:52,152
Mm‐hmm.
[ Laughs ]

299
00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:55,321
And nacho chips,
because they're my chips.

300
00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:56,489
[ Both laugh ]

301
00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:57,824
Now, that's a man.

302
00:10:57,824 --> 00:10:58,992
I'm not gonna settle
for less than that.

303
00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:00,493
That's the bar right there.

304
00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:01,995
See that, baby?
I'm the bar.

305
00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:03,997
Well, let me tell you something
about Gerald.

306
00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,666
This is not
the man I first met.

307
00:11:06,666 --> 00:11:08,960
Such a player and a flirt.

308
00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,963
Trusting this one
was a risk.

309
00:11:11,963 --> 00:11:14,966
But it is a risk
I'm glad I took.

310
00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:16,551
Girlfriend, sometimes,
you've just got to

311
00:11:16,551 --> 00:11:17,969
take a leap of faith.

312
00:11:17,969 --> 00:11:19,470
Barbara, thank you.

313
00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:23,474
I know you're trying to help,
but I'm ‐‐ I'm not you.

314
00:11:23,474 --> 00:11:24,809
I'm a divorced,

315
00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:26,811
none‐your‐business‐year‐old
woman.

316
00:11:26,811 --> 00:11:29,522
I ‐‐
Maybe this is it for me.

317
00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,532
Am I interrupting?

318
00:11:39,532 --> 00:11:41,534
What do you think of Gary,
the vending‐machine guy?

319
00:11:41,534 --> 00:11:44,704
Oh. Oh, my God.
I love that he stocks Gushers.

320
00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:46,206
Aren't you like 25?

321
00:11:46,206 --> 00:11:48,458
And three‐quarters, yes.
[ Laughs ]

322
00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:50,919
So, when I first got the ball
moving on the gifted program,

323
00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:53,004
I said, "Janine ‐‐"
Okay, skip this part.

324
00:11:53,004 --> 00:11:54,839
What do you want?
Some chicken eggs
that will hatch for my class.

325
00:11:54,839 --> 00:11:56,674
I want to teach them about
their reproductive systems.

326
00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:01,179
Gimme a week.

327
00:12:04,015 --> 00:12:07,518
[ Indistinct conversations ]

328
00:12:07,518 --> 00:12:10,396
Okay, so, when the cloud fills
with water droplets,

329
00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:11,648
then what does it do?
[ Cracking ]

330
00:12:11,648 --> 00:12:13,900
Ms. Teagues,
one of the eggs is breaking.

331
00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,652
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!

332
00:12:15,652 --> 00:12:17,403
The eggs are hatching! Okay,
everybody, come on, come on.

333
00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:19,906
Gather round.
Everyone gather round.

334
00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:21,908
It's happening!
[ Laughs ]

335
00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:23,409
Watch closely, everyone.

336
00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:25,411
The miracle of life
is happening.

337
00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:26,996
See?
Isn't this cool?

338
00:12:26,996 --> 00:12:29,582
We can do fun stuff right here
in our class.

339
00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:31,209
Ew!
It's wet.

340
00:12:31,209 --> 00:12:33,044
Yes. That would be
the amniotic fluid.

341
00:12:33,044 --> 00:12:34,879
It creates a pillow
around the fetus.

342
00:12:34,879 --> 00:12:35,964
It protects it.

343
00:12:35,964 --> 00:12:37,799
Ew!
And it's scaly.

344
00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:41,219
Yes, it's scal‐‐
It's scaly?

345
00:12:41,219 --> 00:12:42,720
[ Gasps ]
It's a snake!

346
00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,975
[ All screaming ]

347
00:12:46,975 --> 00:12:50,395
[ Gasping ]

348
00:12:50,395 --> 00:12:52,605
Back up!

349
00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:55,858
Right on.
Seize the day, cap‐i‐tan.

350
00:12:55,858 --> 00:12:57,110
Aah!

351
00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:01,781
Fly free, little birdie.

352
00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:03,116
[ Splat ]

353
00:13:06,953 --> 00:13:09,455
[ Sighs ]
Thank you so much.
It's my job.

354
00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:10,707
By the way, this is actually
an endangered species.

355
00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:12,625
Can I ask
where you got these?

356
00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:17,505
Um...it was a pop‐up shop
on 52nd Street.

357
00:13:17,505 --> 00:13:18,923
Not there anymore.
Gone.

358
00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:20,591
Can't track it.
[ Chuckles ]

359
00:13:20,591 --> 00:13:22,760
Yeah, I heard about the snakes.
So, what happened was,

360
00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,345
I got a guy named Chicken
for snake eggs

361
00:13:24,345 --> 00:13:25,847
and a guy named Snake
for chicken eggs.

362
00:13:25,847 --> 00:13:27,432
I called Chicken for snakes,

363
00:13:27,432 --> 00:13:29,100
when I should have called Snake
for chickens.

364
00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:30,601
Whoops.

365
00:13:30,601 --> 00:13:32,103
Look, snakes are scary,

366
00:13:32,103 --> 00:13:34,814
but I think there's
a great lesson in this.

367
00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:37,650
Even for me, a teacher
of gifted students.

368
00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:40,153
Don't you have a table
to go stand on?

369
00:13:41,904 --> 00:13:43,823
Mm.

370
00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:49,328
Yes, okay, was this a bigger
setback than I thought?

371
00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:52,749
Sure. But was it a setup
for something great?

372
00:13:52,749 --> 00:13:54,500
[ Laughs ] Look,
I can appreciate

373
00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:55,626
what you're trying to do here,
Janine,

374
00:13:55,626 --> 00:13:57,462
but it's not working.

375
00:13:57,462 --> 00:13:59,964
I think we should get rid of
the gifted program.

376
00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:03,217
Gregory, I can't believe
you're saying this.

377
00:14:03,217 --> 00:14:04,886
I thought you liked
the gifted program,

378
00:14:04,886 --> 00:14:06,637
like earlier,
when you s‐‐

379
00:14:06,637 --> 00:14:09,307
Well, I guess you never said
you liked it.

380
00:14:09,307 --> 00:14:12,643
Well, ugh, look, you know,
I tried to give the kids

381
00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:15,313
not in the gifted program
a little bit more attention,

382
00:14:15,313 --> 00:14:17,106
and it didn't work out
this time,

383
00:14:17,106 --> 00:14:19,525
but I still feel that if we
nurture our most gifted minds ‐‐

384
00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:21,194
Janine, when I was a kid,

385
00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:23,279
I didn't get into
the gifted program.

386
00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:25,782
Like, not even close.

387
00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:27,700
It made me feel like school
was only for kids

388
00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:31,037
who were good at taking tests,
which I was not.

389
00:14:31,037 --> 00:14:32,705
So I checked out.

390
00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:36,834
I don't know what to say.

391
00:14:36,834 --> 00:14:40,588
The point is, when you give
some kids chickens,

392
00:14:40,588 --> 00:14:43,591
other kids
are gonna get snakes.

393
00:14:43,591 --> 00:14:45,176
And if you get snakes
for long enough,

394
00:14:45,176 --> 00:14:47,011
that's what you think
you deserve.

395
00:14:49,347 --> 00:14:53,267
And no one
deserves snakes.

396
00:14:53,267 --> 00:14:55,937
I get it.
So then what do we do?

397
00:14:55,937 --> 00:14:59,482
I'm just saying that there's
more than one way to be gifted.

398
00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:01,150
Have you ever heard of
Howard Gardner's theory

399
00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:03,486
of multiple intelligences?

400
00:15:03,486 --> 00:15:05,738
Okay. So, look, like,
this kid here, right?

401
00:15:05,738 --> 00:15:07,073
He may not be good
at math,

402
00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:09,492
but he may have
naturalistic intelligence,

403
00:15:09,492 --> 00:15:10,743
which means he's good
with nature.

404
00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:12,912
Okay.
And this girl ‐‐

405
00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:15,081
she may have musical
intelligence.

406
00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:16,582
And this kid ‐‐

407
00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:17,917
Okay, she's sleeping.

408
00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,127
Yeah, she's out.
Mm‐hmm.

409
00:15:19,127 --> 00:15:21,712
Mm‐hmm.
And look at that.

410
00:15:21,712 --> 00:15:25,383
This kid has
custodial intelligence.

411
00:15:25,383 --> 00:15:27,385
You said there was eight eggs,
right?

412
00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:30,388
Yeah.
Well,
we got six snakes.

413
00:15:30,388 --> 00:15:32,223
That leaves two snakes.

414
00:15:32,223 --> 00:15:34,725
Yes, Sydnee.
That's correct.

415
00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:36,269
Great job.

416
00:15:37,812 --> 00:15:40,606
Hi.
Melissa, it's Thursday.

417
00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:42,608
Are you ready
to see your man?

418
00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:43,943
Oh, come on, Barb.
Let it go.

419
00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:46,529
I'm not ready.
Melissa Ann Schemmenti,

420
00:15:46,529 --> 00:15:48,698
I know you,
and you are not ready

421
00:15:48,698 --> 00:15:51,868
because you are telling yourself
you are not ready.

422
00:15:51,868 --> 00:15:54,453
But, okay,
do what you want to do.

423
00:15:57,456 --> 00:15:59,125
Hey, you.

424
00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:00,334
Joe: You callin' about
the timeshare?

425
00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:01,752
I was gonna use it
in June.

426
00:16:01,752 --> 00:16:03,337
Yeah, no, no, no, no.
It's something else.

427
00:16:03,337 --> 00:16:05,590
But that's fine.
I prefer July anyway.

428
00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:08,009
So, listen, um...

429
00:16:08,009 --> 00:16:10,428
you know after we got divorced
and you started,

430
00:16:10,428 --> 00:16:13,431
you know, seeing Nina
or whatever?

431
00:16:13,431 --> 00:16:16,434
Weren't you...

432
00:16:16,434 --> 00:16:18,102
Weren't you, like,
just so afraid

433
00:16:18,102 --> 00:16:19,770
it was just gonna wind up
like we did?

434
00:16:19,770 --> 00:16:21,647
Of course I was.

435
00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:23,983
It's hard to get near a stove
once you've been burned.

436
00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:26,819
Why?
You thinking about cooking?

437
00:16:28,487 --> 00:16:30,573
I'm thinking about trying out
a new recipe.

438
00:16:30,573 --> 00:16:33,159
Look, we were young,
and I was an idiot.

439
00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:36,579
You deserve a chance
at something better.

440
00:16:36,579 --> 00:16:38,164
Geez, you got soft.

441
00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:40,333
Ha ha.
I hate you.

442
00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:42,543
I hate you more.

443
00:16:42,543 --> 00:16:44,128
See ya, Joe.

444
00:16:46,797 --> 00:16:49,050
And that's why
I don't think

445
00:16:49,050 --> 00:16:51,135
there's a more respectable bird
than the sea gull.

446
00:16:51,135 --> 00:16:52,470
It survives.

447
00:16:52,470 --> 00:16:54,805
Agreed.
[ Laughs ]

448
00:16:54,805 --> 00:16:56,057
Well, well, well.

449
00:16:56,057 --> 00:16:57,642
If it isn't
the one who ran away.

450
00:16:57,642 --> 00:16:59,560
Yeah, that wasn't
my best moment.

451
00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,896
Eh!
I've seen worse moments.

452
00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:03,189
Yeah, well,
and I'm sorry.

453
00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:04,523
Listen, I get it.

454
00:17:04,523 --> 00:17:06,525
You're a beautiful woman.

455
00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:08,527
A Philly 11.
[ Laughs ]

456
00:17:08,527 --> 00:17:11,113
You deserve options.
I get options ‐‐

457
00:17:11,113 --> 00:17:14,367
baked chips, classic chips,
cupcakes, sour candy,

458
00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:16,535
granola, local,
big names.

459
00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:20,373
The world's
your vending machine.

460
00:17:20,373 --> 00:17:21,874
Well, I would still like

461
00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:23,751
to go out for dinner,
if you're interested.

462
00:17:23,751 --> 00:17:25,753
Oh, hell yeah.
How about this?

463
00:17:25,753 --> 00:17:28,589
Me, you, Scannicchio's?

464
00:17:28,589 --> 00:17:32,009
Oh, yeah, that's where
my ex proposed that we,

465
00:17:32,009 --> 00:17:33,844
you know, get a divorce,
so, you know,

466
00:17:33,844 --> 00:17:36,180
not there, but we'll ‐‐
we'll figure out a place.

467
00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:39,684
I knew that chip metaphor
would work.

468
00:17:39,684 --> 00:17:41,519
[ Laughs ]

469
00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:44,897
Oh, you know, speaking of
options, I would love it

470
00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:49,068
if some SnackWell's could find
their way back into Row E.

471
00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:50,236
Please.

472
00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:51,571
I'll see what I can do.

473
00:17:51,571 --> 00:17:52,905
Alright.

474
00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:59,745
Yeah, he'll get 'em.
I'm a Philly 11.

475
00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:01,497
[ Snaps fingers ]

476
00:18:01,497 --> 00:18:04,083
You so smart.
My little Science Oprah

477
00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:05,710
goin' crazy
in the botanies.

478
00:18:05,710 --> 00:18:07,044
Do you mean botany?

479
00:18:07,044 --> 00:18:09,213
That's what I said.

480
00:18:09,213 --> 00:18:11,632
Anyway, my friend Crystal is
always bragging

481
00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:13,551
about how her kids
are so smart.

482
00:18:13,551 --> 00:18:16,721
Obviously,
I have the smartest kids.

483
00:18:16,721 --> 00:18:18,139
Maybe you can make a video

484
00:18:18,139 --> 00:18:19,890
memorizing the periodic table
or something.

485
00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:21,142
Send that to Crystal.

486
00:18:21,142 --> 00:18:22,476
What do you do here?

487
00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:23,728
I'm the principal.

488
00:18:23,728 --> 00:18:25,605
But you don't do anything.

489
00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:39,285
We shuttin' this down.
He gettin' too smart.

490
00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:41,454
Oh, no, wait.
Actually, we were all

491
00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:43,122
just talking about
the gifted program,

492
00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:44,457
and we have a solution.

493
00:18:44,457 --> 00:18:46,876
Oh, good,
'cause Black Bobby Fischer

494
00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:48,502
is killin' me right now.

495
00:18:48,502 --> 00:18:51,922
Okay, um, well,
we thought instead of a few kids

496
00:18:51,922 --> 00:18:54,091
getting to do something special
every week,

497
00:18:54,091 --> 00:18:56,427
what if every kid
got to do something special

498
00:18:56,427 --> 00:18:57,595
every few weeks?

499
00:18:57,595 --> 00:18:59,180
This way,
no kid feels left out.

500
00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:01,015
We consider all the
intelligences they could have.

501
00:19:01,015 --> 00:19:02,767
We get everyone excited
about learning.

502
00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:04,685
And, you know,
Jacob will still teach.

503
00:19:04,685 --> 00:19:05,936
We'll help.
Yes.

504
00:19:05,936 --> 00:19:08,147
"O Captain! My Captain!"
for everyone.

505
00:19:08,147 --> 00:19:11,484
So, if everyone's special,
then no one's special.

506
00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:14,153
Works for me.

507
00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:19,575
What do you normally do
after school, anyway?

508
00:19:19,575 --> 00:19:20,826
Work out,
watch "Jeopardy!"

509
00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:22,161
Work out
and watch "Jeopardy!"?

510
00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:23,496
Yeah, at the same time.
It stimulates

511
00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:24,830
the body and the mind.
That's cool.

512
00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:26,248
Uh...
Oh.

513
00:19:26,248 --> 00:19:27,833
Are you okay?

514
00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:29,293
Yeah, yeah.
I, um ‐‐

515
00:19:29,293 --> 00:19:31,295
I can't open the door
or they'll escape.

516
00:19:31,295 --> 00:19:32,797
Who will escape?

517
00:19:32,797 --> 00:19:34,298
I found the seventh and
eighth snake, okay?

518
00:19:34,298 --> 00:19:35,883
They were ‐‐
They were in my bag.

519
00:19:35,883 --> 00:19:39,136
Oh, no.
And, um...
now they're in my car.

520
00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:40,971
Oh, God.
Um...

521
00:19:40,971 --> 00:19:44,475
Uh...

522
00:19:44,475 --> 00:19:46,477
That man teaches
the gifted program.

523
00:19:46,477 --> 00:19:47,478
[ Laughs ]
Mm‐hmm.

524
00:19:47,478 --> 00:19:49,188
[ Laughs ]

525
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,857
That sucks,
how you had to come up,

526
00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:54,360
like, not thinking
you're special.

527
00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:57,363
I mean, I really hope you don't
carry that with you,

528
00:19:57,363 --> 00:20:00,199
because I think
you're gifted.

529
00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:02,368
Just not as gifted as me.
[ Both laugh ]

530
00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:03,869
Oh, oh, is that so?
Okay.

531
00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:05,371
That is.
That is so.

532
00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:10,835
Um, but, in all seriousness,
Gregory,

533
00:20:10,835 --> 00:20:13,838
I was just thinking, um...

534
00:20:13,838 --> 00:20:15,423
do you need me to back your car
out for you?

535
00:20:15,423 --> 00:20:17,007
Because I can do that.

536
00:20:17,007 --> 00:20:18,342
You know, I have the brain
that it takes to ‐‐

537
00:20:18,342 --> 00:20:19,844
Alright, now,
you have a good night.

538
00:20:19,844 --> 00:20:21,178
[ Both laugh ]

539
00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:23,013
Alright, see you later.
I'll see you.

540
00:20:27,852 --> 00:20:30,354
I'm really happy Gregory's
opening up.

541
00:20:30,354 --> 00:20:32,148
I mean, he's great,

542
00:20:32,148 --> 00:20:35,901
and it's really nice to have
another friend at the school.

543
00:20:38,154 --> 00:20:39,155
What?

544
00:20:42,408 --> 00:20:45,244
Today, I learned that snake eggs
and chicken eggs look alike.

545
00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:47,747
We never got to do fun stuff
at my old school.

546
00:20:47,747 --> 00:20:51,417
[ Screaming ]
Oh, God! Aah!

547
00:20:51,417 --> 00:20:54,628
I like Principal Coleman.
She's like a big kid.

548
00:20:54,628 --> 00:20:57,089
She's silly,
and she doesn't have a job.

549
00:21:00,050 --> 00:21:01,927
[ Candy clatters ]

550
00:21:03,387 --> 00:21:07,057
There's one area of giftedness
that always goes overlooked.

551
00:21:07,057 --> 00:21:10,060
I've started
a gifted custodian program.

552
00:21:10,060 --> 00:21:13,105
It's like reverse
"Good Will Hunting".

553
00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:18,527
You see a genius cleaning.

554
00:21:18,527 --> 00:21:20,821
I see a cleaning genius.